Over the month it has increased by 0.1 percentage points and over the year has not changed.
The unemployment rate for women rose by 0.1 percentage points up to 5.4 % and for men did not change, staying at 7.8 %.
In October, there were 62.3 thousand unemployed persons in Latvia, which is 0.6 thousand more than a month ago and 0.3 thousand more than a year ago. Over the month, the number of unemployed men grew by 0.1 thousand up to 36.8 thousand and of unemployed women by 0.5 thousand up to 25.5 thousand.
The unemployment rate registered with the State Employment Agency (SEA) was 5.1 %. It has not changed over the month and reduced by 0.2 percentage points over the year.
