Moldova's Q3 Jobless Rate Rises to 5.7% from 3.6% Yr-ago

The number of unemployed in the country of four million people jumped to 76,200 at the end of September, up by 27,500 from a year earlier, the statistics bureau said in a statement.

The workforce of the ex-Soviet and mostly agricultural country fell by 2.4% year-on-year to 1.327 million in the third quarter of 2009.

The unemployment rate among men was 7.3% in the third quarter, compared to 4.1% among women. The statistics bureau also said that the official jobless rate was 7.5% in urban areas, compared to 4.6% in rural areas.