More than 80 percent of newly opened jobs in Azerbaijan are in Baku… |

According to the State Statistics Committee (SSC), During the first six months of 2022, 33 thousand 511 new jobs were opened in Azerbaijan. This means a relative increase compared to the same period last year. At that time, 31 thousand new jobs were opened in the country. When comparing such indicators with the pre-pandemic period, it becomes clear that the situation regarding the opening of new jobs has not yet returned to the previous level.

Pandemic restrictions in Azerbaijan 2020It has been applied since March. During the first six months of that year, 85,000 new jobs were opened in Azerbaijan, three times more than today. In the first half of 2019, when there were no pandemic restrictions, 92,000 new jobs were opened. This shows that although some economic indicators have improved due to the increase in the price of oil, the lack of growth in economic activity and employment remains a problem.

In Azerbaijan, regional inequality, which is visible in almost all areas of the economy, is also related to jobs. In the first half of this year, 27 thousand 177 out of 33 thousand 511 new jobs opened in the country – 81 percent of all jobs belong to Baku alone. Another 4 percent of newly opened workplaces are adjacent to Baku Absheron– It is located in the economic district. The share of the remaining regions in the newly opened workplaces is only 15 percent. All these figures in the country social– can be cited as one of the main reasons for economic inequality. Because of the limited number of new jobs, people in the provinces social the situation is worse. This situation forces many residents to move either domestically or abroad.

Newly created enterprises are also only in Baku

The absolute majority of the newly created enterprises and organizations in the country belongs to Baku. BIn the first half of the year, 7 thousand 900 enterprises or organizations were established in Azerbaijan. 6 thousand 635 of them – 84 percent of all newly created enterprises and organizations were opened in Baku.

Absheron– The same indicator is close to 6 percent in Khizhi economic district. Therefore, 90 percent of the new organizations created in the country this year alone Absheron the rest of the peninsula 10 percent was opened in other areas covering 95 percent of the country’s territory.

A remarkable point about newly opened workplaces is that such workplaces are mainly provided at the expense of existing enterprises. 90 percent of the jobs opened in the first half of this year were provided by existing enterprises and organizations. The share of newly opened organizations in the creation of new jobs is total 10 is close to percent. 92 percent of these places were created by private ownership, and only 8 percent by state-owned enterprises and organizations.

The new jobs are mainly in the construction and trade sectors

In the indicators announced by the SEC, the distribution of newly opened workplaces by sectors was also included. From those figures, it is clear that the largest number of new jobs were opened in the construction sector in Azerbaijan this year. In the first six months, 7,286 jobs were created in that sector (22 percent of all new jobs). Trade is the sector with the second largest number of new jobs. In the first six months of this year, 6,461 new jobs were opened in the trade sector (19 percent of all new jobs). In this regard, the construction and trade sectors alone provided more than 40 percent of newly opened jobs in the country. Processing industry (10.3 percent), tourism and public catering (8.2 percent) sectors are also distinguished by the relatively large number of new jobs.

Is a new enterprise not being established in Nakhchivan?

Another noteworthy point among the indicators announced by the SSC Nakhchivan It is related to the Autonomous Republic. In the first half of this year, 7 thousand 900 new enterprises and organizations were created in the country, only 10 of them are located in the territory of the autonomous republic. After Nakhchivan, the region with the second weakest indicator is Eastern Zangezur, where there is no permanent settlement – 16. The third weakest indicator is in Nagorno-Shirvan economic district – 42. Nakhchivan Another noteworthy point about the Autonomous Republic is that 9 out of 10 new enterprises created here Nakhchivan city, one was opened in Shahbuz district. In the other six districts included in the autonomous republic, not a single new enterprise or organization was opened during half a year.