December 5 (SeeNews) - Slovenia posted annual employment growth of 2.3% in the third quarter of 2019, the highest among European Union member states for which data is available, the bloc's statistical office said on Thursday.
On a quarterly comparison basis, Slovenia had the second-highest employment growth in the EU for the July-September period - of 0.5%, Eurostat said in a statement.
Details on employment growth of EU member states in Southeast Europe follow (percentage change):
|
Q3 y/y |
Q3 q/q |
Bulgaria |
0.1 |
-0.1 |
Croatia |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Greece |
1.6 |
0.3 |
Romania |
-1.0 |
-1.1 |
Slovenia |
2.3 |
0.5 |
EU average |
0.8 |
0.1 |
source: Eurostat