November 18 (SeeNews) - The number of people unemployed in Macedonia rose by 0.1% month-on-month to 342,313 in October, data from the government's Employment Service Agency indicated on Wednesday.
Number of unemployed in Macedonia:
Oct'09 |
Sept'09 |
Oct'08 |
Sept'08 |
342,313 |
341,893 |
343,051 |
343,692 |
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 31.9% in the second quarter from 33.8% a year earlier. Macedonia has a population of two million people.