Latvia: unemployment up in February 2021

In February, actual unemployment rate comprised 9.1%, up by 0.3% MoM. Unemployment rate registered by the State Employment Agency (SEA) accounted for 8.2%, up by 0.2%. Unemployment rate increase may be observed when comparing the data to the February of the previous year – of 1.5% in actual unemployment rate and 1.9% in registered unemployment…

Latvia: number of vacant jobs down in 2020

Last year there were 19.5 thousand vacant jobs in Latvia. When compared to 2019, their numbers have declined by 9.6 thousand or by 33%, according to data from the Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. In the private sector there were 11.7 thousand vacant jobs and 7.8 thousand in the public sector. Compared to the previous…