Croatia’s registered unemployment rate fell to 4.3% in March 2026 from 4.7% in the previous month, marking the lowest jobless rate since October 2025. The number of unemployed persons dropped 9.6% from a month earlier to 75.9 thousand, of whom 40.3 thousand were women. Employment increased 0.3% to 1.698 million, while the labor force declined 0.2% to 1.774 million. Paid employment in legal entities inched up 0.1%, led by growth in mining and quarrying (0.9%), manufacturing (0.4%), construction (0.7%), financial and insurance activities (0.2%), professional, scientific and technical activities (0.8%), public administration and defence (0.2%), education (0.5%), and human health and social work activities (0.3%). In contrast, job losses were most notable in accommodation and food service activities (-1.3%) and water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities (-0.7%).