Registered unemployment level at the beginning of April has reduced by 0.1%

At the beginning of April, the registered unemployment level was 14.3 percent, which was 0.1 percent less when compared to the previous month, according to information from the State Employment Agency (SEA).

As SEA Director Baiba Pasevica informed LETA, 162,004 persons are currently registered as out of work in Latvia. There are currently 2,786 available jobs in the SEA's database, meaning that there are 58 registered unemployed to each vacancy.

The highest unemployment rate is in Latgale Province - 22.9 percent, whilst the lowest is in Riga Region - 10.8 percent.

The lowest unemployment rate among Latvia's largest cities was recorded in Riga - 9.9 percent, and Jelgava (central Latvia) - 11.3 percent, whilst the highest - in Rezekne (eastern Latvia) - 20.8 percent.

As reported, the registered unemployment level in Latvia at the end of March was 14.4 percent, which was 0.1 percent less when compared to February.

LETA

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