Labour force in the Republic of Moldova: employment and unemployment in the III-rd quarter 2008
The National Bureau of Statistics informs that, in the III-rd quarter 2008 the economically active population (employed population and unemployed persons) of the Republic of Moldova was of about 1359 thousand persons, being almost the same as in the III-rd quarter 2007. Major discrepancies by sexes in the economically active population were not registered: the number of men was by 1% greater than that of women. The share of rural population was higher compared to that of urban population (56,5% and, respectively 43,5%).