Numbers in thousands
The total number of employed people increased by 0.4 percent from February 2023 to February 2024, amounting to a total of 602,000 people, while the total number of unemployed increased by 7.8 percent, a sum of 505,000 people.
Year-over-year, the largest employment growth was recorded for the farming, fishing and forestry occupations, which saw an increase of 3.6 percent. Office and administrative support occupations went in the opposite direction, a decline of 3.2 percent. In third, once again on the increase, installation, maintenance and repair occupations grew by 2.8 percent.
The overall unemployment rate increased by 0.3 percent year-over-year.
—Posted on March 26, 2024
