Under-utilization of the labor force in the Republic of Moldova in the second quarter of 2022

The National Bureau of Statistics informs that according to the results of the Labor Force Survey (LFS), the under-employed labor force for the age of 15 years and older constituted 52,8 thousand persons in the second quarter of 2022, decreasing by 20,1% compared to the second quarter of 2021 and by 55,5% compared to the second quarter of 2020. The share of under-utilized labor in the total extended labor force (under-employment rate) was of 5,8%, less than the values recorded in the second quarter of 2021 and 2020.

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