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21 August 2014 [09:05] - Today.Az
As of August 1, 2014, Azerbaijan has officially registered 36,700
people as unemployed, 40.7 percent of them being women, according to a
report from Azerbaijani State Statistics Committee (SSC).
According to the SSC report, which covered January-July 2014, since
early 2014 the number of unemployed in Azerbaijan increased slightly (by
January 1, 2014 there were 36,206 unemployed).
The average unemployment benefit in Azerbaijan is 247.4 AZN.
Below is the distribution of unemployed and those receiving
unemployment benefits in different cities and districts as of August 1,
2014:
Economic region:
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People with unemployed status:
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People receiving unemployment benefits:
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Baku
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13,861
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756
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Absheron
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1,765
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331
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Ganja-Gazakh
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2,252
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218
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Sheki-Zagatala
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1,054
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115
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Lankaran
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1,004
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86
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Guba-Khachmaz
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1,183
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94
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Aran
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9,932
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437
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Upper Karabakh
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3,238
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100
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Kalbajar-Lachin
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1,416
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61
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Mountainous Shirvan
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957
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49
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Nakhchivan
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-
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-
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The SSC said that as of early August 2014, the economically active
population of Azerbaijan amounted to 4,803,400, some 4,565,600 of this
being engaged in labor activity.
Meanwhile, as of August 1, 2014 there were 1,510,900 people working
on hire, including 891,600 people working in the public sector, and
619,300 people - in the private sector.
Aside from that the number of those employed in the oil sector stood
at 37,200, and in the non-oil sector - 1,473,700. There were 1,466,100
people working on hire and engaged in non-agricultural sector in
Azerbaijan.
Some 22.6 percent out of those working on hire in the manufacturing
sector are employed - seven percent being employed in construction
sector, 6.6 percent - in the processing industry, 2.9 percent - in
agriculture, forestry and fishery, 2.5 percent - in the mining industry,
1 9 percent - in the production and distribution of electricity, gas
and steam, 1.7 percent - in the water supply, waste treatment and
recycling.
According to the report, some 22.3 percent of those working in the
service sector is concentrated in education, 18.7 percent - in trade,
repair of vehicles, 8.7 percent - in provision of health and social
services, 6.6 percent - in the governance, defense, and social security
areas, 5.1 percent - transportation and warehousing, 3.8 percent -
recreation, entertainment and the arts, 3.6 percent - in professional,
scientific and technical activities, 1.9 percent - in financial and
insurance activities, 1.7 percent - in the communication and information
area, 1.6 percent - in the provision of administrative and support
services, 1.4 percent - tourist accommodation and catering, 1.1 percent -
in other sectors, as well as 0.9 percent - in real estate deals. /Trend/
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