The number of employed Croatians last month came to 1,378,057 which was less by 9,764 than in November, the national Employment Office reported.
At the end of December, there were 317,577 jobless persons in the country, which was 1.5 percent more than in November.
The national unemployment rate was 18.7 percent in December, 18.4 percent in November and 18.1 percent in October 2004.