Unemployment reduced by 10.5% in 2010 - Statistics Agency

"In 2010 the number of unemployed people in the republic made 496, 500 and reduced by 58, 000 or 10.5% compared to 2009", a press release reads.

Thus, unemployment rate in 2010 was 5.8% against 6.6% in 2009.

The number of self-employed people in the country was 2, 700, 000 in 2010 (33.3% of the employed population).