Population outside 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 (AFM), in the first second of 2022, the population outside the labor force aged 15 and older accounted 1229,7 thousand people, decreasing by 1,3% compared to the second quarter of 2021 (1246,5 thousand).

Among the inactive population, the share of women (57,1%) was higher compared to that of men (42,9%), and the share of inactive people in rural areas was higher than the share of those in urban areas (65,7% and 34,3% respectively).

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