According to the data, there were 152,500 unemployed individuals in Lithuania at the end of December, which is a rise by 17,400 (12.9%) from late November and by 503 (0.3%) from the same period last year.

Some 52.5% of the registered unemployed persons were male and 47.5% were female, which is a drop by 0.3% and a rise by 1.1% year-on-year.

In December, employers registered 18,200 job vacancies, down by 25.1% month-on-month and by 17.6% year-on-year.

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