Labour Force Survey Unemployment at 5.4% in Q1

Ljubljana, 29 May - Labour Force Survey unemployment in Slovenia rose to 5.4% in the first quarter of this year, up from 4.3% in the last quarter of 2008, while the jobless total stood at 55,000, according to preliminary data released by the Statistics Office on Friday.

Ljubljana
Irena Svetin (right) of the labour statistics department of the Statistics Office commenting on latest labour force survey unemployment figures.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Irena Svetin of the labour statistics department of the Statistics Office commenting on latest labour force survey unemployment figures.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

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