In Croatia, there were 1.64 million employed people in the first quarter of this year, an increase of 61,000 compared to the same period last year, while the number of unemployed people fell by 29,000 to 96,000. This resulted in an unemployment rate of 5.5%, according to estimates by the Croatian Bureau of Statistics (DZS) from the Labor Force Survey.
According to the survey, in the first quarter of 2024, there were 1.643 million employed people in Croatia, which is 27,000 more compared to the previous quarter.
A comparison of the number of employed people on an annual basis, compared to the first quarter of 2023, shows that there were 61,000 more employed people in the first quarter of this year, a 3.8% increase.