Panama Oeste is the province with the highest unemployment in the country

Western Panama It is the province with the highest unemployment rate, according to the latest statistical data published by the Institute for Statistics and Population Census (Inec) of the Chief Inspector of the Republic.

In this province, created ten years ago, unemployment is 12%affects women more, with 16%.

With an economically active population of 360 thousand 52 people, there are 43,129 unemployedof which 24,600 are women and 18,529 are men.

He Unemployment in urban areas increased to 11.9 percentwhile in rural areas it is 12.5%, according to Inec data.

Compared to the last time the survey was conducted, in April 2022 unemployment decreased by 0.9 percentHowever, in the female population it increased by 1.1%.

Regarding informal employmentPanama Oeste maintains a rate similar to the national rate, at 47.5%.

In contrast to the employed population, informality It affects men more in this province (49.8%)compared to women (44.2%).

Of the 140 thousand people who perform informal activities, 108,912 do so in companies in the informal sectorwhile 14,460 are in their homes, and 16,706 are in official companies.

The people who do it informal activities in their homes The only one increased compared to last year, from 12,190 to 14,460.

National unemployment is 7.4% according to a survey conducted in August, while informality amounts to 47.4%.