March 31 (SeeNews) - Montenegro's jobless rate rose to 14.99% at the end of March from 14.22% a year ago, the government's employment agency said on Monday.
The number of unemployed rose by 4.53% year-on-year to 34,741 on March 31, the agency said in a statement posted on its website.
A total of 2,751 people have found a job so far this year, compared to 2,042 in the year-ago period.
The country's jobless rate rose to 14.88% at the end of 2013 from 13.46% a year earlier.
Montenegro has a population of around 630,000.