The number of newly registered in May was down 15.4% on the month before, but up 6.9% year-on-year to 6,926. Nearly half of these lost their jobs as their fixed-term contracts expired (3,417).

Out of the 9,682 people that were checked out of the Employment Service registry in May, 6,464 found a job or were self-employed. The figure marks a rise of 1.9% on April and a surge of 38.4% year-on-year.

Year-on-year, unemployment totals increased the most in the regional offices in Ljubljana (+17.9%), Nova Gorica (+15.7%) and Koper (+15.5%), that is the wealthiest and most developed parts of the country.

An average 122,172 people were registered as unemployed in the first five months of the year, up 9.5% on the same period last year. The number of newly registered was up 18.7% to 46,007.

Of the 45,492 that were checked out in this period, 29,973 found a job, which is 9.1% more than in January-May 2012.