October 6 (SeeNews) - The number of people unemployed in Macedonia rose 0.5% month-on-month to 342,518 in August, data from the government's Employment Service Agency’s indicated on Tuesday.
Number of unemployed in Macedonia:
August'09 |
July'09 |
August'08 |
July'08 |
342,518 |
340,776 |
344,323 |
345,507 |
The Employment Service Agency does not release jobless rate figures. These are issued quarterly by the country's State Statistics Office.
Macedonia's unemployment rate fell to 32.7% in the first quarter from 34.8% a year earlier. Macedonia has a population of two million people.