Unemployment by Reason | Total | Urban
66.3
Quick Fact
In FY 2016-17, the highest percentage (66.3) of unemployed population in urban area of Bangladesh was not looking for job as they were engaged in Housework/Family work.Please login or sign up for free to see details and more.
Brief Note
In FY 2016-17, the second highest percentage (21.2) of unemployed population (aged 15 or older) in urban area of Bangladesh was not looking for job as they were engaged In School/Training.Visualization
Unemployment by Reason | Total | Urban
| Reasons for not looking for job | Percentage | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Waiting for joining | 0.2 | ||
| No jobs available | 0.3 | ||
| Off season | 0.4 | ||
| Waiting for setting self-business | 0.6 | ||
| Illness injury | 6.5 | ||
| In School / training | 21.2 | ||
| Housework / family work | 66.3 | ||
| Inadequate work | 0.9 | ||
| No desire work | 1 | ||
| Others (specify) | 2.5 |
Source: Data published by BBS in pdf format titled Bangladesh Labour Force Survey (2016-17). Curation, cleaning, checking, formatting, visualisation and quick brief by Dataful.