On July 31 of this year, there were 361,774 people on the records of employment institutes and services in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The number of unemployed persons increased by 2,167 or 0.60 percent, compared to the month before. Of the total number of people seeking employment, 209,754 or 57.98 percent are women. Compared to the same period last year, unemployment in BiH is lower by 33,609 persons or 8.68 percent.
According to the Agency for Labor and Employment of BiH, unemployment decreased in the Republika Srpska by 966 persons (1.44 percent) and in the Brčko District of BiH by 111 persons (2.06 percent), while it increased in the Federation of BiH by 3,244 persons ( 1.13 percent).
In July, a total of 18,349 persons were deleted from the records of employment services, of which 8,663 were women. Of that number, 8,759 people are employed, of which 4,492 are women.
According to the data of the BiH Statistics Agency, in June 2022, the number of employed persons in BiH was 839,531, of which 372,522 were women.
Compared to May 2022, the number of employed persons increased by 0.3 percent, and the number of employed women increased by 0.4 percent.
The rate of registered unemployment for June this year was 30 percent and compared to May 2022, it was reduced by 0.1 percent.
