Number of economically active population reaches 13.4m people
15/09/2014 10:44
Number of economically active population reaches 13.4m people
15/09/2014 10:44
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Number of economically active population of Uzbekistan averaged 13.406 million persons or 43.8% of the total population, the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan said.
In January-June 2014, according to the preliminary data, the number of population engaged in the economy was 12.715 million persons and increased by 2.5% year-on-year.
The significant growth in the number of employed persons is marked in transport and communication (by 3.9%), agriculture and forestry (3.9%), housing and utilities and non-productive personal services (3.7%), trade, catering, sales and procurement (3.6%), construction (3.4%).
In January-June 2014, the occupational level of economically active population (ratio of the number of persons employed in the economy to economically active population) was 94.8%.
As a whole, the share of persons employed in the non-state sector reached 81.2% in the first half of 2014 versus 80.6% in January-June 2013.
The number of citizens registered through labor agencies as those who are looking for a job was 9,400 persons as of the end of June 2014, which is 4,300 persons less than as of the end of June 2013 (13,700 persons).
In January-June 2014, the number of the unemployed defined in compliance with the Method for calculation of unoccupied population which requires employment, approved by the Resolution of the Government from 24 May 2007 was 691,400 persons and the rate of unemployment makes 5.2% of economically active population.
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