Tajikistan’s statistics agency carries out work force survey

This survey is a second comprehensive analysis of the country’s work force. The first one was held in 2004.

The agency expressed confidence that the survey will help to get information to study the labour market, economic activity and unemployment in compliance with the ILO methodology.

“This is the only source of information on external and circular migration, employment in formal and informal economy as well as on gender issues,” an official from the agency said.

According to statistics, 1.856 million people of the 7.5 million population of Tajikistan were employed in 2009. The total unemployment level was 241,200 and the number of labour migrants - 519,900.

The republic’s employment level comprises 39.4 percent of the population aged between 15 to 75 years and the unemployment level – 11.5 percent of the economically active population.

Source: avesta.tj