GUS: the registered unemployment rate dropped to 5.1% in May
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The registered unemployment rate at the end of May amounted to 5.1 percent, down by 0.1 percentage points from March, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) has said. In May 2021, the rate was 6.1 percent.
The number of registered unemployed at the end of May 2022 amounted to 850,200 vs. 878,000 a month earlier and compared to 1.03 million a year before.
As previously announced by the Minister of Family and Social Policy Marlena Maląg, the registered unemployment rate in May amounted to 5.1 percent.
The number of newly registered unemployed persons amounted to 99,200 in May 2022 vs. 100,800 a month earlier, GUS has announced. In May 2021, the number of newly unemployed was 85,300.
(Alebank)
