2.1.15. Number of unemployed persons by age group and sex (1998–)*

(thousand persons)

< >
Year 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60–64 65–69 70–74 Total Of which: 15–24 years old
years old
Total
1998 28.2 57.1 43.5 36.9 37.2 44.4 34.8 19.2 7.1 2.0 314.0 85.3
1999 21.6 54.4 41.2 38.5 34.6 38.9 31.1 18.8 5.6 0.4 285.3 76.0
2000 18.4 50.3 41.6 35.5 25.6 33.1 31.6 19.5 7.0 0.6 263.7 68.7
2001 13.2 41.9 41.6 31.5 25.2 26.1 26.4 20.0 6.8 1.2 234.1 55.1
2002 11.7 44.8 43.2 31.6 27.3 25.8 26.3 18.4 8.7 0.6 238.8 56.5
2003 11.8 43.1 43.6 33.3 29.3 26.1 28.1 19.3 8.2 1.5 244.5 54.9
2004 12.0 43.9 41.6 34.5 32.1 25.7 28.6 22.4 10.2 1.4 252.9 55.9
2005 12.4 54.5 51.9 39.5 39.7 27.4 32.8 29.0 14.4 1.5 303.9 66.9
2006 12.0 52.1 52.8 43.4 41.3 37.2 37.1 25.4 14.4 2.3 318.2 64.1
2007 9.5 47.9 49.9 44.7 40.1 37.9 36.0 27.3 17.2 1.3 312.1 57.4
2008 9.7 50.3 50.1 44.0 42.4 39.7 37.5 30.7 19.5 2.1 326.3 60.0
2009 11.4 67.4 63.3 55.5 53.9 51.2 47.6 37.7 26.7 2.8 417.8 78.8
2010 9.8 68.4 70.8 63.6 63.5 57.2 51.3 45.2 35.9 3.6 469.4 78.3
2011 8.4 66.1 59.1 55.5 66.0 59.7 52.6 48.3 45.0 5.1 466.0 74.5
2012 10.8 73.9 65.3 59.3 67.8 52.8 47.1 48.2 41.0 6.0 473.2 84.6
2013 13.5 70.0 55.7 54.0 57.5 56.0 47.1 39.5 39.7 7.2 441.0 83.5
2014 11.0 56.6 45.7 40.3 46.2 41.4 33.3 28.5 28.8 11.0 343.3 67.6
2015 10.7 48.2 40.9 33.7 40.1 35.4 31.2 28.6 23.9 14.3 307.8 58.9
2016 8.8 35.9 31.0 24.0 30.4 27.4 22.9 22.6 17.3 13.6 234.6 44.7
2017 8.2 28.1 24.0 20.4 24.8 23.6 18.0 19.1 13.4 11.9 191.7 36.3
2018 8.2 25.5 21.7 19.4 21.9 23.9 16.6 16.2 10.4 8.1 172.1 33.6
2019 9.1 28.0 23.2 13.4 16.4 22.5 16.6 13.5 9.9 6.1 159.7 37.1
2020 7.9 31.8 30.1 18.5 22.2 25.4 22.3 16.6 13.7 8.1 198.0 39.6
Male
1998 16.1 38.6 26.6 21.2 21.8 24.2 20.4 12.0 4.9 1.1 188.7 54.7
1999 12.7 34.0 25.9 21.6 21.5 20.4 17.5 11.2 4.8 0.3 170.0 46.7
2000 10.7 31.8 25.7 20.3 15.6 18.7 18.5 11.1 5.8 0.5 158.9 42.5
2001 7.5 26.6 25.7 18.4 15.4 15.2 15.6 11.3 5.8 0.9 142.4 34.1
2002 6.1 26.8 26.1 18.0 15.8 13.4 14.4 10.2 6.5 0.6 138.0 32.9
2003 6.8 24.9 25.8 18.8 15.3 14.3 16.2 10.5 5.0 0.8 138.5 31.7
2004 8.2 25.1 22.6 18.9 16.9 12.4 14.3 11.4 6.4 0.4 136.8 33.3
2005 7.9 30.3 26.3 22.1 19.6 12.8 17.1 13.3 8.8 0.8 159.1 38.2
2006 7.8 27.9 29.7 23.1 20.0 17.5 16.6 12.3 8.6 0.9 164.5 35.6
2007 6.2 26.0 28.4 22.7 19.1 17.2 18.3 14.2 10.4 0.9 163.5 32.2
2008 6.4 27.3 28.0 24.5 21.5 20.5 19.1 14.4 11.1 0.9 173.7 33.6
2009 7.0 40.4 37.7 30.7 29.0 27.5 25.0 17.8 15.1 1.5 231.9 47.5
2010 6.3 40.2 42.4 36.7 33.8 30.6 25.7 23.5 20.3 2.1 261.8 46.5
2011 5.2 38.6 33.6 29.7 36.1 31.4 25.2 23.5 25.3 2.8 251.5 43.9
2012 7.1 41.4 39.2 34.9 37.7 28.5 22.9 24.4 21.9 3.9 262.1 48.5
2013 8.2 38.3 32.9 30.7 29.9 28.8 22.3 20.8 22.5 4.6 239.3 46.6
2014 7.0 30.9 24.0 20.6 23.2 20.4 16.3 16.2 14.6 8.2 181.7 37.9
2015 5.9 29.4 22.0 16.8 18.3 16.3 16.3 14.6 12.5 9.2 161.9 35.3
2016 5.6 20.0 17.0 13.4 16.5 14.1 11.9 12.0 8.3 8.4 127.5 25.6
2017 4.7 14.3 11.1 11.9 12.0 11.1 9.5 9.3 6.0 5.9 95.7 18.9
2018 5.2 13.9 10.8 10.8 11.7 10.6 7.8 8.0 5.1 4.1 88.1 19.1
2019 5.5 17.6 13.0 7.3 7.7 9.7 9.0 6.3 5.6 3.7 86.1 23.1
2020 4.8 16.6 16.4 9.2 10.9 12.3 11.8 8.5 7.9 5.0 104.2 21.4
Female
1998 12.1 18.5 16.9 15.7 15.4 20.2 14.4 7.2 2.2 0.9 125.3 30.6
1999 8.9 20.4 15.3 16.9 13.1 18.5 13.6 7.6 0.8 0.1 115.3 29.3
2000 7.7 18.5 15.9 15.2 10.0 14.4 13.1 8.4 1.2 0.1 104.8 26.2
2001 5.7 15.3 15.9 13.1 9.8 10.9 10.8 8.7 1.0 0.3 91.7 21.0
2002 5.6 18.0 17.1 13.6 11.5 12.4 11.9 8.2 2.2 0.0 100.8 23.6
2003 5.0 18.2 17.8 14.5 14.0 11.8 11.9 8.8 3.2 0.7 106.0 23.2
2004 3.8 18.8 19.0 15.6 15.2 13.3 14.3 11.0 3.8 1.0 116.1 22.6
2005 4.5 24.2 25.6 17.4 20.1 14.6 15.7 15.7 5.6 0.7 144.8 28.7
2006 4.2 24.3 23.1 20.3 21.3 19.8 20.5 13.1 5.8 1.4 153.8 28.5
2007 3.3 21.9 21.5 22.0 21.0 20.7 17.7 13.1 6.8 0.5 148.6 25.2
2008 3.3 23.1 22.1 19.5 20.9 19.2 18.3 16.3 8.4 1.2 152.7 26.4
2009 4.4 27.0 25.5 24.8 24.9 23.7 22.6 19.9 11.6 1.3 185.9 31.3
2010 3.5 28.2 28.4 26.9 29.7 26.6 25.6 21.7 15.6 1.5 207.7 31.8
2011 3.2 27.4 25.5 25.8 29.9 28.3 27.4 24.8 19.8 2.3 214.5 30.6
2012 3.7 32.5 26.1 24.4 30.1 24.3 24.2 23.8 19.1 2.2 211.1 36.1
2013 5.3 31.7 22.8 23.3 27.6 27.2 24.8 18.7 17.2 2.7 201.8 37.0
2014 4.0 25.7 21.7 19.7 23.0 21.0 17.0 12.3 14.2 2.7 161.6 29.7
2015 4.8 18.7 18.9 16.9 21.8 19.1 14.9 14.0 11.4 5.1 145.9 23.5
2016 3.2 15.8 13.9 10.5 13.9 13.2 11.1 10.6 9.0 5.3 107.1 19.0
2017 3.5 13.9 12.9 8.6 12.8 12.5 8.5 9.8 7.4 6.0 96.0 17.3
2018 3.0 11.6 11.0 8.5 10.2 13.3 8.8 8.2 5.3 4.0 84.0 14.5
2019 3.6 10.4 10.2 6.1 8.7 12.8 7.7 7.2 4.3 2.4 73.6 14.0
2020 3.1 15.2 13.7 9.3 11.2 13.1 10.6 8.1 5.7 3.1 93.8 18.2
*Source: Labour Force Survey, HCSO. 

© Hungarian Central Statistical Office, 2011