December 19 (SeeNews) - Unemployed in Bosnia's Muslim-Croat Federation in October numbered 371,342, up 0.1% month-on-month and 3.1% higher on the year, official statistics showed on Wednesday.
In September, the number of unemployed rose by 0.3% on the month and by 3.3% on the year to 371,017.
Following are monthly unemployment figures provided by the Statistics Office:
|
|
Oct |
Sept |
Oct'06 |
| Number of jobless |
371,342 |
371,017 |
360,049 |
| M/M pct change |
+0.1 |
+0.3 |
+0.2 |
| Y/Y pct change |
+3.1 |
+3.3 |
+4.0 |
An average of 143 unemployed competed for each vacancy in the Federation in September, according to the latest available data. In October, a total of 413,669 people were employed.
Bosnia was split into two autonomous parts - the Muslim-Croat Federation and the Serb Republic - by the 1990s war.