6.3% unemployment in Armenia last year
YEREVAN, February 6. /ARKA/. The RA Statistical Service reports 6.3%
unemployment in Armenia last year against 7% in 2007.
Last December the RA State Employment Agency officially registered
90,200 jobseekers, with 77,000 of them being unemployed. The
unemployment status was granted to 74,700 people.
By the end of last December, 56,400 unemployed women had been
officially registered in Armenia ` 62.5%.
By the end of last year, Armenia's economically active population
reached 1,194,600, with 1,119,700 of them being employed.
By the end of last December, 16,600 people had been on the dole against
15,100 at the end of December 2007, the average monthly amount being
14,280 AMD (12,643 AMD at the end of December 2007).
By the end of last December, the officially registered demand for labor
force was 668 vacancies (115 unemployed people per vacancy). `0--
YEREVAN, February 6. /ARKA/. The RA Statistical Service reports 6.3%
unemployment in Armenia last year against 7% in 2007.
Last December the RA State Employment Agency officially registered
90,200 jobseekers, with 77,000 of them being unemployed. The
unemployment status was granted to 74,700 people.
By the end of last December, 56,400 unemployed women had been
officially registered in Armenia ` 62.5%.
By the end of last year, Armenia's economically active population
reached 1,194,600, with 1,119,700 of them being employed.
By the end of last December, 16,600 people had been on the dole against
15,100 at the end of December 2007, the average monthly amount being
14,280 AMD (12,643 AMD at the end of December 2007).
By the end of last December, the officially registered demand for labor
force was 668 vacancies (115 unemployed people per vacancy). `0--