In November 2018 the number of employed people was substantially unchanged compared with October; even the employment rate was stable at 58.6%. The male employment increased while the female decreased.

After two months of growth, in November the number of unemployed people decreased (-0.9%, -25 thousand); the decline involved mainly women and persons aged 15-34. The unemployment rate dropped to 10.5% (-0.1 percentage points in a month) and the youth rate slight decreased to 31.6% (-0.6 percentage points).

In November, inactive people aged 15-64 rose (+0.2%, +26 thousand); the increase involved women and and extreme age groups, that is persons aged 15-24 and over50. The inactivity rate grew to 34.3% (+0.1 percentage points).

In the quarter September-November 2018 employment slightly went down compared with the previous quarter (-0.1%, -26 thousand). The decrease involved women and people aged 25-49.