UNEMPLOYMENT LEVEL MAKES 6.4% IN JANUARY 2008 IN ARMENIA AGAINST 7.4% OF PREVIOUS YEAR’S JANUARY
Noyan Tapan
March 18, 2008
YEREVAN, MARCH 18, NOYAN TAPAN. The average number of economically
active population in Armenia made 1m 149.9 thousand people this
January. 1m 76.2 thousand out of them were engaged in economy and 73.7
thousand or 6.4% were unemployed. (The unemployment level made 7.4%
in 2007 January in Armenia).
The latters were registered in the RA Employment Service agency of
the RA Ministry of Labor and Social Issues and received the status
of unemployed.
According to the data of the RA National Statistical Service,
as of late January, 935 vacancies were presented by employers and
510 unemployed people found a job. 14.8 thousand people received
unemployment benefits in January.