LABOUR POLICY

In 2018 the unemployment rate was 5.2%


Labour force survey 2018 - Main results

• In 2018 the number of economically active population aged 15 - 64 was 3 239.6 thousand and represented 71.5% of population in the same age group. 

• The total number of employed persons was 3 152.7 thousand, representing 52.4% of population aged 15 and over. Of them 1 685.3 thousand (53.5%) were men and 1 467.3 thousand (46.5%) were women.

• There were 3 068.9 thousand employed persons aged 15 - 64. The employment rate for the same age group was 67.7% (71.5% for men and 63.9% for women). 

• The employment rate for the age group 20 - 64 years was 72.4%, by 1.1 percentage points higher compared to 2017. The employment rate (20 - 64 years) increased by 1.2 percentage points for men and by 1.0 percentage point for women, achieving 76.5% and 68.3% respectively. 

• The employment rate for people aged 55 - 64 achieved 60.7% (65.4% for men and 56.4% for women). In comparison with 2017 it increased by 2.5 percentage points (by 2.9 percentage points for men and by 2.1 percentage points for women).

• There were 173.3 thousand unemployed persons, of whom 101.7 thousand men and 71.6 thousand women. Since 2017 the number of unemployed persons has declined by 16.2%. 

• The unemployment rate went down by 1.0 percentage point in comparison with 2017 and stood at 5.2%. Over the same period the unemployment rate decreased by 0.7 percentage

Source: National Statistical Institute

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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