{"id":173892,"date":"2026-02-02T13:25:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T10:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173892\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"bielstat-dismissals-outnumbered-hires-by-nearly-2-percent-last-year","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173892\/","title":{"rendered":"Bie\u0142stat: dismissals outnumbered hires by nearly 2 percent last year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rabota_kaska_pixabay_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rabota_kaska_pixabay_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rabota_kaska_pixabay_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rabota_kaska_pixabay_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rabota_kaska_pixabay_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rabota_kaska_pixabay_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(multifacetedgirl \/ pixabay.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>February 2,<em> Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarus saw a 1.9-percent excess in dismissals over recruitments in 2025, with 768,633 workers laid off and 754,081 hired, according to <em>Pozir<\/em>k\u2019s analysis of the National Statistical Committee\u2019s (Bie\u0142stat) data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number of people who found new jobs rose by 16 percent compared to 2024, while the number of layoffs grew by 12.1 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian economy employed 4.164 million people in December 2025, 10,000 more than in November, according to the official data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The proportion of the employed working-age population stood at 85.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/krutoy-sb-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/krutoy-sb-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/krutoy-sb-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/krutoy-sb-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/krutoy-sb-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/krutoy-sb.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Most Belarusian companies face severe staff shortages &#8211; official<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 13,&nbsp;Pozirk. Nearly all Belarusian companies face severe staff shortages, said D\u017amitryj Krutoj, head of Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s administration, at a conference of the Federation of Trade Union of Belarus in Minsk on December 12. \u201cWe have record low unemployment, and &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/167972\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 2, Pozirk. Belarus saw a 1.9-percent excess in dismissals over recruitments in 2025, with 768,633 workers laid off and 754,081 hired, according to Pozirk\u2019s analysis of the National Statistical Committee\u2019s (Bie\u0142stat) data. The number of people who found new jobs rose by 16 percent compared to 2024, while the number of layoffs grew by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":158498,"template":"","rubric":[17],"class_list":["post-173892","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bie\u0142stat: dismissals outnumbered hires by nearly 2 percent last year | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"February 2, Pozirk. Belarus saw a 1.9-percent excess in dismissals over recruitments in 2025, with 768,633 workers laid off and 754,081 hired, according\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173892\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bie\u0142stat: dismissals outnumbered hires by nearly 2 percent last year | Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"February 2, Pozirk. Belarus saw a 1.9-percent excess in dismissals over recruitments in 2025, with 768,633 workers laid off and 754,081 hired, according\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173892\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-10T12:05:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rabota_kaska_pixabay_1128x752.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1128\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"752\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Pozirk_online\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173892\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173892\/\"},\"headline\":\"Bie\u0142stat: dismissals outnumbered hires by nearly 2 percent last year\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-02T10:25:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-10T12:05:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173892\/\"},\"wordCount\":95,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173892\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rabota_kaska_pixabay_1128x752.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173892\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173892\/\",\"name\":\"Bie\u0142stat: dismissals outnumbered hires by nearly 2 percent last year | Pozirk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173892\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173892\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rabota_kaska_pixabay_1128x752.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-02T10:25:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-10T12:05:06+00:00\",\"description\":\"February 2, Pozirk. Belarus saw a 1.9-percent excess in dismissals over recruitments in 2025, with 768,633 workers laid off and 754,081 hired, according\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173892\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173892\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173892\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rabota_kaska_pixabay_1128x752.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rabota_kaska_pixabay_1128x752.jpg\",\"width\":1128,\"height\":752},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173892\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Bie\u0142stat: dismissals outnumbered hires by nearly 2 percent last year\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Pozirk\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Bie\u0142stat: dismissals outnumbered hires by nearly 2 percent last year | Pozirk","description":"February 2, Pozirk. Belarus saw a 1.9-percent excess in dismissals over recruitments in 2025, with 768,633 workers laid off and 754,081 hired, according","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173892\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Bie\u0142stat: dismissals outnumbered hires by nearly 2 percent last year | Pozirk","og_description":"February 2, Pozirk. Belarus saw a 1.9-percent excess in dismissals over recruitments in 2025, with 768,633 workers laid off and 754,081 hired, according","og_url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173892\/","og_site_name":"Pozirk","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","article_modified_time":"2026-03-10T12:05:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1128,"height":752,"url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rabota_kaska_pixabay_1128x752.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@Pozirk_online","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173892\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173892\/"},"headline":"Bie\u0142stat: dismissals outnumbered hires by nearly 2 percent last year","datePublished":"2026-02-02T10:25:33+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173892\/"},"wordCount":95,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173892\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rabota_kaska_pixabay_1128x752.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173892\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173892\/","name":"Bie\u0142stat: dismissals outnumbered hires by nearly 2 percent last year | Pozirk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173892\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173892\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rabota_kaska_pixabay_1128x752.jpg","datePublished":"2026-02-02T10:25:33+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06+00:00","description":"February 2, Pozirk. Belarus saw a 1.9-percent excess in dismissals over recruitments in 2025, with 768,633 workers laid off and 754,081 hired, according","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173892\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173892\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173892\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rabota_kaska_pixabay_1128x752.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rabota_kaska_pixabay_1128x752.jpg","width":1128,"height":752},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173892\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Bie\u0142stat: dismissals outnumbered hires by nearly 2 percent last year"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","name":"Pozirk","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization","name":"Pozirk","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Pozirk"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/173892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"rubric","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rubric?post=173892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}