How many people are employed in the labor field in Moldova
In Moldova, out of the total number of able-bodied people, 878.9 thousand are employed, 21.6 thousand are unemployed. These data for the second quarter of 2022 were provided by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), he writes newsmaker.md.
According to the NBS, the labor force (active population) increased by 3% compared to the same state last year and constituted 900.4 thousand people, of which 21.6 thousand people. Among these officially registered unemployed are 21.6 thousand people.
The employment rate of men (45.9%) was higher compared to that of women (37.2%) and in urban areas (47.5%) higher than in rural areas (37.3%). 26.5% of the employed population worked in the public sector and 73.5% – in the private sector or other forms of ownership.
In the service sector, 484.1 thousand people or 55.1% of all employed people were active, almost 23% — in the agricultural sector, 14.8% — in industry, 7.2% — in construction.
The unemployment rate, according to the National Bureau of Statistics, at country level is 2.4% compared to 3.6% for the same lifetime in 2021. Unemployment affected men more, who constituted 56.7% of total unemployed and people from the urban environment – 65.4%.