Iraqi unemployment rate dropped by 15% in 2008

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Iraqi unemployment rate dropped by 15 percent in 2008 compared to previous years, according to the Central Agency for Statistics and Information Technology. “The survey covered 18,144 families from all over Iraq, including the Kurdistan region,” according to a report released by the agency and received by IraqiNews.com news agency. The survey revealed a 26 percent unemployment rate among young people (15-14-year-olds) during the fourth quarter of 2008, compared with 31 percent in 2006, the report added. SS (P) 2