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The increase in unemployment is the highest in five years. New data from the Central Statistical Office
At the end of March, there were 949.8 thousand registered in employment offices. unemployed. That's 6.4 thousand. less than a month earlier, but at the same time by as much as 120 thousand. more than a year earlier, at the end of March 2025.
As we checked in historical data, the last time such high annual growth was in March 2021, i.e. five years ago.
The unemployment rate remained at 6.1 percent, i.e. rounded to one decimal place, nothing has changed compared to February, but year to year it means an increase of 0.8 percentage point.
