Economically active population in 2016, by sex and place of residence

Economically active population in 2016, by sex and place of residence¹

(in average for period)

	Unit	Total	Females	Males	Urban settlements	Rural areas
Economically active population
aged 15-70	thousands person	17955,1	8479,4	9475,7	12306,4	5648,7
of working age	thousands person	17303,6	8142,9	9160,7	11898,8	5404,8
Economic activity rate of population	percent of the total population in respective age group
aged 15-70		62,2	55,9	69,1	62,8	60,9
of working age		71,1	65,4	77,0	72,3	68,5
Employed
aged 15-70	thousands person	16276,9	7827,4	8449,5	11178,5	5098,4
of working age	thousands person	15626,1	7490,9	8135,2	10771,5	4854,6
Employment rate of population	percent of the total population in respective age group
aged 15-70		56,3	51,6	61,6	57,0	54,9
of working age		64,2	60,2	68,4	65,5	61,6
Unemployed
aged 15-70	thousands person	1678,2	652,0	1026,2	1127,9	550,3
of working age	thousands person	1677,5	652,0	1025,5	1127,3	550,2
Unemployment rate of population	percent of the total population in respective age group
aged 15-70		9,3	7,7	10,8	9,2	9,7
of working age		9,7	8,0	11,2	9,5	10,2
Economically inactive population
aged 15-70	thousands person	10934,1	6692,7	4241,4	7300,4	3633,7
of working age	thousands person	7039,3	4303,6	2735,7	4558,7	2480,6
Economic inactivity rate of population	percent of the total population in respective age group
aged 15-70		37,8	44,1	30,9	37,2	39,1
of working age		28,9	34,6	23,0	27,7	31,5

¹ Excluding the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the city of Sevastopol and part of the anti-terrorist operation zone.