البطالة في العراق من منظور جغرافي

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The aim of the research is to shed light about the size of this phenomena In Iraq for the year 2014 and the extent of its spatial representation at the level of governorates according to the environment.

gender and age, and what are the Variables that cause the discrepancy.

achieve that the researcher used the quantitative and descriptive approaches, also the normative degree and the statistical methods have been used in order to compare it spatially and to know the effect of the independent Variables on the dependent Variable (Unemployment).

The research reached a number of results, the most important of them are: 1–The number of unemployment in Iraq for the year 2014 reached (961663) unemployed of the total economic activity of (9079588) at the rate of (% 10, 6).

2 –Unemployment rates Varied spatially according to governorates (Anbar, Kirkuk) came at the first and the last rank with (% 19, 6), (% 2, 9) respectively.

Unemployment rates Varied on the environmental, gender, and ages levels, the unemployment rates in urban reached (% 11, 5) while I rural reached (% 8, 1), the males rates came at (% 8, 4) while the females were at (% 21, 9) the age group of (15–19) years came at the first unemployment ranks at (% 24, 5) while the age group of (60–64) years in the last rank (% 2, 9).3 – There were a number of Variables that have been the cause of the spread of Unemployment including (illiteracy rates the, percentage of urban population, the average size of the family, the proportion of the adult population, the average of the expenditure of the family, the proportions of emigrates).