The Uruguayan newspaper, El País, published a report where it analyses the country’s labor market during 2016.

The article describes the variations of the employment and unemployment rate per department, using as a source data from the most recent edition of the Continuous Household Survey developed by the National Institute of Statistics (INE).

On a national level, the unemployment rate among men dropped to 6.5%, while among women the situation was worse, as the unemployment rate rose to 9.4%.

In addition, INE’s survey describes the working conditions of Uruguayans during 2016.

Almost two out of ten (19.6%) workers said they did not made pension contributions. Men account for 11.1% of this figure, while women account for the remaining 8.5%. Informal workers showed a similar performance in 2016 than in 2015, when the informality rate reached 19.9% of workers.

In addition, data provides information regarding the category of workers during 2016. Around 56.8% of workers in the country are in the private sector, while 15% work in the public sector.

Close to 20.3% of workers are independent and have a business or investment. Only 2.6% are independent workers and have no business nor investment. Furthermore, 4.1% own their business.

According to INE’s information, last year 29.6% of the population older than 14 years old said they are inactive (1,030,146 persons). Most of them (657,762) are women, while men reached 372,384.

To read the full report in Spanish, click here.