As of July 1, 2024, the population of our country amounts to 37.2 million people, of which 15 million 089 thousand people (41 percent) are economically active, that is, the population ready for employment is considered.
Of these, 14 million 213 thousand people (94 percent) are working in various sectors of the economy.
In particular:
- in the formal sector – 6.8 million (48 percent);
- in the informal sector – 5.5 million (38.8 percent);
- working abroad – 1.9 million (13.6 percent).
As of today, there are 876 thousand people across the republic in need of employment (at the beginning of the year there were 1,024 thousand, -148 thousand).
The unemployment rate among the employable population has decreased by 1 percentage point or from 6.8 percent to 5.8 percent compared to the beginning of the year.