September 17 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria’s jobless rate decreased by 0.1 percentage points month-on-month to 5.6% in August, the government's Employment Agency said on Monday.
Compared with the same month of 2017, Bulgaria's unemployment rate fell by 1.1 pp in August, the Employment Agency said in a statement.
There were 22,189 unemployed people newly-registered with labour offices countrywide in August. The number of people who found a job in August totalled 15,764.
There were 18,024 registered job vacancies in August. The highest share of vacancies was registered in the manufacturing sector, 22.1% of the total.
Bulgaria, a nation of some 7.1 million, had a total of 3.28 million economically active people in the 15-64 years age bracket in 2017.