February Unemployment Rate at 12 Percent

Ljubljana, 18 April - Slovenia's labour force consisted of 872,367 people in January, 767,421 of which were persons in employment, an increase of 0.2 percent over January and 0.8 percent more than in February 2000. The registered unemployment rate thus stood at twelve percent in February, down 0.2 percent over the previous month, the National Statistical Office reported.