Working population (in millions)

Unemployment rate (in %)

Underemployment (in %)

*New criteria for defining unemployment and underemployment have been in force since April 2005.

Distribution of the working population (2006)

Farming sector
in millions    11.8
in %            35.6

Industry sector

in millions    5.1
in %            15.1

Service sector

in millions    16.4
in %            49.3