At the end of August 2021, 125,501 persons were registered with the Croatian Employment Service (HZZ), down 17.1% on the year and 0.4% on the month, the HZZ said on Friday.

August was the fifth month in a row in which the number of the jobless decreased year on year.

As of today, 119,789 persons are registered with the HZZ and there are 17,543 vacancies.

Split-Dalmatia County accounts for the highest percentage of the registered jobless (17.7%), followed by the City of Zagreb (13.9%), while Lika-Senj County accounts for the lowest (1.1%).

In August 2021, 20.3% of those registered with the HZZ received unemployment benefits, down by 28.5% in August 2020.