Employment and unemployment
(thsd, person)

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Economically active population*	3748.2	3763.4	3777.5	4147.9	4157.8	4168.0	4264.2	4295.2	4318.2
female	1791.5	1796.6	1806.4	1982.0	1982.2	1986.5	2053.1	2102.8	2127.5
male	1956.7	1966.8	1971.1	2165.9	2175.6	2181.5	2211.1	2192.4	2190.7
Employed persons	3704.5	3715.0	3726.5	3747.0	3809.1	3850.2	3973.0	4014.1	4056
female	1767.0	1770.0	1778.5	1787.3	1813.3	1832.8	1918.9	1985.6	2007.7
male	1937.5	1945.0	1948.0	1959.7	1995.8	2017.4	2054.1	2028.5	2048.3
Unemployed persons**	-	-	-	400.9	348.7	317.8	291.2	281.1	262.2
female	-	-	-	194.7	168.9	153.7	134.2	117.2	119.8
male	-	-	-	206.2	179.8	164.1	157.0	163.9	142.4
of which:
Persons received official unemployment status	43.7	48.4	51.0	54.4	55.9	56.3	53.9	50.6	44.5
female	24.5	26.6	27.9	29.1	29.3	29.1	27.6	25.3	20.9
male	19.2	21.8	23.1	25.3	26.6	27.2	26.3	25.3	23.6

*) Calculated taking into account unemployed persons receiving official status in employment service office 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)

Number of employees by kinds of economic activity in 2008*
(in per cent to total and sex)

Economic activity	Women		Men		Sex distribution. in per cent
	person	in per cent	person	in per cent	Women	Men
Rendering of health and social services	106473	17.6	32442	4	76.6	23.4
Education	231195	38.3	113031	14	67.2	32.8
Other community. social and personal service activities	47425	7.9	39213	4.9	54.7	45.3
Real estate, renting and business activities	26735	4.4	46246	5.7	36.6	63.4
Financial activity	6563	1.1	12119	1.5	35.1	64.9
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, personal and household goods	83303	13.8	184833	23	31.1	68.9
Rendering of services by hotels and restaurants	4852	0.8	11386	1.4	29.9	70.1
Manufacturing	15007	2.5	37833	4.7	28.4	71.6
Public administration and defence, social security	29630	4.9	77268	9.6	27.7	72.3
Transport, storage and communications	23952	4	71958	8.9	25	75
Fishing, fish breeding	9074	1.5	35094	4.4	20.5	79.5
Agriculture, hunting and forestry	8094	1.3	37057	4.6	17.9	82.1
Electricity, gas and water supply and distribution	167	0	808	0.1	17.1	82.9
Mining	5559	0.9	34209	4.2	14	86
Construction	5882	1	72911	9	7.5	92.5
Total	603911	100	806408	100	42.8	57.2

Average monthly salary of women and men worked fully on October 2008
(based on results of one-off survey of workers worked fully on October)

Economic activity	Average monthly salary (in manat)		Average monthly salary of women as percent to average monthly salary of men	Share of women in total employees.in per cent
	women	Men
Extraction of crude oil and natural qas	642.1	809.1	79.4	14.7
Production of oil products	453.1	591.1	76.7	34.2
Chemical industry	144.2	304.8	47.3	37.4
Construction	230	423	54.4	9.7
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles. personal and household goods	166.7	218.4	76.3	22.6
Rendering of services by hotels and restaurants	218.6	292	74.9	44.6
Air transport	538.4	986.6	54.6	20.8
Communication	496	544.6	91.1	38.9
Financial activity	569.2	807.9	70.5	34.9
Education	203.2	242.7	83.7	60.7
of which:
Pre-school education	89.8	89.9	99.9	87
Secondary education	192.9	235.8	81.8	64
Secondary technical and vocational education	157.2	166.6	94.4	61
Higher education	282.1	296.7	95.1	51.8
Rendering of health and social services	128.3	153.8	83.4	70.5
of which:
Hospitals' activity	119.7	172.5	69.4	76.4
Doctor practice	125	197.2	63.4	74.4
Veterinary activity	173.1	157.4	110	17.6

Average monthly nominal wages by kinds of economic activity in 2008

Economic activity	Average monthly salary (in manat)		Average monthly salary of women as percent to average monthly salary of men	Share of women in total employees.in per cent
	women	Men
Total (on Republic)	184.5	324.6	56.8	42.8
Agriculture, hunting and forestry	93	114.9	80.9	20.5
Fishing, fish breeding	87.4	104.9	83.3	17.1
Mining	826	1029	80.3	14
Manufacturing	151.4	253.9	59.6	27.7
Electricity, gas and water supply and distribution	232.6	293.3	79.3	17.9
Construction	220.7	371.9	59.3	7.5
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles. personal and household goods	199.1	214.3	92.9	31.1
Rendering of services by hotels and restaurants	241.9	257.8	93.8	29.9
Transport, storage and communications	210.1	355.8	59.1	25
Financial activity	573.8	877.5	65.4	35.1
Real estate, renting and business activities	269.2	643.8	41.8	36.6
Public administration and defence, social security	231.1	296.4	78	28.4
Education	186	257	72.4	67.2
Rendering of health and social services	112.6	167.8	67.1	76.6
Other community, social and personal service activities	126.4	238.6	53	54.7

Number of persons received unemployment status
(person)

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Women	24456	26638	27875	29052	29276	29078	27539	25329	20873
Men	19283	21808	23088	25313	26669	27265	26323	25322	23608

Unemployment rate*
(in per cent)

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Womwn	1.37	1.48	1.54	1.47	1.48	1.46	1.34	1.20	0.98
Men	0.99	1.11	1.17	1.17	1.23	1.25	1.19	1.15	1.08

*)Persons received unemployment status

Structure of persons received unemployment status by employment service offices in 2008
( percentage to total and sex, %)

	Women	Men	Sex distribution
			Women	Men
Persons loss works because of staff flow	29.1	31	45.4	54.6
Discharged workers because of structural changes	19.1	19.4	46.5	53.5
Educational institutions graduates	21.7	16	54.5	45.5
Persons being in leave more than 1 year	29.9	19.4	57.6	42.4
Other reasons	0.2	14.2	1.1	98.9
Total, in per cent	100	100	46.9	53.1
person	20873	23608

Distribution of persons received unemployment status by employment service offices according to education level in 2008
(percentage to total and sex. %)

	Women	Men	Sex distribution
			Women	Men
High education	28.8	45.5	35.9	64.1
Secondary special education	41.2	30.9	54.2	45.8
Vocational education	15.7	13.5	50.6	49.4
General secondary education	11.7	8	56.3	43.7
Incomplete secondary education	2.6	2.1	52.9	47.1
Total, in per cent	100	100	46.9	53.1
person	20873	23608

Distribution of persons received unemployment status by employment service offices by age structure in 2008
(percentage to total and sex. %)

Age groups	Women	Men	Sex distribution
			Women	Men
15-19 ages	0.7	0.3	63.4	36.6
20-24 ages	15.2	15.9	45.8	54.2
25-34 ages	28.2	31.8	44	56
Prepension ages	2.7	2.4	49.8	50.2
Other age groups	53.2	49.6	48.7	51.3
Total, in per cent	100	100	46.9	53.1
person	20873	23608

Distribution of persons received unemployment status by employment service offices by age structure in 2008
(percentage to total and sex. %)

	Share in total number of employed women and men by industry		Sex distribution. in per cent
	Women	Men	Women	Men
Working in conditions not meeting sanitary-hygyena norms	10.9	16.4	16.8	83.2
of which:
in condition of noise	2.5	6	11.1	88.9
in condition of vibration	1.3	2.7	12.7	87.3
in air pollution zone	2.2	3	18.7	81.3
Heavy labour users	0.6	2.9	6.4	93.6
Working with equipment not meeting safety requirements	0.1	0.3	4.8	95.2

Women and men working in harmfull labour condition in construction in 2008

	Share in total number of employed women and men by industry		Sex distribution. in per cent
	Women	Men	Women	Men
Working in conditions not meeting sanitary-hygyena norms	0.4	2.1	1.6	98.4
of which:
in condition of noise	0	0.9	0.5	99.5
in condition of vibration	0.1	0.3	2.6	97.4
in air pollution zone	0.2	0.8	2.3	97.7
Heavy labour users	1.3	0.7	12.6	87.4
Working with equipment not meeting safety requirements	-	-	-	-

Distribution of employees holding the civil service positions by sex and age groups (for the state of 1 January 2009
(percentage to total and person)

Age groups;	Administrative posts according to 1-4 classifications - total		Administrative posts according to 5-9 classifications - total		Supplementary posts of public service - total
	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men
Under 30 years	16.2	12.9	14.9	15.4	22.8	20.5
30-34	19.0	11.6	12.0	12.0	13.7	15.3
35-44	26.8	19.7	28.1	22.3	33.0	25.9
45-541)	28.9	29.2	37.5	30.7	27.6	22.8
55-612)	9.1	15.8	7.5	14.1	2.9	11.1
62+	-	10.8	-	5.5	-	4.4
Total %	100	100	100	100	100	100
Person	142	473	4857	17426	2983	2096

1) 45-56 years for women 2) 57 years and above for women

Distribution of women holding administrative posts in civil service, according to 5-9 classifications by age groups (for the state of 1 January 2009)
(percentage to total and person)

Age groups	Head of division	Deputy head of division	Head of Sector	Chief consultant	Senior consultant	Leading consultant	Consultant
Under 30 years	5.4	3.0	4.4	9.3	17.7	17.5	22.4
30-34	7.6	5.6	9.1	7.6	13.8	13.6	16.1
35-44	19.7	22.9	31.6	30.4	26.6	26.4	29.0
45-56	48.0	54.7	45.8	44.6	34.1	35.4	28.3
57+	19.3	13.8	9.1	8.1	7.8	7.1	4.2
Total %	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Person	223	232	297	1273	282	941	1609

Distribution of men holding administrative posts in civil service, according to 5-9 classifications by age groups (for the state of 1 January 2008)
( percentage to total and person)

Age groups	Head of division	Deputy head of division	Head of Sector	Chief consultant	Senior consultant	Leading consultant	Consultant
Under 30 years	3.5	7.0	8.5	14.5	18.5	22.3	31.3
30-34	5.5	8.2	10.2	12.2	19.6	15.4	16.8
35-44	19.3	23.0	24.9	23.5	21.8	20.4	23.5
45-54	43.4	40.0	33.7	29.6	26.0	23.5	18.3
55-61	20.7	16.2	16.6	14.2	10.9	12.2	7.4
62+	7.6	5.6	6.1	6.0	3.2	6.2	2.7
Total %	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
person	3242	2047	1556	4201	930	2138	3312

Distribution of employees holding supplementary posts in civil service, by sex and age groups (for the state of 1 January 2009)
( percentage to total and person)

Age groups;	Chief specialist		Senior specialist		Leading specialist		Specialist
	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men
Under 30 years	15.3	14.5	35.6	25.9	34.0	41.2	23.9	23.7
30-34	14.6	15.7	13.6	14.5	8.2	15.4	14.1	14.8
35-44	38.7	26.4	23.1	23.0	23.8	21.3	32.9	29.4
45-541)	29.3	28.1	22.2	19.1	30.8	8.1	27.3	17.8
55-612)	2.1	11.2	5.5	11.6	3.2	9.6	1.8	10.8
62+	-	4.1	-	5.9	-	4.4	-	3.5
Total. %	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
person	1639	1094	685	440	282	136	377	426

1) 45-56 years for women 2) 57 years and above for women

Average monthly nominal wages of civil servants for 1 January. 2008

	manat
	Women	Man
Average monthly nominal wages of officials by administrative posts	433.9	393.3

Employment and unemployment in 2008
(thsd. person and sex distribution (%))

	thsd, person		Sex distribution
	Women	Man	Women	Man
Employed persons	2007.7	2048.3	49.5	50.5
Unemployed persons*	119.8	142.4	45.7	54.3
of which:
registered unemployed	20.9	23.6	46.9	53.1
Economically active population	2127.5	2190.7	49.3	50.7
Unemployment rate			5.6	6.5
of which:
registered unemployment rate			1	1.1

*)On the base of methodology of International Labor Organization

Unemployment rate of women and men
(in per cent)

	Years	Unemployment rate
		Women	Man
Azerbaijan	2008	5.6	6.5
Australia	2006	6	4.2
Austria	2006	5.2	4.3
Belarus1	2006(XII)	1.5	0.8
Belgium	2006	9.3	7.4
Bulgaria	2006	9.3	8.6
Brazil	2004(IX)	11.7	6.8
United Kingdom	2005(III-V)	4	5
Hungary	2006	7.8	7.2
Germany	2006(III)	10.2	10.3
Denmark	2006	4.7	3.5
India	2000	4.3	4.3
Italy	2006	8.8	5.4
Kazakhstan	2004	9.8	7
Canada	2006	6.1	6.5
Kyrgyzstan	2005(XI)	9.1	7.4
Latvia	2006	6.4	7.2
Lithuania	2006	5.4	5.8
Mexico	2006(IIrüb)	3.5	3
Moldova	2006	5.7	8.9
Netherland	2005	5.6	4.9
Norway	2006	3.4	3.5
Poland	2006	14.9	13
Korea Repub.	2006	2.9	3.8
Russia	2006	6.8	7.5
Romania	2006	6.1	8.2
United States	2006	4.6	4.6
Turkey	2006	10.3	9.7
Ukraine	2005	6.8	7.5
Finland	2006	8.1	7.4
France	2005	10.8	9
Switzerland	2006(IIrüb)	4.7	3.4
Sweden	2006	5.2	5.5
Estonia	2006	5.6	6.2
Japan	2006	3.9	4.3

1) Employment office records

Methodological explanations Gender problems reflecting establishment of equal rights of women and men in society covers all the spheres of social life. The principle of equal rights and opportunities of men and women in Azerbaijan is reflected on Article 25 of the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan. "Men and women have equal rights". At the same time this issue is regulated by legislation of Azerbaijan, decrees of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan and resolutions of the government. At present corresponding activities as regard to these problems in State Statistical Committee of Azerbaijan are realized. Currently, issues related with equality between sexes are one of the most actual political, economic and social problems in the society. These differences existing in the society between sexes are increasingly being eliminated. Since 1998, State Statistical Committee put new indicators into practice with meeting of international standards in accordance with the recommendations of UN Development Program.

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