2.1.2.1. Economic activity of population aged 15–74 by sex*

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Period, quarters Employed Unemployed Economically active Economically inactive Population aged 15–74 Activity rate Unemployment rate Employment rate
persons, thousands %
Total
2009 Q1 3 877.0 403.6 4 280.6 3 400.7 7 681.3 55.7 9.4 50.5
Q2 3 910.4 400.3 4 310.7 3 367.3 7 678.0 56.1 9.3 50.9
Q3 3 899.4 431.2 4 330.6 3 344.0 7 674.5 56.4 10.0 50.8
Q4 3 891.1 434.7 4 325.7 3 345.4 7 671.1 56.4 10.0 50.7
2010 Q1 3 821.8 493.8 4 315.5 3 352.2 7 667.8 56.3 11.4 49.8
Q2 3 870.9 470.6 4 341.4 3 322.9 7 664.3 56.6 10.8 50.5
Q3 3 907.8 457.9 4 365.7 3 295.2 7 661.0 57.0 10.5 51.0
Q4 3 894.7 454.1 4 348.8 3 308.8 7 657.6 56.8 10.4 50.9
2011 Q1 3 831.9 492.2 4 324.1 3 330.1 7 654.2 56.5 11.4 50.1
Q2 3 900.8 458.3 4 359.2 3 291.6 7 650.8 57.0 10.5 51.0
Q3 3 942.2 456.3 4 398.5 3 248.8 7 647.3 57.5 10.4 51.6
Q4 3 936.9 455.0 4 391.9 3 253.1 7 644.9 57.4 10.4 51.5
2012 Q1 3 870.3 506.0 4 376.3 3 267.1 7 643.4 57.3 11.6 50.6
Q2 3 950.3 471.9 4 422.2 3 215.2 7 637.5 57.9 10.7 51.7
Q3 4 019.6 453.7 4 473.3 3 159.8 7 633.0 58.6 10.1 52.7
Q4 3 994.7 459.5 4 454.1 3 175.1 7 629.2 58.4 10.3 52.4
2013 Q1 3 906.6 494.7 4 401.3 3 221.6 7 622.8 57.7 11.2 51.2
Q2 4 028.3 439.8 4 468.1 3 145.3 7 613.4 58.7 9.8 52.9
Q3 4 081.7 428.9 4 510.6 3 094.7 7 605.3 59.3 9.5 53.7
Q4 4 100.5 397.4 4 497.9 3 099.4 7 597.3 59.2 8.8 54.0
2014 Q1 4 165.1 363.0 4 528.2 3 059.7 7 587.8 59.7 8.0 54.9
Q2 4 196.3 358.8 4 555.1 3 022.3 7 577.5 60.1 7.9 55.4
Q3 4 270.1 331.4 4 601.5 2 967.1 7 568.6 60.8 7.2 56.4
Q4 4 258.8 318.3 4 577.1 2 982.0 7 559.1 60.6 7.0 56.3
2015 Q1 4 235.8 347.3 4 583.1 2 964.7 7 547.8 60.7 7.6 56.1
Q2 4 324.0 310.3 4 634.3 2 905.2 7 539.5 61.5 6.7 57.4
Q3 4 390.4 292.4 4 682.8 2 853.6 7 536.5 62.1 6.2 58.3
Q4 4 390.2 280.6 4 670.8 2 857.2 7 527.9 62.0 6.0 58.3
2016 Q1 4 390.5 272.6 4 663.0 2 852.5 7 515.6 62.0 5.8 58.4
Q2 4 476.4 234.1 4 710.5 2 797.3 7 507.8 62.7 5.0 59.6
Q3 4 521.1 226.2 4 747.3 2 759.8 7 507.1 63.2 4.8 60.2
Q4 4 540.9 205.0 4 745.9 2 753.8 7 499.6 63.3 4.3 60.5
2017 Q1 4 498.0 206.6 4 704.6 2 779.4 7 484.0 62.9 4.4 60.1
Q2 4 541.0 196.2 4 737.2 2 727.8 7 465.0 63.5 4.1 60.8
Q3 4 575.2 188.2 4 763.4 2 688.7 7 452.1 63.9 4.0 61.4
Q4 4 579.3 175.2 4 754.5 2 685.7 7 440.3 63.9 3.7 61.5
2018 Q1 4 570.6 177.8 4 748.3 2 688.1 7 436.4 63.9 3.7 61.5
Q2 4 606.9 165.0 4 772.0 2 664.2 7 436.2 64.2 3.5 62.0
Q3 4 627.4 178.2 4 805.6 2 626.1 7 431.8 64.7 3.7 62.3
Q4 4 620.6 166.3 4 786.9 2 637.4 7 424.3 64.5 3.5 62.2
2019 Q1 4 631.0 165.0 4 796.0 2 624.1 7 420.0 64.6 3.4 62.4
Q2 4 643.1 155.2 4 798.3 2 623.0 7 421.3 64.7 3.2 62.6
Q3 4 654.2 162.4 4 816.6 2 603.2 7 419.8 64.9 3.4 62.7
Q4 4 649.9 153.1 4 803.1 2 611.9 7 415.0 64.8 3.2 62.7
2020 Q1 4 606.8 173.0 4 779.8 2 631.6 7 411.4 64.5 3.6 62.2
Q2 4 556.4 214.2 4 770.5 2 639.2 7 409.7 64.4 4.5 61.5
Q3 4 627.2 207.8 4 835.0 2 573.2 7 408.2 65.3 4.3 62.5
Q4 4 622.6 195.4 4 817.9 2 587.6 7 405.5 65.1 4.1 62.4
Of which:
male
2009 Q1 2 014.5 225.4 2 239.8 1 438.0 3 677.8 60.9 10.1 54.8
Q2 2 040.4 224.0 2 264.3 1 412.7 3 677.1 61.6 9.9 55.5
Q3 2 029.0 238.9 2 267.8 1 408.5 3 676.3 61.7 10.5 55.2
Q4 2 020.2 239.1 2 259.4 1 416.3 3 675.6 61.5 10.6 55.0
2010 Q1 1 953.8 282.9 2 236.7 1 438.3 3 674.9 60.9 12.6 53.2
Q2 1 990.6 266.9 2 257.6 1 416.7 3 674.2 61.4 11.8 54.2
Q3 2 020.6 248.9 2 269.5 1 404.0 3 673.5 61.8 11.0 55.0
Q4 2 010.7 248.2 2 258.8 1 414.0 3 672.8 61.5 11.0 54.7
2011 Q1 1 970.1 274.9 2 245.0 1 427.1 3 672.1 61.1 12.2 53.7
Q2 2 023.8 245.1 2 269.0 1 402.5 3 671.4 61.8 10.8 55.1
Q3 2 053.3 243.3 2 296.6 1 374.1 3 670.7 62.6 10.6 55.9
Q4 2 043.4 242.6 2 286.0 1 387.3 3 673.2 62.2 10.6 55.6
2012 Q1 1 999.6 280.5 2 280.1 1 398.5 3 678.7 62.0 12.3 54.4
Q2 2 043.0 266.3 2 309.3 1 367.3 3 676.6 62.8 11.5 55.6
Q3 2 078.2 250.5 2 328.7 1 346.7 3 675.4 63.4 10.8 56.5
Q4 2 076.9 251.0 2 327.9 1 346.7 3 674.6 63.4 10.8 56.5
2013 Q1 2 013.8 282.4 2 296.2 1 376.4 3 672.6 62.5 12.3 54.8
Q2 2 107.0 235.7 2 342.8 1 326.1 3 668.9 63.9 10.1 57.4
Q3 2 144.6 228.6 2 373.2 1 292.8 3 666.0 64.7 9.6 58.5
Q4 2 153.0 210.3 2 363.3 1 299.9 3 663.2 64.5 8.9 58.8
2014 Q1 2 185.2 192.0 2 377.1 1 282.4 3 659.6 65.0 8.1 59.7
Q2 2 207.8 191.5 2 399.3 1 256.0 3 655.3 65.6 8.0 60.4
Q3 2 252.6 172.5 2 425.1 1 227.0 3 652.0 66.4 7.1 61.7
Q4 2 238.1 171.0 2 409.0 1 239.4 3 648.4 66.0 7.1 61.3
2015 Q1 2 220.9 186.3 2 407.2 1 236.8 3 644.0 66.1 7.7 60.9
Q2 2 278.0 163.5 2 441.5 1 199.8 3 641.3 67.1 6.7 62.6
Q3 2 319.3 151.8 2 471.1 1 170.2 3 641.3 67.9 6.1 63.7
Q4 2 318.0 146.1 2 464.1 1 174.4 3 638.5 67.7 5.9 63.7
2016 Q1 2 314.2 147.0 2 461.2 1 172.6 3 633.8 67.7 6.0 63.7
Q2 2 359.1 131.4 2 490.5 1 140.8 3 631.4 68.6 5.3 65.0
Q3 2 384.2 121.6 2 505.9 1 126.7 3 632.6 69.0 4.9 65.6
Q4 2 393.1 109.9 2 503.0 1 127.0 3 630.1 69.0 4.4 65.9
2017 Q1 2 378.0 108.9 2 486.9 1 136.0 3 622.9 68.6 4.4 65.6
Q2 2 417.6 100.1 2 517.7 1 096.5 3 614.1 69.7 4.0 66.9
Q3 2 437.2 90.9 2 528.1 1 080.8 3 608.9 70.1 3.6 67.5
Q4 2 437.0 83.0 2 520.0 1 084.3 3 604.3 69.9 3.3 67.6
2018 Q1 2 427.2 88.3 2 515.5 1 088.6 3 604.2 69.8 3.5 67.3
Q2 2 443.1 88.2 2 531.3 1 074.8 3 606.1 70.2 3.5 67.7
Q3 2 458.1 85.7 2 543.8 1 061.8 3 605.6 70.6 3.4 68.2
Q4 2 456.6 90.2 2 546.8 1 056.5 3 603.3 70.7 3.5 68.2
2019 Q1 2 472.8 89.9 2 562.6 1 040.1 3 602.8 71.1 3.5 68.6
Q2 2 472.4 87.9 2 560.3 1 046.1 3 606.4 71.0 3.4 68.6
Q3 2 487.4 85.1 2 572.5 1 035.8 3 608.3 71.3 3.3 68.9
Q4 2 487.7 81.5 2 569.2 1 039.0 3 608.1 71.2 3.2 68.9
2020 Q1 2 457.6 92.0 2 549.6 1 057.9 3 607.5 70.7 3.6 68.1
Q2 2 432.9 111.9 2 544.9 1 063.1 3 608.0 70.5 4.4 67.4
Q3 2 477.6 110.2 2 587.9 1 021.1 3 609.0 71.7 4.3 68.7
Q4 2 480.1 102.7 2 582.7 1 026.4 3 609.1 71.6 4.0 68.7
female
2009 Q1 1 862.6 178.2 2 040.8 1 962.8 4 003.6 51.0 8.7 46.5
Q2 1 870.0 176.4 2 046.4 1 954.5 4 000.9 51.1 8.6 46.7
Q3 1 870.5 192.3 2 062.8 1 935.4 3 998.2 51.6 9.3 46.8
Q4 1 870.8 195.6 2 066.4 1 929.1 3 995.5 51.7 9.5 46.8
2010 Q1 1 867.9 210.9 2 078.8 1 914.0 3 992.8 52.1 10.1 46.8
Q2 1 880.2 203.6 2 083.9 1 906.2 3 990.1 52.2 9.8 47.1
Q3 1 887.2 209.0 2 096.2 1 891.3 3 987.4 52.6 10.0 47.3
Q4 1 884.1 205.9 2 090.0 1 894.8 3 984.7 52.4 9.9 47.3
2011 Q1 1 861.8 217.2 2 079.1 1 903.0 3 982.1 52.2 10.4 46.8
Q2 1 877.0 213.2 2 090.2 1 889.1 3 979.4 52.5 10.2 47.2
Q3 1 888.9 213.0 2 101.9 1 874.7 3 976.6 52.9 10.1 47.5
Q4 1 893.5 212.4 2 105.9 1 865.8 3 971.7 53.0 10.1 47.7
2012 Q1 1 870.7 225.5 2 096.2 1 868.6 3 964.8 52.9 10.8 47.2
Q2 1 907.2 205.7 2 112.9 1 848.0 3 960.9 53.3 9.7 48.2
Q3 1 941.4 203.2 2 144.6 1 813.1 3 957.6 54.2 9.5 49.1
Q4 1 917.8 208.4 2 126.2 1 828.4 3 954.6 53.8 9.8 48.5
2013 Q1 1 892.8 212.3 2 105.1 1 845.2 3 950.3 53.3 10.1 47.9
Q2 1 921.3 204.1 2 125.3 1 819.2 3 944.5 53.9 9.6 48.7
Q3 1 937.1 200.3 2 137.4 1 801.9 3 939.3 54.3 9.4 49.2
Q4 1 947.5 187.2 2 134.6 1 799.5 3 934.1 54.3 8.8 49.5
2014 Q1 1 980.0 171.1 2 151.0 1 777.2 3 928.3 54.8 8.0 50.4
Q2 1 988.6 167.3 2 155.8 1 766.3 3 922.1 55.0 7.8 50.7
Q3 2 017.6 158.9 2 176.5 1 740.1 3 916.6 55.6 7.3 51.5
Q4 2 020.7 147.3 2 168.0 1 742.6 3 910.7 55.4 6.8 51.7
2015 Q1 2 014.9 161.0 2 175.9 1 727.9 3 903.9 55.7 7.4 51.6
Q2 2 046.0 146.8 2 192.8 1 705.4 3 898.2 56.3 6.7 52.5
Q3 2 071.1 140.7 2 211.7 1 683.4 3 895.1 56.8 6.4 53.2
Q4 2 072.2 134.4 2 206.6 1 682.8 3 889.4 56.7 6.1 53.3
2016 Q1 2 076.3 125.6 2 201.8 1 679.9 3 881.7 56.7 5.7 53.5
Q2 2 117.3 102.6 2 219.9 1 656.4 3 876.4 57.3 4.6 54.6
Q3 2 136.8 104.6 2 241.4 1 633.2 3 874.6 57.8 4.7 55.2
Q4 2 147.8 95.0 2 242.8 1 626.7 3 869.6 58.0 4.2 55.5
2017 Q1 2 120.0 97.8 2 217.7 1 643.4 3 861.2 57.4 4.4 54.9
Q2 2 123.4 96.2 2 219.6 1 631.3 3 850.9 57.6 4.3 55.1
Q3 2 138.0 97.3 2 235.3 1 607.9 3 843.2 58.2 4.4 55.6
Q4 2 142.4 92.2 2 234.6 1 601.5 3 836.0 58.3 4.1 55.8
2018 Q1 2 143.4 89.4 2 232.8 1 599.4 3 832.2 58.3 4.0 55.9
Q2 2 163.8 76.9 2 240.7 1 589.4 3 830.1 58.5 3.4 56.5
Q3 2 169.4 92.4 2 261.8 1 564.3 3 826.1 59.1 4.1 56.7
Q4 2 164.0 76.1 2 240.1 1 580.9 3 821.0 58.6 3.4 56.6
2019 Q1 2 158.2 75.1 2 233.3 1 583.9 3 817.3 58.5 3.4 56.5
Q2 2 170.7 67.3 2 238.0 1 576.9 3 814.9 58.7 3.0 56.9
Q3 2 166.8 77.3 2 244.0 1 567.4 3 811.4 58.9 3.4 56.8
Q4 2 162.3 71.6 2 233.9 1 573.0 3 806.9 58.7 3.2 56.8
2020 Q1 2 149.2 81.0 2 230.1 1 573.7 3 803.9 58.6 3.6 56.5
Q2 2 123.4 102.2 2 225.7 1 576.1 3 801.7 58.5 4.6 55.9
Q3 2 149.6 97.6 2 247.2 1 552.1 3 799.2 59.1 4.3 56.6
Q4 2 142.5 92.7 2 235.2 1 561.2 3 796.4 58.9 4.1 56.4
*Source: labour force survey, HCSO. 

© Hungarian Central Statistical Office, 2011