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Of the total employed population aged 15
ACTIVITY RATE AND EMPLOYMENT and above, 15.5% are self-employed and
RATE, AGES 15-64 - As % Chart 4.9 the rest are employees divided between the
private sector (66.8% of total employed) and
the public sector (17.1%). As for the level of
education, 65.7% of the employed have at
least secondary education, and in relation to
working hours, 91.4% of the employed work
full time and work an effective average of 34.8
hours per week, while part-time workers work
an average of 16.9 hours per week. In global
terms, the employed work 33.4 effective
hours per week, a figure that represents 6.9%
Act vity rate Employment rate
more hours worked than in 2020 thanks to the
Source: Workforce Survey. Department of Stat st cs.
post-lockdown reactivation of the economy.

Data from the Andorran Social Security System (CASS) for 2021 still do not show the reactivation
in the labour market, unlike the Workforce Survey. Specifically, they show that the number of
employees fell for the second consecutive year and at a rate of 2%, to 37,683, the lowest level
since 2016, although the rate of descent decelerated in relation to 2020 (-3%). Equally, the
average number of jobs in Andorra decreased
(-0.7%), also for the second consecutive time, The number of employees has fallen
to 45,600 jobs. for the second consecut ve year.

The fall in numbers of employees recorded in
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2021 was spread between the main sectors
except construction, an activity where, in TREND IN THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES
contrast, the positive dynamic has accelerated As annual average and % Chart 4.10
with an increase in the number of employees
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of 6.9%, compared with 4.3% recorded in the
previous year. The construction sector has
seen seven consecutive years of job creation,
raising the number of employees to over 3,700,
the highest figure since 2011, but still about
45% less than at the end of the previous cycle
of expansion (2006).

The number of employees in the services

sector fell close to the 2016 level.
Number of employees (annual average)
Annual variat on (%, right axis)
In industry, the trend in employees in 2021 Source: CASS (Andorran Social Security System) / Department of Stat st cs.
was negative, with a decline of 3.3% to 1,693
employees, after reaching the highest level
of the last decade in 2020. The primary sector also saw a reduction in employees, for the
fifth consecutive year, although the behaviour of this sector has a much smaller effect on the
economy, since its activity represents a very small percentage of the Andorran labour market,
with only 154 employees.

In 2021, services – the sector in Andorra with the greatest percentage of employees – continued
to feel the most direct impact from the restrictive measures adopted to control the COVID-19
pandemic. Specifically, the number of employees fell 2.9%, added to the fall of 4.1% recorded in