16:49 - 22.01.2020

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January 22, Fineko/abc.az. Azerbaijan has unveiled the employee rate as of 1 January 2020. 

ABC.AZ reports with reference to the State Statistics Committee that as of 1 December 2019 the number of employees reached 1.644 million people, including 914,900 ones in the public sector of the economy and 729,400 in the non-state sector. 

The oil & gas sector numbered 35,100 employees and the non-oil sector over 1.609 million. At the enterprises and organizations 24.2% of employees are employed in production, including 7.6% in construction, 7.5% in manufacturing, 3.3% in agriculture, forestry and fishing, 2.1% in mining, 1.9% in the production, distribution and supply of electricity, gas and steam, and 1.8% in water supply, waste treatment and treatment.

By Elmir Murad