Number of employed population in Uzbekistan reaches 11.893m in Jan-Sep

08/11/2011 | Uzbekistan

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Average number of employed population in Uzbekistan made up 11.893 million people in nine months of 2011, which grew by 2.5% year-on-year, the joint statement of the Ministry of Economy of Uzbekistan and the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan said.

In January-September 2011, over 815,400 new jobs were created within the territorial programme, of which 512,400 (62.8% of total number) in rural areas.

Significant part – 519,700 (63.7%) of jobs – were created in small and private business and 226,600 in service sector.

Uzbekistan created over 191,900 outwork jobs in the reporting period, including in cooperation with the enterprises – 55,800 and based on hiring agreement and family business – 136,100 jobs.

Average nominal payroll salary in last month of the period made up 693,551.5 soums, which is 28.5% higher compared to the same period of 2010.

Average size of pensions in last month of the period grew by 22.7% to 191,637.4 soums, the committee underlined.

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