Unemployment Rate Lowest Since September 2013
- by croatiaweek
- in Business
The registered unemployment rate in Croatia dropped from 21.1% down to 19.6% last month, the lowest level it has been since September last year, according to data released today by the Central Bureau of Statistics…
It is the third month in a row that the registered unemployment rate has fallen, thanks mainly to the tourism sector. According to Tuesday’s data from the Croatian Employment Service, 327,508 people were registered as unemployed at the end of May, which is 7.6%, or 26,900 people less than in the previous month. When comparing statistics with the same period last year, there has been a drop of 1.7% this year in the number of registered unemployed.