The number of people who are registered as unemployed continues to decline steadily. Data from the Employment Service of Slovenia show that at the end of June, 53,860 persons were registered as unemployed, which is 3.6 percent less than in May, and 24.2 percent less than in June of last year. This also means we have reached a new record low, the best since 1990.
The government of Janez Janša was more than perfect in its work, and the results of its work are long-lasting, which is proven by the fact that the unemployment rate continues to fall. At the end of June, there were 1,994 fewer persons registered as unemployed than in May, and compared to last June, unemployment was lower by 17.234 persons.
In the first six months of this year, on average, a total of 60,158 unemployed persons were registered at the Employment Service of Slovenia, which is 26 percent less than in the same period last year. There were 3,949 newly registered unemployed persons in June, which is two percent more than in May, and 11.8 percent more than last June. Among the new applicants, 353 were looking for their first-ever job, 1.856 of them applied to the institution due to the expiration of their fixed-term employment, 53 due to bankruptcy, and 638 were redundant workers.
The majority of new employments happened in manufacturing
Compared to May, fewer first-time jobseekers applied to the Employment Service this month, but the number of applications of unemployed persons due to the end of fixed-term employment increased, and the number of redundant workers and those who filed for bankruptcy was also higher. Fewer unemployed people became self-employed in May, but among those who found employment, the majority were secretaries, workers for simple jobs in manufacturing activities, salespeople, cleaners, servers and service helpers in offices, hotels and other institutions, and warehouse employees.
In June, compared to May, unemployment, which fell by 3.6 percent at the national level, also decreased in all regional units of the Employment Service. The smallest decrease in unemployment was recorded in the Employment Service’s regional unit in Nova Gorica, followed by the units in Novo mesto, Kranj, Ljubljana, Maribor, Celje, Velenje and Trbovlje. On an annual basis, the largest decline continues to be recorded in the regional units of Kranj, Koper and Nova Gorica. In the last year, unemployment decreased the least in Novo mesto, Velenje and Trbovlje.
According to the latest data from the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia for April 2022, there were 918,302 employed persons in the country, which is 0.3 percent more than in March and 2.8 percent more than April last year.
Tanja Brkić
