RIGA, April 9 (LETA) - At the end of March, the registered unemployment rate in Latvia was 5.5 percent of the economically active population, which is 0.2 percentage points lower than a month earlier, according to information published by the State Employment Agency (NVA).

At the end of March 2025, a total of 47,897 unemployed people were registered with the NVA, which is 1,992 fewer than a month earlier, when 49,889 unemployed people were registered with the agency.

The lowest registered unemployment rate at the end of March was still in the Riga region - 4 percent of the economically active population, which is 0.1 percentage point less than a month earlier, while the highest registered unemployment rate was in the Latgale region - 11.4 percent, an increase of 0.4 percentage points.

At the same time, in Kurzeme the registered unemployment rate at the end of March was 6.2 percent of the economically active population, 0.1 percentage point higher than a month earlier.

In Zemgale, the unemployment rate was 5.4 percent of the economically active population at the end of March, 0.3 percentage points lower than a month earlier, and in Vidzeme it was 5 percent, a decrease of 0.8 percentage points.

At the end of 2024, the registered unemployment rate in Latvia was 5.3 percent of the economically active population.