SKOPJE, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- In the second quarter of 2018, the number of unemployed people in Macedonia fell by 6.2 percent, Macedonian State Statistical Office (SSO) reported on Friday.
The SSO data showed that in the second quarter of 2018, the number of employed people increased by 2.1 percent.
The data show that the labor force in Macedonia during this period amounted to 957,471 persons, of which 755,073 were employed, whereas 202,398 were unemployed.
Moreover, the activity rate in this period, according to the Macedonian State Statistical Office was 56.9, the employment rate was 44.9, whereas the unemployment rate was 21.1.