According to data from the State Statistics Bureau there were 1.36 million employed people in Croatia in March, which is slightly higher than the figure in February.
Breaking down the figures it can be seen that 1.16 million people are employed in companies and 182,000 people work as freelance professionals. The biggest single sector in terms of number of people employed is manufacturing, with companies in the sector totalling 208,500 employees, down by 1.2 percent from March 2017.
According to data compiled by the state employment bureau, 178,000 Croatians were registered as unemployed in March 2018, down by 20.6 percent compared to the same month the year before.
The registered unemployment rate in March was 11.5 percent, or 2.6 percentage points down from March 2017.