In February 2021, a total of 1.5 million people in Croatia were in employment, or 0.6 percent down from January 2021 and 2.2 percent down from February 2020, state statistics bureau said on Friday. Pročitaj više

A total of 1.3 million people were employed in companies and businesses, down by 0.7 percent month-on-month and 2.4 percent year-on-year. Some 182,000 people were self-employed, a decrease of 0.2 percent from January 2021 and 0.9 percent from February 2020.

At the same time, data provided by the state employment bureau HZZ showed a total of 162,386 job-seekers registered with the HZZ at the end of February, a decrease of 1.8 percent from January 2021 and an increase of 17.7 percent compared with February 2020.

The registered unemployment rate – the ratio of unemployed persons in proportion to the total active population – was 9.7 percent in February, down by 0.1 percentage point from January.