16.9% UNEMPLOYMENT IN ARMENIA IN 1ST Q 2013
YEREVAN, August 1. /ARKA/. The National Statistical Service of Armenia
says unemployment rate was recorded at 16.9% in the country in the
first quarter 2013 – 3.2% year-on-year decrease.
Unemployment in the country’s cities stood at 23.3% in the 1st Q
2013 against 28.8% in the 1st Q 2012, and in villages 8% against 6.9%
respectively.
Employment agencies reported about 68,400 jobseekers, of which 60,700
are completely jobless.
Some 20,500 people are seeking job in Yerevan.
There were 1,359,600 economically active people in the country in
the first quarter – 4.5% year-on-year reduction.
Human resources have contracted by 7.4% in the first quarter of this
year to 2,132,000 people.
Some 3,011,900 people lived in Armenia in June 2013. Of them, 1,904,400
live in cities and 1,107,500 in rural areas. —0—
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