Survey unemployment rate fell below 4% in August

Ljubljana – Slovenia’s ILO-compatible survey unemployment rate fell further in August, to 3.9%, down 0.1 percentage points from July and 1.4 points down from August a year ago, show data released by the Statistics Office.

The office estimates about 40,000 people aged 15 to 74 were out of a job in August. Women represented 55% of the unemployed and men 45%. This puts the joblessness rate among women at 4.7%, compared to 3.3% for men.

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