There were slightly more than 1.55 million Croatians in employment in January 2022, which is 1.3 percent down from December 2021, but still 2.5 percent up from January 2021, according to the state statistics bureau.

The working-age population in January numbered slightly more than 1.68 million or 0.9 percent down from December, but 0.2 percent up from January 2021.

The number of job-seekers stood at close to 131,000, an increase of 4.2 percent month-on-month, while compared to January 2021 it was down by 20.8 percent.

The registered unemployment rate grew from 7.4 percent in December 2021 to 7.8 percent in January 2022.