BRATISLAVA, June 6, (WEBNOVINY) — Unemployment in Slovakia grew year-on-year for the second consecutive quarter. Compared to the first quarter of 2011, it increased by 2.2 percent, i.e. by 8,100 to 380,300 people. As the Statistics Office of the Slovak Republic reported, the unemployment rate increased by 0.2 percentage points year-on-year to 14.1 percent. Among women it increased by 0.5 percentage points to 14.4 percent and among men it fell by 0.2 percentage points to 13.8 percent.
„The general situation with unemployment was influenced by the fact that 63.3 percent of the unemployed have been jobless for more than one year. Of these, 70.5 percent were unemployed for more than two years,“ says the Statistics Office. The number of short-term unemployed increased by 9,600 to 139,400. The number of people unemployed for more than one year on the contrary slightly decreased by 1,500 to 240,900 people.
Most of the unemployed last worked in industry. However, simultaneously in this sector the Statistics Office reported the largest decline in the number of unemployed by 10,100 people. „The highest increase in unemployment was in transport and building sectors,“ said Statistics Office. The number of unemployed grew most the Trnava County, up by 10.4 percent. Conversely, the number of jobless fell in Zilina, Bratislava and Presov. The situation is still least favorable in eastern Slovakia. Kosice County contributed to Slovakia’s unemployment by one-fifth, Presov County by 18.3 percent. At the same time these two counties showed the highest levels of unemployment.
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