According to the latest information published by Cystat, the number of registered unemployed persons as at end of March 2002 was down by 2.021 persons compared to February 2002, totaling 11.046 or 3.5% of the work active population. The reduction was mainly noted in the sectors of hotels and restaurants, public administration and transport. An increase of 17.5% was noted compared to March of last year.

In March of this year, there were 2.580 unemployed registered from the hotel and restaurant sector, 1.666 from manufacturing, 1.424 from public administration, 1.615 from general trade, followed by smaller numbers by the other sectors.