The number of unemployed individuals in Bangladesh has increased to 2.59 million in the first quarter of 2023, up from 2.32 million in the last quarter of 2022, says a survey.
The information was revealed in quarterly data from the Labour Force Survey released by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) on Tuesday.
The survey showed that the unemployment rate is currently 3.51%.
Out of an estimated 144.7 million people in the country's labor force, 73.6 million are employed in blue-collar jobs, while 71.1 million are employed in white-collar jobs.
The last Labor Force Survey released by the BBS showed that the unemployment rate in Bangladesh declined to 3.6% in 2022, primarily driven by an upward trend in women's and youths' participation. This was down from 4.2% reported in the previous survey conducted in 2016-17.