By sex, the gap between the two unemployment rates was 1.2 percentage points (4.7% for men as against 3.5% for women), while by residential area it was 0.9 percentage points (4.7% for rural area, as against 3.8% for urban area).
The unemployment rate reached the highest level (16.2%) among young persons, aged 15 to 24.
Unemployment affects in a higher measure the graduates of low and medium level of education, for which the unemployment rate was 5.8%, respectively 4.3%. The unemployment rate for higher education graduates was of only 2.1%.
The long-term unemployment rate (weight of unemployed for one year and over in active population) was 1.8% and the incidence of long-term unemployment (weight of unemployed for one year and over in total unemployment) was 44.1%.
For young people (aged 15 to 24), the long-term unemployment rate (unemployed for six months and over) was 9.3% and the incidence of long-term unemployment was 57.2%.