Unemployment decreased

Society
e.altanzul@montsame.gov.mn
2018-02-14 16:51:53
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The National Statistics Office of Mongolia presented the social and economic data of Mongolia as of January of 2018 on February 14.
 
As of January, a number of  working age people reached 1.4 million, of whom 801.6 thousand are living in urban areas and 565.6 are in rural areas.
 
In the fourth quarter of the last year, the employment rate increased by 1.3 points compared to that for the previous quarter, whereas unemployment decreased by 6.7 thousand.
 
Economically inactive population is made up of 264.9 thousand pensioners, 240.9 thousand students and 60.4 thousand people with disabilities.