DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, March 11. The number of officially registered unemployed individuals in Tajikistan stood at 48,300 people at the end of December 2023, Trend reports.
According to the Statistical Agency under the President of Tajikistan, this figure decreased by 9.7 percent compared to December 2022. Women constituted 46.3 percent of the total number of unemployed citizens in Tajikistan.
The officially registered unemployment rate, relative to the workforce, is estimated at 1.8 percent. Authorities attribute the decline in unemployment to job fairs and the opening of new socio-economic and production facilities, which create new job opportunities.
The estimated number of the economically active population in Tajikistan at the reporting period was 2.675 million people, of which 2.627 million, or 98.2 percent, were employed in various sectors.
In 2023, a total of 230,747 new, additional, and restored jobs were created in Tajikistan, including 79,143 (34.2 percent) permanent jobs, 43,112 (18.7 percent) temporary jobs, and 102,588 (44.4 percent) seasonal jobs.
