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Economic activity of population

  2000200120022003200420052006 2007 2008
Number of economically active population - total, thsd. person* 3748.2 3763.4 3777.5 4147.9 4157.8 4168.0 4264.2 4295.2 4318.2
male 1956.7 1966.8 1971.1 2165.9 2175.6 2181.5 2211.1 2192.4 2190.7
female 1791.5 1796.6 1806.4 1982.0 1982.2 1986.5 2053.1 2102.8 2127.5
Employed in summary quantity of economically active population - total, thsd. person 3704.5 3715.0 3726.5 3747.0 3809.1 3850.2 3973.0 4014.1 4056
male 1937.5 1945.0 1948.0 1959.7 1995.8 2017.4 2054.1 2028.5 2048.3
female 1767.0 1770.0 1778.5 1787.3 1813.3 1832.8 1918.9 1985.6 2007.7
Unemployed persons**-total, thsd. person - - - 400.9 348.7 317.8 291.2 281.1 262.2
male - - - 206.2 179.8 164.1 157.0 163.9 142.4
female - - - 194.7 168.9 153.7 134.2 117.2 119.8
of which:
persons received official unemployment status in employment service offices, total, person 43739 48446 50963 54365 55945 56343 53862 50651 44481
male 19283 21808 23088 25313 26669 27265 26323 25322 23608
female 24456 26638 27875 29052 29276 29078 27539 25329 20873
of which:
receiving benefits as unemployed, total, person 2768 3117 3292 3111 3084 2087 2281 2523 2109
male 1313 1520 1601 1808 1887 1316 1488 1655 1350
female 1455 1597 1691 1303 1197 771 793 868 759
*)-Calculated taking into account unemployed persons receiving official status in employment service offices during 2000-2002,
total unemployed persons based on International Labour Organization's methodology during 2003-2008
**)- Based on International Labour Organization's methodology (including unemployed persons receiving official status)

Economic activity of population
(in per cent)

  20002001200220032004200520062007 2008
Economically active population* 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
male 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
female 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Employed in summary quantity of economically active population 98.8 98.7 98.7 90.3 91.6 92.4 93.2 93.5 93.9
male 99.0 98.9 98.8 90.5 91.7 92.5 92.9 92.5 93.5
female 98.6 98.5 98.5 90.2 91.5 92.3 93.5 94.4 94.4
Unemployed persons** - - - 9.7 8.4 7.6 6.8 6.5 6.1
male - - - 9.5 8.3 7.5 7.1 7.5 6.5
female - - - 9.8 8.5 7.7 6.5 5.6 5.6
of which:
persons received official unemployment status in employment service offices 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.2 1
male 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1
female 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.2 1
*)-Calculated taking into account unemployed persons receiving official status in employment service offices during 2000-2002, total unemployed persons based on International Labour Organization's methodology during 2003-2008
**)- Based on International Labour Organization's methodology (including unemployed persons receiving official status)

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