Croatia's unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent in January of 20201, up from 9.5 percent in December and compared with last year’s 8.4 percent. It was the highest jobless rate since April of 2018, as many business activities remained closed amid the extension of lockdown restrictions. The number of unemployed persons rose by 5,500 from the prior month to 165,345 while employed went down by 12,409 to 1,515,29. source: Croatian Bureau of Statistics
Unemployment Rate in Croatia averaged 16.61 percent from 1996 until 2021, reaching an all time high of 23.60 percent in January of 2002 and a record low of 6.70 percent in June of 2019. This page provides - Croatia Unemployment Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Croatia Unemployment Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on March of 2021.
Unemployment Rate in Croatia is expected to be 13.50 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Unemployment Rate in Croatia to stand at 11.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Croatia Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 9.00 percent in 2022, according to our econometric models.