24.11.2021

THE UNEMPLOYED EXCEEDED 250,000 PEOPLE A YEAR

The newly registered unemployed across the country for the period from the end of December 2020 to November 21 exceeded 250,000 people.

For the same period, just over 206,000 people were employed through employment offices. This is shown by the latest data from the specialized monitoring of the National Statistical Institute and the Employment Agency due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

In the last observed week from November 15 to 21, the newly registered unemployed in the country are 5,241 people and are significantly more than the 2,869 people who started working. For this period the largest is the predominance of those registered in the labor offices over those employed in the districts of Blagoevgrad, Burgas, Vidin, Vratsa, Kyustendil, Stara Zagora and Haskovo. In many places the difference is more than three times in favor of the newly registered.

Social experts recall that from December 2019 to December 2020, a little over 418 thousand people were registered in the labor offices, and 249,380 started working.