In May, the number of unemployed Croatians was 0.8 percent higher than in May 2010. The annual rise in the unemployment rate decelerated from 8 percent in January to 0.8 percent in May.
Women accounted for 53.6 percent and men for 46.4 percent of the jobless population.
In May, 74,035 jobless Croatians, or one quarter of all unemployed people, received unemployment benefits.