17.11.2021

UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE THREE NORTHWESTERN DISTRICTS OF MONTANA, VIDIN AND VRATSA HAS FALLEN

Unemployment in the three northwestern districts of Montana, Vidin and Vratsa at the end of October was 9.9 percent and compared to October 2020 there was a decrease of 2.4 percent, said the Regional Employment Service in Montana.

The number of unemployed decreased compared to September 2021 - by 0.2 percent. At the end of October, the number of unemployed registered in the labor offices in the three districts was 17,101 and was 377 less than at the end of September. Compared to a year earlier, the number of unemployed is 4168 less.

1125 people started a new job in October in the districts of Montana, Vidin and Vratsa, and 84 percent of them used the assistance of the labor offices in the northwestern region. In October, 405 people from risk groups were employed under subsidized employment programs.

Despite the decline, unemployment in the three northwestern districts is higher than the national average, the Montana Regional Employment Service said. The highest unemployment was registered in the municipalities of Ruzhintsi - 48.7 percent, Yakimovo - 39.8 percent, Hayredin - 36.4, Borovan - 35.6. The lowest unemployment rates are in the municipalities of Vratsa - 3.6 percent, Montana - 3.9 percent, Mezdra - 4.2 percent, Berkovitsa - 6.4 percent, Lom - 7.6 percent, etc.