07.02.2023

THE MUNICIPALITIES WITH THE MOST UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED

The Ministry of Finance announced the municipalities in which unemployment was at or above 25 percent higher than the national average last year.

The list includes 165 mostly small municipalities. Blagoevgrad and Vidin districts have the most municipalities with high unemployment – 11 each.

Among them are the resort of Bansko, Petrich, Gotse Delchev, Vidin itself and Belogradchik. 10 are the municipalities with many unemployed in the Montana region, among them Berkovitsa and Lom.

The fewest municipalities with high unemployment are registered in Sliven district - Kotel and Tvarditsa, and in Yambol district - Bolyarovo, Elhovo and Straldzha.

According to data from the Employment Agency for the last month of last year, unemployment in our country was 4.7%. This means that unemployment in the mentioned municipalities is running at 30 percent.

At the end of December, the registered unemployed in the labor offices totaled 153,944, which is an increase of 8,513 persons more than those reported in November. Newly registered in December were 26,413 - 2,669 more than the previous month.