Over the third quarter 2014, according to the quarterly Labour Force Survey, the number of employed people of age 15-64 is 1,043,058 persons

The number of unemployed aged 15-64 years old is 219,585 persons.

Over the third quarter 2014 in Albania:

• Unemployment rate for the population of age 15-64 is 17.4 %.
• Youth (aged 15-29 yrs. old) unemployment rate is 32.4 %.
• 63.4 % of the population 15-64 years old was active in the labour market, either employed or actively looking for a job.
• Employment rate for the population aged 15-64 years is 52.3 %.
• Compared to the third quarter of 2013 there is an increase of 3.7 percentage points in employment rate, 4.8 percentage points in labour force participation rate, and unemployment rate has slightly increased by 0.2 percentage points (population 15-64 years old).
• Compared to the second quarter 2014, employment rate has increased by 1.8 percentage points, the labour force participation rate has increased by 2.1 percentage points, and the unemployment rate has slightly decreased by 0.2 percentage points (age-group 15-64 years old)