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.

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Croatia Unemployment Rate

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
9.80 9.50 23.60 6.70 1996 - 2021 percent Monthly
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Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2020-11-20 10:00 AM Oct 9.1% 8.8% 10.8%
2020-12-18 10:00 AM Nov 9.3% 9.1% 9.5%
2021-01-19 10:00 AM Dec 9.5% 9.3% 9.7%
2021-02-19 10:00 AM Jan 9.8% 9.5% 10%
2021-03-19 10:00 AM Feb 9.8%
2021-04-20 09:00 AM Mar
2021-05-19 09:00 AM Apr
2021-06-18 09:00 AM May
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Croatia Jobless Rate at Near 3-Year High of 9.8%
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.
2021-02-19
Unemployment Rate in Croatia Back to 7-month High
The unemployment rate in Croatia increased to 9.5 percent in December of 2020 from 9.3 percent in the previous month and from 7.9 percent in the same month last year. It is the highest jobless rate since last May as the government reimposed stricter lockdown measures, with restaurants, cafes, gyms and casinos forced to close. The total number of unemployed persons increased by 2.1 percent to 159.8 thousand in December, while the number of employed persons increased by 0.2 percent to 1.528 million.
2021-01-19
Croatia Jobless Rate Rises to 8.8% in September
Croatia's unemployment rate rose to 8.8 percent in September of 2020 from 6.7 percent in the same month of the previous year, amid the lingering effects of the pandemic crisis. The number of unemployed persons increased by 35,058 from the previous year to 147,434 while employed went down by 32,015 to 1,528,72. In August, the jobless rate was slightly higher at 9 percent.
2020-10-20
Croatia Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 9%
Croatia's unemployment rate came in at 9 percent in August of 2020, the same as in the previous month and compared with last year’s 6.8 percent. The number of unemployed persons fell by 65 from the prior month to 151,368 while employed rose by 6,412 to 1.534 million.
2020-09-18

Croatia Unemployment Rate
In Croatia, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.