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Vilayat İsmayilov, Nahid Almasov, Sarraf Mirzayev:The Programme of Reduction and
Profilling of Long-Term Unemployment in Azerbaijan

Table 1. Distribution of employed population on types of economic activity,
thsd. Person
Years Total including
industry agriculture, construct transportati Informati other
forestry ion on and on and sectors
and fishing storage communi
cation
2003 3 972,6 279,7 1546,1 202,8 170,8 30,3 1742,9
2013 4 521,2 324,4 1677,4 325,5 183,8 58,1 1952,0
2014 4 602,9 324,2 1691,7 334,1 185,1 59,2 2008,6
2015 4 671,6 321,4 1698,4 336,4 197,1 60,3 2058,0
2016 4 759,9 338,2 1729,6 343,8 198,4 61,2 2088,7
2017 4 822,1 345,3 1752,9 347,9 201,0 61,7 2113,3
2018 4 879,3 359,5 1770,8 354,5 203,2 62,8 2128,5
2019 4938,5 363,7 1777,7 366,2 205,8 63,2 2161,9
Average, 4646/ 332,05/ 1705,6/ 326,4/ 193,15/ 57,1/ 2031,8/4
thsd.person/ 100 7,1 36,7 7,0 4,2 1,2 3,8
Share in
total
quantity,%
Source: developed by the authors based on statistical data [Azerbaijan Statistical
Committee, 2019].

As can be seen from the distribution of the employed population of Azerbaijan by
type of economic activity, the share of those employed in agriculture, forestry,
fishing and construction in the comparable period had many advantages over other
industries. Thus, in 2003-2019, the average share of employees in these industries
was 36.7% and 7.0%, respectively. The largest share in agriculture for the
corresponding period was in 2003 (38.9%), and the smallest-in 2019 (36.0%). The
largest share in construction-for 2019 (7.4%), and the smallest-for 2003 (5.1%). The
2.3% increase in the number of people employed in the construction sector in
Azerbaijan over the period covered by the study indicates that the mechanism of
activity of individual construction enterprises seriously affects the reduction of
unemployment and employment growth in the country. It should be noted that the
total number of employees in industry, transport and warehousing, information and
communications in 2003 was 21.6%, and in 2019-15.7%. As a result of the analysis,
we come to the conclusion that the number of people employed in the field of
agriculture has a great advantage in the composition of the entire employed
population. This means that the agricultural sector has the maximum impact on
unemployment in the country. Also, during the corresponding period, the population
living in rural areas, relative to the total population, tended to grow in the range of
46.8-48.8%. Thus, the population living in rural areas for the corresponding period
amounted to 4.0316-4.7551 million people.

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