At the end of September, there were 324,712 people on the records of employment institutes and services in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and compared to the previous month, the number of unemployed people was lower by 5,117 people or 1.55 percent.
Of the total number of people seeking employment, 192,067 or 59.15 percent are women. Compared to the same period last year, unemployment in BiH is lower by 22,136 people or 6.38 percent.
Unemployment decreased in the Federation of BiH by 4,888 persons (1.86 percent), in the Republika Srpska by 304 persons (0.55 percent), and increased in the Brčko District of BiH by 75 persons (0.64 percent).
Among the persons looking for employment at the end of September were NKV 95,055 or 29.27 percent, PKV-NSS 4,575 or 1.41 percent, KV 101,768 or 31.34 percent, VKV 739 or 0.23 percent, SSS 92,280 or 28.42 percent. , VŠS 4,935 or 1.52 percent, and VSS 25,360 or 7.81 percent.
Of the total number of registered unemployed persons in September of this year, the number of newly registered persons looking for work was 13,146, of which 6,900 were women. The number of persons deleted from the records of institutes and employment services was 18,370, of which 10,907 were women. Of the total number of persons deleted from the records of institutes and employment services, 13,220 or 71.96 percent are employed, of which 8,204 are women or 62.06 percent, reports Fena.
In September, employers reported 3,531 needs to hire new workers to employment institutes and services in BiH, of which 876 were women, while the registered number of persons whose employment relationship ended in the reporting period was 8,983. The registered number of women whose employment relationship ended in the reporting period was 4,788 or 53.30 percent.
According to the data of the BiH Statistics Agency, in August 2024, the number of employed persons in BiH was 847,865, of which 383,360 were women. Compared to July 2024, the number of employed persons decreased by 0.6 percent, and the number of employed women decreased by 0.8 percent, according to the Agency for Labor and Employment of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Source: ba.ekapija.com
