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Friday, 29.03.2024, 02:13
Unemployment level in Latvia stays at 6.4% in June
At the end
of June 2018, there were 59,119 unemployed persons registered with the State
Employment Agency, down by 429 people from a month ago.
The lowest
unemployment rate was registered in the Riga region - 4.2%, up 0.1% age point
month-on-month, while the highest level was in the Latgale province in eastern
Latvia - 14.9%, down 0.5% age points.
Unemployment
in the Zemgale province in southern Latvia was 5.9%, down 0.1% age point from
May 2018. The jobless rate in Vidzeme, north-eastern Latvia, also decreased 0.1%
age point to 6.5% in June, while the unemployment level in the Kurzeme province
in western Latvia was 7.1%, unchanged from May.
In the
Latvian capital Riga, the unemployment rate was 4% at the end of June this year
compared to 3.9% in May.
At the end
of May 2018, the registered unemployment rate in Latvia was 6.4%.