ARHIVELE OLTENIEI - Universitatea din Craiova

Labour market of the developing region in south-west Oltenia 359Table 2Structure of the population in the developing region of the South-West Oltenia,according to the participation in the economical activity, on age groups,in the year 2005Active peopleAge group Total Total Occupied ILO InactivepopulationUnemployed peoplepeopleTotal 100.0 48.2 45.0 3.2 51.815-64 years old,out of who:15-24 years old25-34 years old35-44 years old45-54 years old55-64 years old65 years old andover 65 years old100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.064.830.679.982.877.052.525.060.024.973.077.173.951.925.04.75.76.95.73.10.6-35.269.420.117.223.047.575.0Source: Romania’s Statistics Annual, 2006, p. 155In 2005, inactive people detained a proportion of 51.8% of the totalpopulation in the South-West Oltenia region, while active people weighed48.2%, 45.0% respectively, being occupied people and 3.2% of the people beingin the lay-off period. Active people of age 15-64 years old detain a 64.8%weight of the total population in the region, and inactive people a 35.2% weight.65 and over 65 year old people are active in a 25% proportion and inactive in a75% proportion.The population in the 25-34, 35-44 and 45-54 age categories contributedecisively to the formation of the active population in the area. The amount ofinactive people within these categories is the lowest at the level of the workforce market in the South-West Oltenia area.Out of the 15-24 year old population in the region, 30.6% are activepeople and 69.4% inactive people. Likewise, out of the 55-64 year oldpopulation, 52.5% are active people and 47.5% are inactive.As far as the occupation rate of the population in the South-West Olteniaarea is concerned, the same predominantly decreasing tendency is to be noticed,during 2000-2005, but the phenomenon intensity is inferior to the decrease of theoccupation rate at national level. The occupation rate decreased from 69.1% to60.1% due, first of all, to the decrease of occupied population from 1.3 millionpeople in 2000 to 1.043 million people in 2005. Out of the total occupiedpopulation of the region, 950 thousand people ranged between 15-64 years oldand 93 thousand people were 65 and over 65 years old; in the 15-24 yearcategory 86 thousand people were occupied, in the 25-34 year category 260thousand were occupied, in the 35-44 year category about 248 people wereoccupied and in the 55-64 category 128 thousand people were occupied.