The National Bureau of Statistics informs that, in the IV-th quarter 2008 the economically active population (employed population and unemployed persons) of the Republic of Moldova was of about 1232,3 thousand persons, a decrease of 17,7 thou. or 1,4% compared to the IV-th quarter 2007. The decrease was caused by the decrease in number of unemployed persons with 18,6 thousand. The share of rural population was a bit higher compared to that of urban population (51,5% and, respectively 48,5%).
Economically active population, employment and unemployment