Tag: INE

• Tuesday, February 25th 2025 - 19:03 UTC

  Uruguay's INE reports unemployment on the rise

  

  Uruguay's National Institute of Statistics (INE) released a report Tuesday showing that last month's unemployment rose from 7.4% to 8.1% from the previous month. However, this figure represented an interannual improvement against last year's 8.6%. Joblessness was not as harsh in Montevideo (7.1%) but it was indeed noticeable elsewhere in the South American country (8.7%). In addition, 21.3% of workers were detected not to be registered with social security authorities, which was tantamount to an increase in informality.

• Thursday, December 12th 2024 - 10:30 UTC

  Uruguay census reveals rising single-person households and declining rural population

  

  The National Statistics Institute (INE) of Uruguay has published the final data from the 2023 national census, highlighting key demographic shifts in the country. Uruguay’s population has grown slightly, reaching 3,499,451 people, up from 3,412,636 in 2011.

• Wednesday, November 13th 2024 - 09:30 UTC

  Fall in unemployment reported in Paraguay

  

  Paraguay's Labor Ministry confirmed this week a fall in unemployment after nearly 57,000 people found new jobs during this year's third quarter. Between April and June, there were 2,849,766 registered workers and the number went up to 2,906,475 between July and September, the Labor Observatory pointed out. Of the 56,709 new jobs, around 41,000 stemmed from the private sector.

• Thursday, September 26th 2024 - 10:34 UTC

  Slight increase in Uruguay's unemployment reported

  

  According to a report from Uruguay's National Statistics Institute (INE) released in Montevideo Wednesday, unemployment in the South American country stood at 8.4% of the economically active population in August, which represented a slight setback from July's 8.3%.

• Tuesday, November 28th 2023 - 10:33 UTC

  Uruguay's population aging and shrinking were it not for immigrants

  

  Uruguay's National Institute of Statistics (INE) announced Monday in Montevideo that there were 3,444,263 people living in the South American country, a meager 1% growth from 2011 figures. Were it not for immigration, the Uruguayan population would have contracted, it was explained.

• Friday, September 1st 2023 - 08:20 UTC

  Paraguay's population below 2015 projections, census shows

  

  Paraguay's National Institute of Statistics (INE) Thursday released its preliminary conclusions on the country's latest census, whereby the entire population would amount to 6,109,644 people (3,078,994 are men and 3,030,650 are women), thus falling noticeably short of the 2015 projections that foresaw 7,453,695 inhabitants by 2022, it was reported in Asunción. A total of 2,109,864 dwellings were counted nationwide.

• Wednesday, August 23rd 2023 - 09:00 UTC

  Unemployment keeps dropping in Uruguay

  

  Unemployment in Uruguay fell yet again last month to stand at 7.8%, according to a report released Tuesday in Montevideo by the National Statistics Institute (INE). Thus, the drop from June's figures was 0.4% for a total of some 144,400 jobless people in the South American country from 152,500 the month before.

• Tuesday, July 12th 2022 - 13:08 UTC

  Inflation in Chile at record level since June 1994

  

  Inflation in Chile reached 0,9% in June, 7,1% in the first half of the year and 12,5% in the last twelve months, which is the highest since 28 years, in June 1994.

• Saturday, September 18th 2021 - 09:06 UTC

  Unemployment on the rise in Uruguay, INE study shows

  

  Unemployment continues to be on an upward trend in Uruguay, according to data released Friday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE).

• Tuesday, October 1st 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Chile's production of copper and lithium increased during August

  

  Chile's production of both copper and lithium jumped in August, even as the country's manufacturing production dropped 1.5% compared with the same month the previous year, government data showed on Monday.