Unemployment reduced by 10.5% in 2010 - Statistics Agency
14:30, 6 April 2011
ASTANA. April 6. KAZINFORM Unemployment in Kazakhstan reduced by 10.5% in 2010, Kazinform has learnt from the 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).