The unemployment rate as measured by the Labor Force Survey (BAEL) was 4% in Q1 2021 against 3.1% in the previous quarter, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported. In the first quarter of 2020, this indicator amounted to 3.1%.
The employment rate (for people aged 15-74) in the first quarter of this year was 55% and increased by 0.3 percentage points. compared to the previous quarter and increased by 0.8 percentage points. y / y.
The professional activity rate (for people aged 15-74) in the first quarter of this year amounted to 57.3% and increased by 0.8 percentage point. compared to the previous quarter, and in relation to the first quarter of 2020, it increased by 1.3 percentage points, the Office also reported.
Source: GUS and ISBnews
