Number of employed people increased by 2.6% in December - Statistics Agency
ASTANA. January 13. KAZINFORM The number of people in employment increased by 2.6 percent in December; the Agency of Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan reports.
"8.1 mln people were employed in national economic enterprises in December, 2010. Their number increased by 206.9 thousand people or by 2.6 percent against the similar period of the last year. The number of wage earners made up 5.5 mln people during this period", a message reads.
"In December 2010 the number of unemployed amounted to 477.7 thousand people, the unemployment rate - 5.5 percent. Officially 35.4 thousand people are registered at employment service bodies of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The share of the unemployed registered amounted to 0,4 percent of the economically active population", the Statistics Agency reports.