Unemployment rate down to 5.42% in April

The unemployment rate in Slovakia in April stood at 5.42%, down by 2.32 p.p. year-on-year, according to the latest data released by the Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Centre last week. All eight Slovak regions recorded cuts in their unemployment rates in April, with the Banská Bystrica region seeing the most significant drop. The unemployment rate declined in 62 districts, grew in 14 and remained unchanged in three. The highest figure was recorded in the Rimavská Sobota district (17.96%) and the lowest in the Trnava district (1.96%).