Number of economic active population

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Economically active population total, thsd. person	3748.2	3763.4	3777.5	3801.4	3865	3906.5	4026.9
Total employed person, thsd. person	3704.5	3715	3726.5	3747	3809.1	3850.2	3973
Registered unemployed, person	43739	48446	50963	54365	55945	56343	53862
male	19283	21808	23088	25313	26669	27265	26323
female	24456	26638	27875	29052	29276	29078	27539
of which:
receive unemployed pension-total	2768	3117	3292	3111	3084	2087	2281
male	1313	1520	1601	1808	1887	1316	1488
female	1455	1597	1691	1303	1197	771	793

Number of economically active population (in per cent)

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Economically active population, total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Total employed persons	98.8	98.7	98.7	98.6	98.6	98.6	98.7
Registered, unemployed	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3
male	1	1.1	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3
female	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.4

Employment by kinds of economic activities (thsd. person)

	2000	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006*	In percent to total
Occupated in economy, total	3704.5	3726.5	3747	3809.1	3850.2	3973	100
Agriculture, hunting and forestry	1517.2	1495	1497	1502.7	1510	1548	39
Fishing	2	2.5	2.8	3.3	3.8	4.3	0.1
Mining and quarrying	39.6	42.2	42.3	41.9	42.2	45	1.7
Manufacturing	169.3	169.5	169.9	181.2	188.7	195	4.9
Electricity, gas and water supply	40.5	39.9	39.8	39.8	39.7	40.2	1
Construction	153.6	178	180	190.6	194.4	222.8	5.6
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods	626.1	611.9	618.3	630.7	638.8	650.4	16.4
Hotels and restaurants	9.8	11.3	11.8	12.4	14.2	22	0.6
Transport, storage and communications	167	169.8	178.5	190.5	191.5	201.8	5.1
Financial intermediation	13.5	13.2	13	13.1	13.2	13.4	0.3
Real estate, renting and business activities	98	97.2	97.5	100	100.6	106.7	2.7
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	257.7	265.3	265	269.7	270.5	271.2	6.8
Education	317.9	329.9	330	330.8	335.3	339.4	8.5
Health and social work	168.9	173.6	173.8	174.6	177.2	180.5	4
Other community, social and personal service activities	123.2	126.7	126.8	127.3	129.5	131.7	3.3
Extra-territorial organizations and bodies	0.2	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0

*Number of employed in 2006 was 3973.0 of which 2054.1 thsd. person were men, 1918.9 women.

Employment by forms of property (thsd. person)

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Employed persons in economy, total	3704.5	3715	3726.5	3747	3809.1	3850.2	3973
including by property forms:
state	1278.2	1240	1192	1180	1209.3	1229.8	1271.9
non-state	2426.3	2475	2534.5	2567	2599.8	2620.4	2701.1
of which:
personal	1439.5	1450	1464.5	1454.7	1465.8	1466.3	1500.4
private	271.3	218.1	259.1	295	295.9	347.3	390.7
municipal	…	14.7	19.1	19	18.2	17.7	16.8
enterprises with foreign investment and joint enterprises	35.1	31.5	32.7	41.2	53.9	58.7	65.2
religions person	35	35	33	32.5	32	30.8	30.5
free employed population	645.4	725.7	726.1	724.6	734	699.6	697.5

Employment by forms of property (in per cent)

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Employed persons in economy, total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
including by property forms:
state	34.5	33.4	32	31.5	31.7	31.9	32
non-state	65.5	66.6	68	68.5	68.3	68.1	68
of which:
personal	38.9	39	39.3	38.8	38.5	38.1	37.8
private	7.3	5.9	6.9	7.9	7.8	9	9.8
municipal	…	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4
enterprises with foreign investment and joint enterprises	1	0.9	0.9	1.1	1.4	1.5	1.6
religions person	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8
free employed population	17.4	19.5	19.5	19.3	19.3	18.2	17.6

Number of employees by economic activities (thsd. person)

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Occupated in economy, total	1217.8	1205	1201.5	1226.6	1263.9	1300.4	1334
Agriculture, hunting and forestry	88	51.2	43	42.7	35.8	44.9	46.4
Fishing	2	1	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.8	0.8
Mining and quarrying	39.6	41.3	35.2	39.2	39.7	40.8	41
Manufacturing	143.2	138.3	107.6	96.6	96.8	108.1	107
Electricity, gas and water supply	40.5	39.6	36.1	37.2	35.9	37.6	40.1
Construction	71.7	72	70.5	55.3	59.2	60.5	65.2
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods	76.3	94.6	167.7	236.1	246.6	251.8	261.9
Hotels and restaurants	8.3	5.7	5.5	6.4	8	13.4	12.8
Transport, storage and communications	98	107.2	92.7	80.6	85.5	88.4	89.9
Financial intermediation	13.5	7.1	7	8.6	9.7	11.5	13.4
Real estate, renting and business activities	75.2	50.8	45.3	50	56	57.1	61.5
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	44.9	50	50.2	48.3	50.6	49.5	50.4
Education	317.9	315.6	327.7	319.6	330	326.7	330.2
Health and social work	123.9	144.6	135.5	127.8	130.2	131.9	134.4
Other community, social and personal service ctivities	74.8	86	76.9	77.7	79.3	77.4	78.9
Extra-territorial organizations and bodies	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Number of employees by economic activities (in per cent to total)

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Occupated in economy, total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Agriculture, hunting and forestry	7.2	4.2	3.6	3.5	2.8	3.4	3.5
Fishing	0.2	0.1	0	0	0.1	0.1	0.1
Mining and quarrying	3.2	3.4	2.9	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.1
Manufacturing	11.8	11.5	8.9	7.9	7.7	8.1	8
Electricity, gas and water supply	3.3	3.3	3	3	2.8	2.9	3
Construction	5.9	6	5.8	4.5	4.7	4.6	4.9
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods	6.3	7.8	14	19.3	19.5	19.4	19.6
Hotels and restaurants	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	1	1
Transport, storage and communications	8	8.9	7.7	6.6	6.8	6.8	6.7
Financial intermediation	1.1	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.9	1
Real estate, renting and business activities	6.2	4.2	3.8	4.1	4.4	4.5	4.6
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	3.7	4.2	4.2	3.9	4	3.7	3.8
Education	26.1	26.2	27.3	26.1	26.1	25.4	24.7
Health and social work	10.2	12	11.3	10.4	10.3	10.2	10.1
Other community, social and personal service ctivities	6.1	7.1	6.4	6.3	6.3	5.9	5.9
Extra-territorial organizations and bodies	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Unemployed having offical unemployed status in employment office (person)

Years	Total	of which		Ratio of unemployed having offical unemployed status in number of economically active population, in per cent
		kişilər	qadınlar
1991	3969	1452	2517	0.11
1992	6409	2771	3638	0.17
1993	19474	7699	11775	0.52
1994	23592	9178	14414	0.65
1995	28314	11411	16903	0.78
1996	31935	13086	18849	0.86
1997	38306	16227	22079	1.03
1998	42329	18234	24095	1.13
1999	45211	19622	25589	1.20
2000	43739	19283	24456	1.17
2001	48446	21808	26638	1.29
2002	50963	23088	27875	1.35
2003	54365	25313	29052	1.43
2004	55945	26669	29276	1.45
2005	56343	27265	29078	1.44
2006	53862	26323	27539	1.34

Provision of work to persons by state employment organizations in 2006

People seeking a job	Number of registered persons applied for a job		Number of persons assigned for a job
	person	percent
Total	49220	100	28076
Persons currently employed who are seeking a job	141	0.3	69
unemployed persons	49079	99.7	28007
of which:
able-bodied population at able-bodied age	1070	2.2	273

Newly created jobs

	Total	including
		4-th quarter of 2003-2004	2005	2006
Number of new jobs - total	520343	177444	169013	173886
of which permanent job places:	366986	129324	109802	127860
including:
at the new enterprises and organizations	81394	36504	21516	23374
at the existing enterprises and organizations	130279	47855	41296	41128
at the reactivated enterprises and organizations	17642	8024	4689	4929
natural persons	137671	36941	42301	58429
international and local projects, works of renovation and others)	153357	48120	59211	46026

Note: the "permanent jobs " indication also comprises jobs regularly created in connection with seasons (permanent seasonal jobs)