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Azerbaijan sees increase in employment figures

Economy 17 January 2022 09:50 (UTC +04:00)
Azerbaijan sees increase in employment figures

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Jan. 17

By Sadraddin Aghjayev - Trend:

The total number of employees in Azerbaijan as of December 1, 2021, increased Trend reports citing a report from the State Statistics Committee.

According to the committee, this figure exceeded 1.7 million, up by 20,400 people (1.2 percent) on annual basis.

Of the total number of employees, 905,700 people worked in the public sector of the economy, and 799,200 - in the private sector.

Some 19.5 percent accounted for people involved in education, 18.6 percent - in trade and repair of vehicles, 13 percent - in industry, 8.1 percent - in health care and social services to the population, and 7.4 percent - in construction.

Another 6.6 percent of the employees were in the sphere of public administration, defense, and social security, 4.3 percent - in transport, warehousing, agriculture, forestry and fishing, 3.4 percent - in professional and scientific and technical activities, 1.8 percent was involved in finance and insurance, and 13.7 percent - in other areas of the economy.

According to preliminary data, as of December 1 last year, the average monthly nominal wage of employees increased on annual basis by 21 manat ($12.3), or 2.9 percent - from 703.1 manat to 724.1 manat ($413.6 - $426).

Following this indicator, growth was recorded in the mining industry, in the areas of financial, insurance, scientific and technical, professional activities, in the information and communications sector, as well as in the field of transport and warehousing.

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