The rate of unemployment in Croatia is steadily falling. At the end of May the unemployment rate fell from 10.4 percent to 9.2 percent. Over 1.40 million people were employed in Croatia in May, up by 2 percent from April, of which 1.19 million were employed in companies, or 1.5 percent up, the national statistics bureau said on Wednesday.

Somewhat unsurprisingly the number of people employed in the tourism industry rose as the tourist season began.

At the end of May, there were almost 142,000 jobless people registered with the state employment bureau, down by 17,800 or 11.1 percent from April. As a result, May's unemployment rate fell to 9.2 percent from 10.4 percent in April.