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Number of population employed in Uzbek economy makes up 13.191 million people

UzDaily · 20.07.2016 · 18:06 · 423 views
Number of population employed in Uzbek economy makes up 13.191 million people
Number of population employed in Uzbek economy makes up 13.191 million people
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) -- Number of population employed in the economy of Uzbekistan was 13.191 million and increased by 1.8% in comparison with the same period of 2015, the Uzbek State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan said.

Number of employed population in state sector made up 18.2% from total number of employed (18.4% in 2015) and non-governmental sector – 81.8% (81.6%).

About 77.77% of population are employed in small entrepreunership against 77.3% in 2015.

A significant increase in the number of employees is observed in such economic activities as the transportation and storage (3.8%), accommodation and food services (3.7%), information and communication (by 3.4%), construction (3 3%) and trade (2.8%).

By types of economic activity share of employed in agriculture, forestry and fisheries reached to 27.0%, industry - 13.6%, trade - 10.4%, construction - 9.4%, education - 8.4%.

The employment rate of the economically active population made up 94.8%, while the unemployment rate was 5.2%.