ZAGREB (Croatia), March 31 (SeeNews) – Croatia reported the sharpest unemployment growth among EU member states in February, of 1.2 percentage points to 18.5%, the bloc's statistics office said on Tuesday.
On the opposite end of the table, Bulgaria was among the EU member states with the biggest decrease in unemployment in February, by 2.1 percentage points to 10.2%, Eurostat said in a notice.
Following are details about the unemployment rates in the EU member states in Southeast Europe in February:
|
Rates (%) |
Number of persons (in thousands) |
|
Feb 2015 |
Feb 2014 |
Jan 2015 |
Feb 2015 |
Feb 2014 |
Jan 2015 |
EU28 |
9.8 |
10.5 |
9.4 |
23,887 |
25,434 |
23,978 |
Bulgaria |
10.2 |
12.3 |
10.2 |
342 |
414 |
342 |
Croatia |
18.5 |
17.3 |
18.5 |
353 |
322 |
352 |
Romania |
6.4 |
7.0 |
6.5 |
598 |
644 |
607 |
Slovenia |
9.4 |
10.1 |
9.4 |
95 |
102 |
95 |
Slovenia joined the bloc in 2004, Romania and Bulgaria followed suit in January 2007, and Croatia became the EU's 28th member on July 1, 2013.