Croatia’s registered unemployment rate fell to 3.8% in April 2026 from 4.3% in March, reaching its lowest level since June 2025. The number of unemployed persons dropped by 11.1% month-on-month to a record low of 67.5 thousand, including 35.7 thousand women. At the same time, total employment increased by 0.3% to 1.702 million, while the labor force edged down by 0.2% to 1.770 million.
Paid employment in legal entities declined by 0.2%. The steepest contractions were recorded in mining and quarrying (-0.7%), manufacturing (-0.8%), water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities (-1.4%), construction (-1.2%), and professional, scientific and technical activities (-1.4%). By contrast, employment rose in agriculture, forestry and fishing (0.8%), electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (0.2%), accommodation and food service activities (4.5%), publishing, broadcasting, and content production and distribution (0.6%), and education (0.2%).
