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In 2016, the number of active workers in Georgia was 1,998,325, out of which 1,763,265 were employed, and the number of unemployed was 235,060. 42.3% were employed by employers, 57.3% – self-employed (0.4% status is unclear).
Employment and unemployment
The employment structure according to the status is as follows:
| Status | Total (thousend) |
| employed | 1,763.3 |
| Hired | 745.4 |
| Self-employed | 1,010.9 |
| Unclear | 7.0 |
| unemployed | 235.1 |
| Full work force | 1,998.3 |
Employment and unemployment according to sex
Status data by sex is as follows (thousand people):
| Status | Women | % | Men | % |
| Employed | 833.6 | 41.7 | 929.7 | 46.5 |
| Hired | 362.3 | 18.1 | 383.1 | 19.2 |
| Self-employed | 466.8 | 23.4 | 544.1 | 27.2 |
| Inclear | 4.5 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 0.1 |
| Unemployed | 80.9 | 4.0 | 154.1 | 7.7 |
| Full work force | 914.5 | 45.8 | 1,083.8 | 54.2 |
Employment and unemployment according to the city and village
The data according to the city and village are as following (thousand people):
| City | % | Village | % | |
| Employed | 663.5 | 33.2 | 1,099.7 | 55.0 |
| Hired | 492.5 | 24.6 | 252.9 | 12.7 |
| Self-employed | 168.2 | 8.4 | 842.7 | 42.2 |
| Unclear | 2.9 | 0.1 | 4.1 | 0.2 |
| Unemployed | 177.7 | 8.9 | 57.4 | 2.9 |
| Full work force | 841.2 | 42.1 | 1,157.1 | 57.9 |
Employment and unemployment by age
The data according to age are as follows (thousand people):
| Age | Employed | Unemployed | Full Work Force |
| 15-19 | 25.1 | 11.8 | 36.9 |
| 20-24 | 86.1 | 37.0 | 123.1 |
| 25-29 | 135.8 | 37.3 | 173.2 |
| 30-34 | 159.3 | 30.5 | 189.8 |
| 35-39 | 153.0 | 22.5 | 175.5 |
| 40-44 | 185.6 | 23.3 | 209.0 |
| 45-49 | 192.9 | 20.6 | 213.5 |
| 50-54 | 191.4 | 25.8 | 217.1 |
| 55-59 | 195.5 | 12.4 | 207.8 |
| 60-64 | 173.3 | 9.7 | 183.0 |
| 65+ | 265.3 | 4.1 | 269.4 |
Employment and unemployment by regions
Data by regions is as follows (thousand people):
| Region | Employed | Unemployed | Full work force |
| Tbilisi | 343.1 | 96.9 | 440.1 |
| Imereti | 335.9 | 40.8 | 376.7 |
| Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti | 190.2 | 21.2 | 211.4 |
| Kvemo Kartli | 191.7 | 17.9 | 209.7 |
| Kakheti | 182.3 | 10.4 | 192.7 |
| Adjaria | 164.9 | 24.5 | 189.4 |
| Shida Kartli | 135.6 | 13.8 | 149.4 |
| Other regions | 219.6 | 9.4 | 229.0 |
State and non-state sectors
The article is based on the data of National Statistics Office of Georgia.
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