Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 26
By Anvar Mammadov - Trend:
As of December 1, 2015, some 29,000 people were officially registered as unemployed in Azerbaijan, including 38.6 percent women, the Azerbaijani State Statistics Committee's report as of 11 months of 2015 said.
The number of unemployed increased by 0.35 percent in Azerbaijan compared to the same period of last year.
The average monthly amount of the unemployment benefit is 268.5 manat in Azerbaijan.
Distribution of unemployed individuals and those who receive unemployment benefit in towns and regions as of December 1, 2015 (people):
|
Region: |
Individuals with unemployed status |
Individuals receiving unemployment benefits: |
|
Baku |
11 992 |
669 |
|
Absheron region |
1 556 |
149 |
|
Ganja-Gazakh |
1 814 |
185 |
|
Sheki-Zaqatala |
848 |
100 |
|
Lankaran |
855 |
46 |
|
Guba-Khachmaz |
978 |
64 |
|
Aran |
7 279 |
303 |
|
Upper-Karabakh |
1 556 |
77 |
|
Kalbajar-Lachin |
1 327 |
58 |
|
Mountain Shirvan |
798 |
54 |
|
Nakhchivan |
- |
- |
According to the State Statistics Committee, as of early December 2015, the economically active population is 4.91 million people, of which 4.67 million people were engaged in labor activity. In this case, as of December 1, 2015, the number of hired people is over 1.5 million people, including 877,900 people worked in the public sector, and 626,800 people - in private sector.
The number of people working in the oil sector amounted to 34,600 people, in the non-oil sector - 1.47 million people.
Around 21.6 percent fall to the hired employees involved in the production spheres: 6.5 percent in construction, 6.4 percent in manufacturing industry, 3 percent in agriculture, forestry and fishing, 2.3 percent - in the mining industry, 1.7 percent - in the production and distribution of electricity, gas and steam, 1.7 percent - in water supply, waste recycling, 22.3 percent in education, 18.9 percent - trade, repair of vehicles, 8.9 percent - medical and social services, 6.7 percent in state governance and defense, social maintenance, 4.9 percent - transportation and warehousing, 3.8 percent - recreation, entertainment and arts, 3.9 percent - professional, scientific and technical activities, 1.8 percent - communication and information, 2 percent - financial and insurance activities, 1 percent - real estate transactions, 1.6 percent - administrative and additional services, 1.5 percent - tourist accommodation and catering and 1.1 percent - other areas.
The official exchange rate is 1.554 AZN/USD Dec. 26.
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