Source of data:
National Institute of Statistics

LABOR FORCE

Economically active population, employment
and ILO 2) unemployed
(thou persons)

2002 2003 2004 20051)
Economically active 
population - total		 10079 9915 9957 9851
- Female 4554 4450 4486 4420
- Urban 5188 5151 5423 5361
Employment-total 9234 9223 9158 9147
- Female 4203 4166 4178 4136
- Urban 4607 4662 4906 4889
ILO2) unemployed total 845 692 799 704
- Female 351 284 308 284
- Urban 581 489 517 472

1) Provisional  data.
2) According to the International Labour Office methodology (ILO).

Employment, by main activity of national economy
(thou persons)

2002 2003 2004 20051)
Total
of which:		 9234 9223 9158 9147
Agriculture, hunting
and sylviculture 2)		 3361 3292 2896 2943
Industry 3) 2311 2324 2378 2269
Construction 413 426 479 507
Trade 859 861 943 968
Hotels and restaurants 112 119 148 151
Transport, storage and communications 458 461 454 450
Real estate and other services 135 150 232 232
Education 411 406 403 413
Health and social assistance 350 350 362 354

Average number of employees (thou persons),
by main activity of national economy

2002 2003 2004
Total
of which:		 4568 4591 4469
Agriculture, hunting
and sylviculture 2)		 162 155 145
Industry 3) 1891 1848 1741
Construction 300 325 323
Trade 562 588 598
Hotels and restaurants 76 81 89
Transport, storage  and communications 348 344 319
Real estate and other services 211 220 229
Education 390 390 381
Health and social assistance 313 313 306

1) Provisional  data.
2)  Including fishery and pisciculture.
3)  Including electric and thermal energy, gas and water.

Registered unemployed, by educational level1)
(thou persons)

2002 2003 2004 2005
Total unemployed 2) 761 659 558 523
of which: women 340 286 235 219
Primary, secondary,
vocational		 585 495 420 418
of which: women 241 199 159 161
High school and post high school 152 136 109 85
of which: women 85 72 59 47
University  24 28 29 20
of which: women 14 15 17 11

1) End of year.
2) Source:  National Agency for Employment.

ILO 2) unemployment rate,
by age group, sex and area
(%)

2002 2003 2004 20051)
Total 8.4 07 08 7.2
Under 25 years 21.7 18.5 21 19.7
25 years and over 6.4 5.4 6.2 5.6
Male 8.9 7.5 09 7.7
Under 25 years 21.7 18.3 22.4 20.5
25 years and over 6.9 5.9 6.9 06
Female 7.7 6.4 6.9 6.4
Under 25 years 21.7 18.7 18.9 18.4
25 years and over 5.8 4.9 5.3 5.1
Urban 11.2 9.5 9.5 8.8
Under 25 years 29.5 25.8 26.9 26.3
25 years and over 8.7 7.5 7.4 07
Rural 5.4 4.3 6.2 5.2
Under 25 years 14.9 11.9 15.5 13.9
25 years and over 3.8 3.1 4.7 3.9

Long-term ILO 2) unemployment,
by sex and area

2002 2003 2004 20051)
6 months and over 6.1 5.4 06 4.9
male 6.3 5.7 6.9 5.5
female 5.7 5.1 05 4.2
urban 8.6 7.7 7.1 6.4
rural 3.3 03 4.8 3.2
12 months and over 4.5 4.3 4.7 04
male 4.6 4.5 5.5 4.6
female 4.3 4.1 3.8 3.4
urban 6.6 6.1 5.4 5.2
rural 2.2 2.4 3.9 2.7

1) Provisional data.

2) According to the International Labour Office methodology (ILO).

Source: Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS).

Long term unemployment (%)
- as percentage of total  ILO 2) unemployed -

2002 2003 2004 20051)
6 months and over 72.2 77.6 75.2 68.9
male 70.7 76.2 76.6 71.5
female 74.2 79.5 72.9 65
urban 77 81 74.2 72.2
rural 61.6 69.4 76.9 62.2
12 months and over 53.1 61.9 58.9 56.2
male 51.2 60.6 60.9 58.9
female 55.7 63.6 55.7 52.2
urban 58.9 64.2 56.5 58.5
rural 40.4 56.1 63.3 51.7

1) Provisional data.

2) According to the International Labour Office methodology (ILO).

Source: Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS).

Activity rate, by sex and area (%)

2002 2003 2004 20051)
Total 63.6 62.4 63.2 62.4
Male 70.7 69.6 70.2 69.5
Female 56.7 55.3 56.2 55.3
Urban 60.5 59.7 61.8 60.3
Rural 67.8 66 65.1 65.3

Employment rate, by sex and area (%)

2002 2003 2004 20051)
Total 58 57.8 57.9 57.7
Male 64.1 64.1 63.6 63.9
Female 52 51.5 52.1 51.5
Urban 53.7 54 55.9 55
Rural 63.7 62.9 60.6 61.6
1) Provisional data.
Note: Data calculated as percentage of working age population (15 - 64 years)

 

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