{"id":184711,"date":"2026-04-23T22:12:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/184711\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T22:12:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:12:03","slug":"belarus-employment-rate-declines-1-3-percent-in-q1","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/184711\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus\u2019 employment rate declines 1.3 percent in Q1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>April 23,<\/strong><em><strong> Pozirk.<\/strong> <\/em>The proportion of the employed working-age population stood at 84.4 percent in the first quarter of 2026, after 85.7 percent recorded in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to <em>Pozirk<\/em>\u2019s analysis of the National Statistical Committee (Bie\u0142stat) data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Employment rate dropped by 1.4 percentage points to 84.4 percent in cities and 0.9 percentage points to 84.4 percent in rural areas. Among women, the figure declined by 1.6 points to 84.6 percent. Employment rate for men dropped 1.1 points to 84.2 percent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian economy employed 4.2 million people in February, 8,400 more than in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of April 23, the State Employment Service listed 144,029 job openings, nearly 12 percent fewer than three months ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Women dominate Belarus\u2019 workforce with growing presence in IT<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 5, Pozirk. The employment rate for women in Belarus stands at 65 percent with 86 percent among those of working age, while for men this figure is 1.5 percent lower, Natalla Tarasiuk of the National Statistics Committee (Bie\u0142stat) has &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/178202\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 23, Pozirk. The proportion of the employed working-age population stood at 84.4 percent in the first quarter of 2026, after 85.7 percent recorded in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to Pozirk\u2019s analysis of the National Statistical Committee (Bie\u0142stat) data. Employment rate dropped by 1.4 percentage points to 84.4 percent in cities and 0.9 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63996,"template":"","rubric":[21],"class_list":["post-184711","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Belarus\u2019 employment rate declines 1.3 percent in Q1 | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April 23, Pozirk. 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