February 14 (SeeNews) - The registered jobless rate in Bosnia's Federation stood at 36.5% at the end of December, unchanged from the month-earlier level, the entity's statistical office said on Friday.
Unemployment among women also remained unchanged at 44.3% in December, the statistical office said in a statement.
At the same time, the number of unemployed edged down 0.02% month-on-month to 307,864 in December.
The number of employed people fell to 535,206 in December from 536,210 in November. The active population in the Federation totalled 843,070 people in December 2019.
The registered unemployment rate is calculated as the ratio of the number of unemployed to the total active population.
The Federation is one of two autonomous entities making up Bosnia and Herzegovina. The other one is the Serb Republic.