An indicator of the worsening of their socio-economic situation is the registered unemployment rate, which was 6.2% in January 2011 (6.1 percentage points below the Slovenian average) but in 2016 reached 14.7%; this was above the Slovenian average, which was only slightly higher than five years before (12.9%).
Ta je bila januarja 2011 za omenjene priseljence 6,2-odstotna in je bila za 6,1 odstotne točke nižja od stopnje registrirane brezposelnosti v celotni Sloveniji; januarja 2016 pa je bila za priseljence 14,7-odstotna in višja od slovenskega povprečja, ki je bilo le malo višje kot pred petimi leti (12,9-odstotna).