18.01.2024

UNEMPLOYMENT IN OUR COUNTRY IS RISING

The level of registered unemployment in the country increased by 0.1 percentage points on a monthly basis, and on an annual basis the growth was by 0.9 percentage points and reached 5.6 percent in December.

According to data from the Employment Agency, the number of registered unemployed at the end of the month was slightly over 158 thousand, the increase compared to November was by 1580 people.

The newly registered unemployed in December are nearly 18,300. Compared to the previous month, the decrease is slightly over 6,000, and compared to December last year - by over 8,000, reports the agency. There were 8,800 people who started work in the last month of the year. The largest share of them are in the processing industry - 15 percent.

For the whole of last year, 154,000 people found employment through the mediation of the Labor Offices, 90 percent of them - on the primary labor market.

In December, businesses reported 4,400 jobs, up from 7,500 in November. 20 percent of the vacant positions are in the processing industry, 18 percent - in trade.

The occupations most in demand by businesses are human care staff, sales staff, service staff, educators, machine operators, mining and manufacturing workers.