4.4 thousand foreign workers from 92 countries employing in Mongolia

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2020-10-13 17:02:47

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ In the third quarter of 2020, 4.4 thousand foreign workers from 92 foreign countries were employed with labor contract in Mongolia including persons in employment work for pay or profit and persons in volunteer work without pay or profit. Compared with the same period of the previous year, the number of countries decreased by 9 and the number of foreign workers decreased by 6.0 thousand persons (57.7%).


Out of all foreign workers with labour contract in Mongolia, 3.8 thousand (86.7%) were male and 0.6 thousand (13.3%) were female. From all foreign workers in Mongolia, 47.0% is from China, 6.6% is from Russian Federation, 5.9% is from Australia, 4.6% is from South Korea, 4.2% is from Vietnam, 4.0% is from United States, 3.4% is from South Africa, 2.9% is from Philippines, 2.4% is from Great Britain, 1.7% is from Japan and remaining 17.3% is from other countries.

 

By age groups of foreign workers, the highest percentage or 18.4% was persons aged 45-49, 15.0% was persons aged 35-39, 14.8% was persons aged 40-44 and the lowest percentage or 2.1% was persons up to 24 years. The number of foreign workers increased by 504 persons or 13.0% from the previous quarter.


Out of total foreign workers in the third quarter of 2020, 1.7 thousand foreign workers (39.3%) are working in mining and quarrying sector, 709 workers (16.2%) are working in wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles, 614 foreign workers (14.0%) are working in education sector, 472 workers (10.8%) are working in construction sector, 294 workers (6.7%) are working in manufacturing sector, 217 workers (4.9%) are working in transportation and storage, 126 workers (2.9%) are working in administrative and support service activities, and 0.2 thousand foreign workers (5.2%) are working in other sectors.

 

National Statistics Office