2.1.16. Unemployed persons by highest educational qualification and sex (1998–)*

(thousands)

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Year Less than 8 grades of primary school Primary (general) school Vocational and apprentice school Grammar school Other secondary school College University Total
Total
1998 13.9 108.0 107.7 31.0 41.1 8.4 3.9 314.0
1999 9.7 91.3 107.4 20.8 47.0 6.4 2.7 285.3
2000 6.6 79.2 102.3 20.3 44.8 7.1 3.4 263.7
2001 6.6 76.3 87.2 15.1 39.3 7.0 2.6 234.1
2002 7.2 76.9 86.0 15.5 40.0 8.4 4.8 238.8
2003 7.6 74.2 91.9 17.4 40.3 9.6 3.5 244.5
2004 6.0 72.7 90.1 21.3 43.8 12.9 6.1 252.9
2005 7.2 84.7 107.8 26.1 55.1 15.3 7.7 303.9
2006 9.5 93.3 107.8 25.7 56.6 17.1 6.8 316.8
2007 9.3 94.0 103.1 22.4 57.8 18.6 6.7 311.9
2008 8.6 102.6 106.2 28.0 58.2 18.8 6.8 329.2
2009 7.2 125.9 142.3 33.1 74.7 28.2 9.3 420.7
2010 9.9 133.9 157.4 38.7 89.8 30.4 14.7 474.8
2011 10.0 127.8 154.9 40.7 89.1 31.3 14.1 467.9
2012 9.5 127.9 153.6 46.9 89.9 32.2 15.5 475.6
Male
1998 8.5 61.5 79.3 12.3 20.2 4.4 2.5 188.7
1999 6.3 52.6 76.9 6.6 22.8 3.0 1.8 170.0
2000 4.5 47.5 73.0 6.0 22.5 3.4 2.0 158.9
2001 4.1 47.9 61.5 4.6 20.3 2.6 1.4 142.4
2002 4.8 45.8 59.8 3.7 19.3 2.8 1.8 138.0
2003 5.2 41.9 61.9 5.5 18.3 4.4 1.3 138.5
2004 4.4 42.0 58.3 6.8 18.6 4.1 2.6 136.8
2005 4.7 46.3 68.6 8.4 21.9 5.3 3.9 159.1
2006 5.5 49.4 65.9 9.3 23.6 6.8 4.1 164.6
2007 5.4 51.9 63.8 8.2 25.1 6.6 3.2 164.2
2008 4.4 56.9 68.6 10.5 24.1 6.9 2.9 174.3
2009 3.9 69.1 93.4 13.1 38.0 10.6 5.5 233.6
2010 4.3 75.3 106.2 13.2 43.8 13.8 7.8 264.5
2011 4.5 68.5 104.1 13.3 42.7 12.1 8.0 253.3
2012 5.2 68.6 103.3 20.1 45.0 12.6 7.8 262.6
Female
1998 5.4 46.5 28.4 18.7 20.9 4.0 1.4 125.3
1999 3.4 38.7 30.5 14.2 24.2 3.4 0.9 115.3
2000 2.1 31.7 29.3 14.3 22.3 3.7 1.4 104.8
2001 2.5 28.4 25.7 10.5 19.0 4.4 1.2 91.7
2002 2.4 31.1 26.2 11.8 20.7 5.6 3.0 100.8
2003 2.4 32.3 30.0 11.9 22.0 5.2 2.2 106.0
2004 1.6 30.7 31.8 14.5 25.2 8.8 3.5 116.1
2005 2.5 38.4 39.2 17.7 33.2 10.0 3.8 144.8
2006 4.0 43.9 41.9 16.4 33.0 10.3 2.7 152.2
2007 3.9 42.1 39.3 14.2 32.7 12.0 3.5 147.7
2008 4.2 45.7 37.6 17.5 34.1 11.9 3.9 154.9
2009 3.3 56.8 48.9 20.0 36.7 17.6 3.8 187.1
2010 5.6 58.5 51.1 25.5 46.0 16.6 7.0 210.3
2011 5.5 59.3 50.7 27.4 46.4 19.2 6.0 214.6
2012 4.3 59.3 50.3 26.8 44.9 19.6 7.8 213.0
*Source: labour force survey of the population. 

© Hungarian Central Statistical Office, 2011