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Number of employed and unemployed reduced in Armenia

Number of employed and unemployed reduced in Armenia

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 30, ARMENPRESS. The number of employed people in Armenia reduced by 2% as compared to the first trimester and by 8,5% as compared to the same period of the previous year. “Armenpress” reports that head of Labour Statistics Division of National Statistic Service of the Republic of Armenia Lusine Kalantaryan said the aforementioned during the meeting with journalists on November 30.

“We have 242 thousand unemployed in Armenia in the second trimester which is a reduction of 7% as compared with the previous trimester, and by 3,5 % as compared with the same period of the previous year,” the head of the division said.

As Kalantaryan said, according to the surveys carried out in the labour market in the second trimester of 2015, the overall number of the employed and unemployed is 68%, 45% of which are the employed and 18% - unemployed.  37% falls to those labour resources of Armenia that are unemployed and are not looking for a job.

“The main part of the unemployed and those not looking for a job are learners, students, the other part - those busy with household who are mainly women, third part falls to the population of retirement age,” Kalantaryan said.

According to the results of the second trimester of 2015, the number of the surveyed population (people aged 15-75 participated in the survey) is 2,1 million, which is a reduction of 5% as compared to the previous trimester. 








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