Bulgaria's jobless rate flat at 4.7% in Oct - Employment Agency
Tuesday, 16 November 2021
Bulgaria's registered unemployment rate was 4.7% in October, unchanged on a monthly comparison basis, the Employment Agency said on Monday.
On an annual comparison basis, the jobless rate fell by 2.2 percentage points, the government agency said in a statement.
A total of 15,319 unemployed people found a job with the help of labour offices in October, while 25,332 people registered as unemployed.
At the end of October, there were 155,263 registered unemployed people - 327 more compared to September 2021 and 31.9% less than in October 2020.
There were 11,755 job vacancies registered with labour offices in October, 5,441 less on a monthly comparison basis and 8,068 less year-on-year.