The economically active population of Moldova (employed population plus those who are out of work) in the third quarter of 2015 grew by 2.2% compared with the corresponding period last year. Thus, there were 1.349,2 million economically active persons in Moldova, the National Bureau of Statistics has said, quoted by IPN.

The structure of the active population remained unchanged. The employed population represented 96.7%, while the jobless persons – 3.3%.

The working persons aged 15 and over constituted 45%, an increase of 44% on the third quarter of 2014. This indicator was higher among men than among women.

By activities in the national economy, the agricultural sector employed 466,100 persons (35.7% of the working population). Compared with uly-September 2014, the number of people working in agriculture rose by 34,000 or 7.9%.

By the form of ownership of the employing units, 76.1% of the population worked in private organizations, while 23.9% - in public organizations.

The unemployed totaled 44,000. The figure is almost the same as last year. Some 60% of those who were out of work were men, while 68% were from urban areas.