Compared to January 2021, the number of unemployed decreased by 25,000 while the unemployment rate fell by 0.5 percentage points.
In December 2020-February 2021, the number of unemployed people aged 15–74 grew by 53,000 to 217,000 and their unemployment rate increased by 1.1 percentage points to 4.5%.
Among men, the number of unemployed increased by 24,000 to 111,000 and the unemployment rate grew by 0.9 percentage points to 4.3%. In the case of women, the number of unemployed rose by 29,000 to 105,000 and the unemployment rate increased by 1.3 percentage points to 4.7%.
Among people aged 15–24, the number of unemployed increased to 41,000 and the unemployment rate by 2.8 percentage points to 13.5%. Nearly one-fifth of all unemployed come from this age-group. Unemployment rates for people aged 25–54 grew by 1 percentage point to 4%, and for people aged 55–74 increased by 1.2 percentage points to 3.4%.
The average duration of unemployment was 9 months; 26.6% of unemployed people had been looking for a job for one year or more.
At the end of February 2021, the total number of registered jobseekers reached 302,000, according to the administrative data of the National Employment Service.
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