Over the year actual unemployment rate fell by 1.0 percentage point.
The unemployment rate among men reduced by 0.1 percentage points down to 6.1 % while among women increased by 0.1 percentage points up to 5.2 %.
The unemployment rate registered with the State Employment Agency (NVA) was 5.5 %. It has not changed over the month and reduced by 0.4 percentage points over the year.
In June 2023 there were 53.2 thousand unemployed persons in Latvia (24.0 thousand women and 29.2 thousand men), which is equal to the number registered a month ago and 9.4 thousand fewer than a year ago. During the month the number of unemployed men fell by 0.4 thousand while of unemployed women grew by 0.4 thousand.
