
As of May 1 this year, 293.2 thousand people in Azerbaijan were unemployed.
The calculation made by Yeniavaz.com with reference to the published official data shows that the number of unemployed in the country has decreased by 9 thousand people or 3% over the past 5 months since the beginning of this year.
It should also be noted that according to information at the beginning of this month, the number of economically active population amounted to 5 million 203.9 thousand people, of which 4 million 910.7 thousand people are employed (working).
It should be noted that at the beginning of 2021, the number of unemployed in Azerbaijan reached the highest level in the last 19 years.
Years | Number of unemployed (tho.people) |
1st of January 2006 | 317,8 |
1st of January 2007 | 291,2 |
1st of January 2008 | 281,1 |
1st of January 2009 | 262,2 |
1st of January 2010 | 260,2 |
1st of January 2011 | 258,3 |
1st of January 2012 | 250,9 |
1st of January 2013 | 243,1 |
1st of January 2014 | 236,6 |
1st of January 2015 | 237,8 |
1st of January 2016 | 243,7 |
1st of January 2017 | 252,8 |
1st of January 2018 | 251,7 |
1st of January 2019 | 253,8 |
1st of January 2020 | 251,6 |
1st of January 2021 | 375,9 |
1st of January 2022 | 315,7 |
1st of January 2023 | 302,2 |
1st of May 2023 | 293,2 |
Elnur Ali