Unemployment Rate Down by 0.5% in 2006
The Labour Force Survey-based unemployment rate in Slovenia stood at 6% last year, down 0.5% percentage points over 2005, according to the National Statistics Office.
The unemployment rate was 4.9% among men and 7.2% among women. The number of unemployed men dropped by 1.2% percentage points, while it increased by 0.1% percentage points among women.
The number of unemployed persons was down by over 5,000 to 61,000 year-on-year due to an increased number of employed men; there was no major change in the number of unemployed women.
The highest unemployment rate (13.9%) was recorded in the 15-24 age group. In line with expectations, the lowest rate (2.6%) was meanwhile recorded among people aged between 55 and 64.
The number of working age people (aged 15 or more) increased by 10,000, while the number of persons under 15 dropped by 3,000.
Slovenia's labour force numbered 961,000 in 2006, which is 12,000 more than in the year before, while the total number of working-age people increased by 7,000 to 1,022,000.
The size of the inactive population went up by 3,000 to 701,000 in 2006. The number of inactive men increased by 5,000 to 288,000, while the number of inactive women was down 2,000 to 413,000.
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