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UAE Yearbook 2010
according to ministry of economy data, most uae national employees are concentrated in the federal public sector, which accounts for 45 per cent of the total local manpower in the country. about 35 per cent of citizens are employed in local departments of individual emirates. the uae unemployment rate increased to about 4 per cent in 2008, up marginally from 3.45 per cent in 2007, and was set to record another rise in 2009 because of the economic slowdown. at 6.6 per cent, unemployment was higher in rural areas, compared to 3.4 per cent in urban areas. the workforce accounted for 63.2 per cent of the uae s total population of 4.48 million in 2007 and was projected to increase slightly to 63.8 per cent of the 4.76 million population in 2008. in 2009, it is estimated to have climbed to 64.4 per cent of the population of 5.06 million. according to ministry of labour estimates, the registered number of employed expatriate workers grew from 3.11 million in 2007 to 4.07 million in 2008, a 31 per cent annual increase. a total of 1.51 million new labour cards were issued in 2008, up from 983,000 cards in 2007. at the same time, cancellation of cards rose from 376,000 in 2006 to 543,000 in 2008. the number of workers increased at high rates 35 30 4.5 4.0 3.5 25 20 15 10 number of workers in million 3.0 employment growth in % 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 5 0.5 2003 source: mol 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
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