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NSI registers 10.8% of unemployment in third trimester

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During the third trimester of 2014 the number of employed persons over 15 is 3 million and 62 thousand while their relative portion of the population in the same age category is 49.3%. Unemployed persons are 369 thousand with index of unemployment of 10.8%, the number of unemployed compared to the third trimester of 2013 being by 10.4% lower. In September 2014 the average salary is EUR 420, which is 3.4% more on the previous month. Compared to September 2013 the growth is of 2.4%.





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