Unemployment Rises in Croatia

By: Erica McCauley

In December 2009 the unemployment rate rose 10% compared to December 2008, which only rose 1.1%. This unemployment is coming from the Mining sectors. This sector alone has had unemployment rates rise 16% annually. Following the mining sector, the industry sector dropped 10.4% in unemployment rates. Since last year, the only sector to survive the rise in unemployment is the production sector. Their profits went up 2.4% from last year.