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According to the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, a total of 36 600 unemployed people were registered with state-run employment agencies as of the end of 2011, the State Agency for Statistics reports. The number of actually unemployed people made up 473 000, with the unemployment rate standing at 5.4% (0.4% lower against the end of 2010). The share of men in the figure stood at 43.3%, with women accounting for the other 56.7%. The share of the unemployed aged 15-24 in the overall figure made up 12.2% (58 000 people). The number of the employed made up 8 300 000 people aged 15 and over (68%), with slightly over half of them – 4 300 000 - being men. Hired personnel made up 5 600 000 (67.2% of all the employed), 172 000 up against 2010, with the self-employed making up 2 700 000 (over 32%).
According to the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, a total of 36 600 unemployed people were registered with state-run employment agencies as of the end of 2011, the State Agency for Statistics reports.
The number of actually unemployed people made up 473 000, with the unemployment rate standing at 5.4% (0.4% lower against the end of 2010). The share of men in the figure stood at 43.3%, with women accounting for the other 56.7%. The share of the unemployed aged 15-24 in the overall figure made up 12.2% (58 000 people).
The number of the employed made up 8 300 000 people aged 15 and over (68%), with slightly over half of them – 4 300 000 - being men.
Hired personnel made up 5 600 000 (67.2% of all the employed), 172 000 up against 2010, with the self-employed making up 2 700 000 (over 32%).