Unemployment in the city of Buenos Aires in the second quarter 107,000 people were affected, i.e. 6.3% of the population economically active (PEA), according to a report from the Institute of Statistics and Censuses of the City of Buenos Aires (IDECBA). This data suggests a decline compared to the 7.7% in the second quarter of 2025. Unemployment remained stable year-on-year, with the percentage of the population unemployed remaining the same (6.3%).
Unemployment showed a Decline of 1.4 percentage points regarding the second quarter of 2025, after reaching 132,000 people without workequivalent to 7.7% of EAPin these times.
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The economically active population in CABA was 1,698,500 people, of which about 1,591,000 are employed. From this last segment, the 72.6% Works as is paid. Of the total number of employees, 72.7% have a pension plan. This implies that One in four employees (27.3%) do not grant pension discounts.
In a year-on-year comparison, the Activity and employment levels they stayed without major differences year-on-year. The Activity rate showed a slight improvementwhen getting up from 54.2% to 55.0%while the Employment rate advanced from 50.8% to 51.6%.
By age, the lowest employment rates are at the extreme points: 27.4% in young people up to 24 years And 24.4% In over 65. The highest value is observed under 25 and 49 yearsat a rate of 93.1%.
More unemployment among women and in the southern area of CABA
The report highlighted this “Women are more affected by the phenomenon of unemployment: their rate rises to 7.4%, while for men it is 5.2%”. In absolute numbers, women represent the 57.8% of the unemployed in the city, i.e. almost six out of ten unemployed.
They were also watched territorial differencessince then South zone recorded a rate of 7.4%higher than the general average for the city. In this sense it is Residents of the northern and central zones currently better work indicatorswith activity rates of 64.6% and 65.0%and employment of 60.6% and 61.2%compared to the lowest in observed values South zonethe report warned.
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