Azerbaijan, Baku, April 18 / Trend N.Ismayilova /
As of April 1, there were 39,700 unemployed people, including 43.3 percent - women in Azerbaijan, the State Statistics Committee reported. Four unemployed claim for one vacancy in the country. The number of unemployed people reduced by 2.7 percent compared to the same priod of 2010.
During the reported period, the economically active people in Azerbaijan made up 4,589,800 including 1,370,700 people as hired workers. Of the hired people, 839,900 people work in the public sector and 499,100 -in private.
Of the hired employees involved in the production spheres: 20.5 percent in industry, 2.6 percent in extracting and 5.8 percent in processing, 5.1 percent in construction, 3 percent in agriculture, forestry and fishing, 25.8 percent in education, 20 percent in wholesale and retail trade, repair of automobiles, home wares and personal things, 10.1 percent in health and social services, 4.7 percent in transport, 1.8 percent- communications, 0.6 percent - in real estate transactions, 4 percent in state government and defense and 0.9 percent - other sectors.
Average unemployment benefit is 187.7 manat.
The official exchange rate is 0.7917 manat to $1.