Armenia\'s economically active population in January-June 2003 averaged 1,404,100 people. Of these, 90.9 per cent, or 1,276,800 people, were employed, and 9.1 per cent, or 127,300 people, were unemployed and were registered by the Armenian employment service under the Social Security Ministry and received unemployed status. According to the Armenian National Statistics Service and the monitoring service of the Trade and Economic Development Ministry, the number of officially registered unemployed people in 2003 comprised 93.9 per cent of the number of jobless people officially registered during the same period in 2002. A total of 78.8 per cent of the population were employed in the private sector, 21.4 per cent in the public sector and management, and 0.3 per cent in public and religious organizations and foundation. (Noyan Tapan)