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Friday, 29.03.2024, 10:29
The employment rate in Lithuania increased, in Latvia and Estonia decreased in Q2
Lithuania's
employment rate inched up 0.5% in April-June from the earlier quarter, while
that of Latvia went down by 0.7% and by 0.5% in Estonia, the European Union's
(EU) statistics agency said.
Year-on-year,
the employed share of the population narrowed by 0.3% in Lithuania and by 1.4%
in Latvia but rose by 0.1% in Estonia.
Employment
in the second quarter of 2017 grew on average by 0.4% both in the eurozone and
in the European Union, while in Estonia it fell 0.5% compared to the previous
quarter.
Compared
to the second quarter of 2016, employment increased 1.6% in the eurozone and
1.5% in the European Union, Eurostat data show.
Of
the member states, unemployment increased the most in Malta by 1%, in Spain by
0.9% and in Greece and Poland by 0.8%.
Employment
decreased the most in Croatia by 0.8%, in Latvia by 0.7%, in Romania by 0.6%
and in Estonia by 0.5%.