Average insurance payment on unemployment rose more than by 30%

15:43 - 24.12.2019


December 24, Fineko/abc.az. As of 1 December 2019 the number of recipients of unemployment insurance payments in Azerbaijan amounted to 575 people.

The State Statistics Committee informed portal ABC.AZ that last year the indicator totaled 1,131 people (by 1.96 times less versus the 2018 same term). 352 people accounted for Baku among the citizens who received unemployment insurance.

The average amount of unemployment insurance payments amounted to 212.9 manats Last year and - 278.6 manats this year (by 65.70 manats or 30.85% more against the previous index).

It should also be noted that as of 1 December 2019 the number of unemployed persons in Azerbaijan is 79,736 people (by 49,310 people or 2.62-fold more against last year).

 

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