March 20 (SeeNews) - North Macedonia's unemployment rate stood at 13.1% at the end of 2023, up from 12.8% at the end of September, the national statistical office, Makstat, said on Wednesday.
The country's labour force totalled 791,647 people at the end of December, of which 103,351 were unemployed, the statistical office said in a statement.
The data is not comparable to that from previous years due to the implementation of new regulations aligned with EU standards, which affects the surveying method, Makstat noted.
According to previous Makstat data, the jobless rate in the country stood at 14% at the end of 2022, down from 14.3% at the end of the third quarter.
North Macedonia has a population of 1.83 million.