Since the unemployment rate was 12.5% in January, the trend is very

similar to last year, when it fell from 12.3% to 11.4% in the first half of

the year, according to the Statistics Office.

In June, the

unemployment rate for women remained unchanged at 12.2%, while it fell by

0.1 point from May to 10.9%.

Pomurje (NE) remains the region with the

highest unemployment rate, standing at 16.7% in June, and Gorenjsko (NW)

was the region with lowest unemployment with a rate, 8.4%.

The number

of people in paid employment was at 815,700 at the end of June, which is

1,200 people less than a month before and around 13,500 people less

year-on-year.

The number of men in employment fell by almost 800 and

the number of women declined by just short of 450 compared to the end of

May.