Unemployment rate for women fell by 0.3 percentage points to 7.2 % and for men by 0.4 percentage points to 8.6 %.
In April, there were 75.2 thousand unemployed persons in Latvia, which is 3.0 thousand fewer than a month ago and 7.8 thousand more than a year ago. Over the month, the number of unemployed men declined by 1.7 thousand, reaching 40.8 thousand, and the number of unemployed women reduced by 1.3 thousand, reaching 34.3 thousand.
The unemployment rate registered with the State Employment Agency (NVA) was 5.1 %. It has reduced by 0.4 percentage points over the month and by 0.3 percentage points over the year.
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