Albanian employees use elementary mathematics at work, much less than the region and the EU

2024-10-08 08:05:07, Aktualitet CNA

Albanian employees use elementary mathematics at work, much less than the region

Albanian employees use mathematical calculations in the workplace less than in the Balkans and EU countries, as our economy is based on an economic model that does not require many skills.

More than half (54%) of Albanians report that they perform simple calculations with numbers, for example, adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing, as part of their main work, the European Skills and Abilities Survey noted. Workplaces. This percentage is less than the average of the 5 countries of the Western Balkans (WB5 60%) and the EU (76%),

Survey data shows that men are more likely than women (57% vs. 51%) to perform simple calculations, as are younger workers (66% of those aged 25-34 vs. 33% of those aged 55-64).

Such tasks are also more common among those with a higher level of education (70%), compared to 58% of those with a secondary education and 31% of those with a lower level of education.

Similarly, the percentage of those working in skilled occupations who answer this question positively is much higher (74%) than among those in occupations related to manual labor (54%), semi-skilled ( 47%) and elementary (31%).

Albanian employees use elementary mathematics at work, much less than the region

About 9% of Albanian respondents say they used more advanced mathematics, algebra or statistics, for example calculations, regressions, simulations, which is lower than in the EU (16%) and in the other 5 countries of the Western Balkans ( 11%).

Use of advanced math is more likely among younger workers (10% and 14% of respondents aged 25-34 and 35-44) than among older workers (2% among those aged 55-64 ).

The use of advanced mathematics is also required more among those who work in the public sector, education or health (12%) and services (10%), in contrast to those who work in industry or agriculture (6%).

According to the survey, most employees perform problem-solving activities in their main job. Nearly six in ten (58%) Albanians report that they perform problem-solving activities at least often as part of their main job, which is above the WB5 average (52%). Women are slightly more likely to do so than men (61% vs. 56%).

Involvement in problem-solving activities is also higher among those working in the public sector, education or health (70%) and services (62%), as opposed to those working in agriculture or industry (48%) ./ Monitor.al