5.1.9. Employment rate by age group and sex (1992–)(1/3)

(%)

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Regionsa 15–24 25–64 65–74 Total 15–64 years old Working age
years old comparableb actualc
both sexes
1992
Budapest 35.4 71.4 12.8 57.7 63.7 69.8 ..
Pest 38.4 65.2 3.5 53.8 59.4 66.1 ..
Central Transdanubia 38.1 63.0 5.7 52.8 57.7 63.9 ..
Western Transdanubia 39.5 68.2 5.0 55.7 62.1 69.5 ..
Southern Transdanubia 36.1 62.8 6.2 51.7 57.2 64.7 ..
Northern Hungary 30.5 57.9 4.6 47.0 52.2 58.6 ..
Northern Great Plain 33.0 58.1 6.6 47.8 52.5 58.5 ..
Southern Great Plain 34.9 64.1 8.3 52.3 57.9 64.4 ..
Total 35.4 64.1 7.4 52.5 58.0 64.5 ..
1993
Budapest 30.4 67.7 9.7 53.3 59.6 65.7 ..
Pest 35.0 62.3 2.7 50.7 56.1 62.4 ..
Central Transdanubia 33.4 61.3 4.0 50.2 55.2 61.3 ..
Western Transdanubia 34.6 67.9 3.6 53.9 60.5 67.8 ..
Southern Transdanubia 32.5 58.5 4.1 47.4 52.9 59.8 ..
Northern Hungary 29.3 54.8 3.2 44.1 49.3 55.7 ..
Northern Great Plain 29.7 54.0 5.2 43.8 48.4 54.0 ..
Southern Great Plain 30.1 60.0 4.1 47.7 53.5 59.9 ..
Total 31.5 61.0 5.2 48.9 54.5 60.8 ..
1994
Budapest 28.9 66.5 10.0 52.0 58.0 64.0 ..
Pest 35.7 61.2 2.1 49.8 55.4 62.0 ..
Central Transdanubia 33.7 60.4 2.9 49.2 54.5 61.0 ..
Western Transdanubia 34.9 67.1 3.3 53.1 59.9 67.3 ..
Southern Transdanubia 32.6 57.9 4.1 46.7 52.4 59.0 ..
Northern Hungary 27.9 53.1 1.9 42.4 47.7 53.9 ..
Northern Great Plain 27.9 53.5 3.5 42.6 47.5 53.2 ..
Southern Great Plain 29.4 59.7 2.4 46.8 53.0 59.5 ..
Total 30.8 60.1 4.4 47.8 53.5 59.9 ..
1995
Budapest 28.9 67.4 7.2 52.1 58.6 64.5 64.2
Pest 32.2 60.5 0.9 48.2 54.0 60.2 59.8
Central Transdanubia 29.8 59.8 3.2 47.8 53.1 59.5 59.1
Western Transdanubia 34.9 65.5 2.3 51.6 58.5 65.6 65.3
Southern Transdanubia 29.4 54.3 2.8 43.2 48.8 54.8 54.4
Northern Hungary 24.5 52.4 2.1 40.9 46.3 52.5 52.2
Northern Great Plain 25.4 52.8 3.5 41.4 46.4 51.7 51.4
Southern Great Plain 30.6 59.5 2.6 46.6 53.0 59.6 59.2
Total 29.1 59.4 3.5 46.7 52.5 58.7 58.4
1996
Budapest 27.5 67.0 5.0 51.2 58.1 63.8 63.6
Pest 31.6 61.4 1.5 48.8 54.5 60.5 60.3
Central Transdanubia 30.6 59.4 2.4 47.3 52.7 58.8 58.5
Western Transdanubia 35.7 66.3 1.9 52.3 59.4 66.2 66.0
Southern Transdanubia 30.5 56.0 2.0 44.4 50.3 56.7 56.3
Northern Hungary 24.7 51.7 0.9 40.3 45.7 51.7 51.4
Northern Great Plain 24.6 52.0 3.8 40.8 45.6 50.9 50.6
Southern Great Plain 28.9 59.7 2.1 46.3 52.8 59.0 58.8
Total 28.7 59.4 2.7 46.4 52.4 58.4 58.1
1997
Budapest 27.6 66.8 3.9 50.9 57.8 63.4 62.6
Pest 34.2 61.0 0.9 49.1 54.7 60.7 60.0
Central Transdanubia 32.7 60.0 1.5 48.0 53.6 59.7 59.0
Western Transdanubia 35.6 67.1 2.1 52.8 59.8 66.4 65.7
Southern Transdanubia 28.9 56.1 1.3 44.1 50.0 56.3 55.4
Northern Hungary 25.7 51.5 0.9 40.3 45.7 51.4 50.8
Northern Great Plain 27.7 50.7 1.8 40.2 45.2 50.4 49.7
Southern Great Plain 31.2 60.2 2.2 47.2 53.6 59.8 59.0
Total 30.0 59.3 2.1 46.5 52.5 58.4 57.7
1998
Budapest 31.6 66.1 4.5 51.4 58.4 64.3 63.0
Pest 36.9 60.7 0.7 49.5 55.4 61.7 60.4
Central Transdanubia 38.8 60.6 1.3 49.7 55.7 62.2 61.1
Western Transdanubia 42.1 67.3 1.6 54.2 61.6 68.3 66.9
Southern Transdanubia 33.3 56.7 1.5 45.3 51.6 57.7 56.4
Northern Hungary 29.2 51.4 1.5 41.1 46.5 52.7 51.5
Northern Great Plain 29.6 51.9 1.2 41.4 46.7 51.8 50.8
Southern Great Plain 35.4 59.6 2.1 47.4 54.2 60.3 59.2
Total 34.1 59.3 2.1 47.4 53.6 59.7 58.5
1999
Budapest 31.8 68.0 4.9 53.1 60.2 66.3 65.0
Pest 38.9 62.9 1.0 51.6 57.7 64.0 62.6
Central Transdanubia 38.0 63.9 2.0 51.8 58.2 64.9 63.6
Western Transdanubia 41.4 69.4 1.5 55.4 63.1 69.8 68.5
Southern Transdanubia 33.3 58.0 1.9 46.4 52.7 58.8 57.8
Northern Hungary 29.0 53.7 1.9 42.5 48.3 54.4 53.2
Northern Great Plain 31.4 53.9 1.7 43.2 48.8 53.8 52.8
Southern Great Plain 33.4 61.3 2.4 48.2 55.2 61.2 60.0
Total 34.1 61.4 2.4 48.9 55.4 61.5 60.3
2000
Budapest 31.5 68.5 5.7 53.9 60.9 67.1 65.2
Pest 37.4 64.6 1.7 52.7 58.8 64.9 62.9
Central Transdanubia 34.1 65.6 1.4 52.3 58.8 65.5 63.5
Western Transdanubia 38.1 70.2 2.3 55.9 63.3 69.5 67.6
Southern Transdanubia 31.6 59.1 1.4 46.9 53.3 59.3 57.5
Northern Hungary 28.8 55.2 2.0 43.7 49.6 55.5 53.7
Northern Great Plain 29.9 54.4 1.6 43.6 49.0 54.2 52.8
Southern Great Plain 31.4 62.1 2.4 48.7 55.6 61.7 59.9
Total 32.5 62.4 2.6 49.6 56.0 62.0 60.2
2001
Budapest 29.9 69.0 3.7 54.0 61.3 67.4 65.8
Pest 36.5 65.2 1.2 53.3 59.4 65.7 63.7
Central Transdanubia 32.9 66.2 1.8 52.7 59.3 65.7 63.9
Western Transdanubia 33.7 70.9 2.0 55.7 63.1 68.8 67.2
Southern Transdanubia 27.8 58.6 2.1 46.3 52.3 58.3 56.4
Northern Hungary 27.6 55.6 1.2 43.8 49.7 55.6 54.0
Northern Great Plain 30.1 54.9 1.5 44.2 49.5 54.7 53.2
Southern Great Plain 28.7 62.8 1.6 49.0 55.8 61.7 60.1
Total 30.7 62.8 2.0 49.8 56.2 62.1 60.4
2002
Budapest 29.6 69.2 4.7 54.8 61.8 67.8 66.0
Pest 33.0 66.0 1.7 53.6 59.6 65.6 63.6
Central Transdanubia 31.8 67.2 1.9 53.2 60.0 65.9 63.9
Western Transdanubia 32.5 71.6 2.1 56.4 63.7 69.5 67.7
Southern Transdanubia 25.5 58.1 2.1 45.8 51.6 57.3 55.5
Northern Hungary 24.2 57.0 0.7 44.1 50.3 55.6 54.0
Northern Great Plain 27.1 55.4 1.8 43.9 49.3 54.1 52.3
Southern Great Plain 25.9 61.3 1.5 47.8 54.2 60.1 58.2
Total 28.5 63.2 2.2 49.9 56.2 61.9 60.0
2003
Budapest 27.0 71.1 5.5 56.2 63.3 69.2 67.6
Pest 31.9 65.6 2.3 53.5 59.3 65.1 63.3
Central Transdanubia 29.4 70.3 3.2 55.3 62.3 67.7 66.2
Western Transdanubia 30.7 69.5 3.1 55.1 61.9 67.3 65.8
Southern Transdanubia 25.2 60.3 2.1 47.3 53.4 59.0 57.3
Northern Hungary 23.0 58.3 1.4 45.0 51.2 56.1 54.8
Northern Great Plain 23.6 59.1 1.6 45.9 51.6 56.0 54.7
Southern Great Plain 25.3 60.0 1.7 47.0 53.2 58.7 57.0
Total 26.7 64.3 2.7 50.6 57.0 62.3 60.8
2004
Budapest 25.7 73.1 6.5 58.1 65.1 70.2 68.6
Pest 26.4 67.0 2.8 53.7 59.5 65.0 62.9
Central Transdanubia 26.5 68.3 2.4 53.7 60.3 65.6 63.8
Western Transdanubia 28.3 69.3 2.1 54.5 61.4 66.6 64.8
Southern Transdanubia 20.7 59.7 2.4 46.4 52.3 57.3 55.6
Northern Hungary 20.2 58.1 1.5 44.6 50.6 55.7 53.8
Northern Great Plain 20.4 58.3 1.5 45.0 50.4 54.5 53.1
Southern Great Plain 22.4 61.0 2.3 47.3 53.6 58.9 56.8
Total 23.6 64.5 2.9 50.5 56.8 61.7 60.0
2005
Budapest 22.6 73.7 5.8 58.2 65.3 70.0 68.9
Pest 25.2 67.9 2.5 54.2 60.2 65.5 63.6
Central Transdanubia 25.4 68.2 2.0 53.6 60.2 65.5 63.7
Western Transdanubia 26.9 70.2 1.8 54.8 62.1 67.1 65.2
Southern Transdanubia 19.1 61.3 1.9 47.1 53.4 58.0 56.5
Northern Hungary 18.2 57.3 1.8 43.6 49.5 54.4 52.7
Northern Great Plain 19.3 58.1 1.4 44.7 50.2 54.3 52.7
Southern Great Plain 20.1 61.7 1.7 47.4 53.8 58.9 57.0
Total 21.8 65.0 2.5 50.5 56.9 61.7 60.1
2006
Budapest 20.2 73.0 5.8 57.1 64.6 69.8 67.7
Pest 25.1 68.7 2.7 54.8 61.0 66.0 64.0
Central Transdanubia 26.5 69.3 2.7 54.5 61.3 66.7 64.5
Western Transdanubia 26.6 70.5 1.8 55.5 62.5 68.1 65.9
Southern Transdanubia 20.1 60.7 1.9 47.0 53.2 58.4 56.3
Northern Hungary 18.2 58.6 1.6 44.6 50.7 55.2 53.4
Northern Great Plain 19.0 59.3 1.8 45.7 51.1 55.5 53.5
Southern Great Plain 20.2 61.9 1.4 47.6 54.0 59.5 57.1
Total 21.6 65.4 2.7 50.9 57.4 62.4 60.3
2007
Budapest 19.9 72.3 7.9 56.9 64.1 69.6 67.1
Pest 24.1 69.1 2.9 54.9 61.2 66.6 64.3
Central Transdanubia 25.2 69.5 2.4 54.5 61.4 67.3 64.7
Western Transdanubia 27.0 70.6 1.8 55.7 62.8 68.5 66.0
Southern Transdanubia 18.0 58.4 1.6 45.0 51.0 56.8 54.1
Northern Hungary 18.9 58.0 1.6 44.3 50.4 55.1 53.1
Northern Great Plain 18.4 58.4 3.1 45.1 50.3 54.9 52.9
Southern Great Plain 19.7 62.5 1.5 48.0 54.5 60.0 57.6
Total 21.1 65.1 3.2 50.7 57.0 62.4 60.0
2008
Budapest 17.8 72.9 7.0 57.0 64.5 70.0 67.2
Pest 23.2 68.0 2.5 53.8 60.1 65.8 62.8
Central Transdanubia 23.3 68.1 2.6 53.2 59.9 66.2 62.7
Western Transdanubia 27.2 69.1 2.1 54.6 61.6 68.1 64.5
Southern Transdanubia 19.5 57.8 1.8 44.8 50.8 57.1 53.3
Northern Hungary 16.8 57.3 2.4 43.6 49.4 54.5 51.6
Northern Great Plain 18.0 57.4 2.8 44.3 49.5 54.0 51.5
Southern Great Plain 19.1 62.0 2.7 47.6 54.0 59.6 56.6
Total 20.2 64.4 3.3 50.0 56.4 62.0 58.9
2009
Budapest 16.8 71.3 6.5 55.7 63.1 68.2 65.8
Pest 20.7 66.8 2.5 52.6 58.8 64.4 61.3
Central Transdanubia 22.5 65.0 2.0 50.8 57.3 63.3 59.9
Western Transdanubia 22.1 67.1 2.2 52.5 59.2 65.3 61.8
Southern Transdanubia 18.4 59.0 2.3 45.7 51.7 57.6 54.1
Northern Hungary 15.4 56.1 2.9 42.6 48.2 53.1 50.4
Northern Great Plain 16.1 55.9 2.6 43.0 48.0 52.6 50.1
Southern Great Plain 15.9 61.3 3.2 46.7 52.9 58.7 55.5
Total 18.1 63.1 3.3 48.8 55.0 60.5 57.5
2010
Budapest 17.4 69.0 6.6 54.1 61.4 66.4 63.8
Pest 20.2 65.9 2.6 51.8 57.9 63.5 60.8
Central Transdanubia 22.4 64.6 2.5 50.6 57.0 62.8 59.6
Western Transdanubia 19.7 66.7 1.8 51.8 58.6 64.4 61.2
Southern Transdanubia 18.0 59.8 3.4 46.3 52.4 57.5 54.8
Northern Hungary 16.0 56.0 2.2 42.6 48.3 52.9 50.7
Northern Great Plain 16.9 56.9 2.2 43.9 49.0 53.8 51.2
Southern Great Plain 17.0 62.4 3.4 47.7 54.1 59.4 56.7
Total 18.3 62.9 3.4 48.7 54.9 60.2 57.4
2011
Budapest 16.7 69.2 8.3 54.5 61.7 66.6 64.3
Pest 19.9 66.2 2.8 51.9 58.2 63.4 61.2
Central Transdanubia 23.2 66.8 2.9 52.4 59.1 64.8 62.0
Western Transdanubia 21.1 67.9 3.1 53.1 59.9 66.2 62.8
Southern Transdanubia 15.7 58.7 3.1 45.2 51.1 56.3 53.5
Northern Hungary 15.2 56.3 2.1 42.7 48.4 52.9 50.8
Northern Great Plain 16.7 58.0 2.5 44.7 49.9 54.4 52.2
Southern Great Plain 16.7 62.4 2.6 47.5 54.1 59.3 56.9
Total 18.0 63.4 3.7 49.1 55.4 60.5 58.1
2012
Budapest 17.7 71.5 7.3 56.2 63.8 68.9 66.9
Pest 19.4 67.2 3.3 52.5 58.9 64.6 62.0
Central Transdanubia 22.3 67.1 3.2 52.5 59.2 65.5 62.4
Western Transdanubia 24.1 68.4 3.5 54.0 61.0 67.6 64.2
Southern Transdanubia 16.5 59.4 2.6 45.6 51.9 57.7 54.8
Northern Hungary 15.3 57.1 2.6 43.3 49.1 53.8 51.7
Northern Great Plain 16.4 60.4 2.3 46.3 51.8 56.4 54.2
Southern Great Plain 18.1 63.8 2.5 48.7 55.5 61.2 58.4
Total 18.4 64.7 3.7 50.1 56.7 62.1 59.5
2013
Budapest 17.7 71.8 7.0 56.3 64.2 69.1 67.4
Pest 21.2 68.9 2.3 53.7 60.6 66.2 63.8
Central Transdanubia 22.9 68.7 1.4 53.4 60.7 67.2 64.0
Western Transdanubia 26.9 68.7 2.5 54.4 61.8 68.5 65.3
Southern Transdanubia 18.7 62.5 2.4 48.0 54.8 60.3 57.8
Northern Hungary 18.1 59.4 2.0 45.3 51.6 56.9 54.5
Northern Great Plain 17.4 61.8 3.1 47.5 53.2 57.9 55.7
Southern Great Plain 20.9 64.1 3.7 49.4 56.3 61.9 59.6
Total 20.1 66.0 3.4 51.2 58.1 63.6 61.2
2014
Budapest 19.4 75.3 5.0 58.7 67.5 72.8 71.0
Pest 24.3 72.2 2.1 56.3 63.9 69.4 67.5
Central Transdanubia 27.5 71.9 2.2 56.4 64.3 70.4 67.9
Western Transdanubia 29.8 72.8 3.0 57.7 65.8 72.4 69.7
Southern Transdanubia 24.6 65.7 2.2 51.0 58.6 64.7 62.0
Northern Hungary 19.8 63.9 1.9 48.7 55.7 60.8 59.0
Northern Great Plain 22.3 65.6 3.8 51.1 57.3 62.3 60.2
Southern Great Plain 23.6 67.4 3.5 52.0 59.7 65.4 63.1
Total 23.5 69.6 3.1 54.1 61.8 67.4 65.2
2015
Budapest 21.8 76.9 5.8 60.2 69.2 74.0 71.4
Pest 25.2 73.7 1.5 57.3 65.4 70.3 68.1
Central Transdanubia 32.5 75.0 2.7 59.4 67.9 74.0 70.7
Western Transdanubia 30.6 74.4 2.4 58.8 67.5 73.6 70.1
Southern Transdanubia 25.0 67.4 2.9 52.2 60.2 66.0 62.5
Northern Hungary 24.4 66.9 1.9 51.4 59.0 64.0 61.2
Northern Great Plain 23.8 67.0 4.3 52.3 58.9 63.8 61.0
Southern Great Plain 25.1 69.9 4.1 54.0 62.2 67.3 64.5
Total 25.7 71.7 3.4 55.9 63.9 69.2 66.3
2016
Budapest 28.8 79.7 6.8 63.2 72.7 76.0 74.7
Pest 27.5 76.4 3.2 59.7 68.1 73.0 70.4
Central Transdanubia 31.9 75.5 3.6 59.6 68.4 74.1 71.0
Western Transdanubia 31.7 75.8 2.6 59.8 68.9 74.5 71.4
Southern Transdanubia 28.2 69.0 4.7 53.9 62.2 67.7 64.3
Northern Hungary 26.5 69.6 1.8 53.5 61.8 66.7 64.0
Northern Great Plain 24.7 70.5 3.3 54.7 62.0 66.0 64.2
Southern Great Plain 28.2 73.4 5.0 56.9 65.7 70.3 67.9
Total 28.1 74.1 4.1 58.0 66.5 71.2 68.8
2017
Budapest 29.4 81.1 5.2 64.0 74.0 77.6 75.2
Pest 27.6 77.5 4.0 60.5 69.2 73.7 70.4
Central Transdanubia 33.3 77.5 5.0 61.4 70.5 75.7 72.1
Western Transdanubia 32.6 77.9 5.2 61.7 71.0 76.6 72.4
Southern Transdanubia 26.5 70.2 3.8 54.2 63.0 67.7 64.0
Northern Hungary 27.7 71.3 4.3 55.1 63.5 67.7 64.5
Northern Great Plain 27.8 72.5 3.6 56.5 64.4 68.7 65.7
Southern Great Plain 28.2 75.2 5.3 58.2 67.4 71.9 68.8
Total 29.0 75.8 4.6 59.3 68.2 72.7 69.4
2018
Budapest 25.5 80.6 6.9 63.4 73.1 76.2 74.6
Pest 26.7 79.2 4.6 61.7 70.6 74.4 71.9
Central Transdanubia 33.6 77.8 5.5 61.6 70.9 75.6 72.3
Western Transdanubia 35.6 79.6 5.1 63.2 73.0 77.9 74.6
Southern Transdanubia 28.2 71.6 5.1 55.5 64.5 69.5 65.9
Northern Hungary 29.2 73.4 5.5 56.9 65.6 69.5 66.9
Northern Great Plain 28.4 74.1 5.1 57.8 65.8 69.7 67.1
Southern Great Plain 27.7 76.9 5.7 59.3 68.8 73.3 70.2
Total 29.0 77.0 5.5 60.1 69.2 73.4 70.6
2019
Budapest 25.6 81.7 10.2 64.5 74.0 77.1 74.0
Pest 30.1 80.1 6.9 63.1 72.0 75.5 72.0
Central Transdanubia 32.9 79.0 6.1 62.2 71.8 76.0 71.8
Western Transdanubia 33.5 80.9 6.2 63.8 73.8 77.8 73.8
Southern Transdanubia 27.2 72.7 5.6 55.9 65.4 69.5 65.4
Northern Hungary 29.1 74.0 4.9 57.0 66.1 69.4 66.1
Northern Great Plain 27.4 74.8 7.2 58.2 66.4 69.4 66.4
Southern Great Plain 24.7 78.3 6.6 59.8 69.6 73.6 69.6
Total 28.5 78.0 7.0 60.8 70.1 73.7 70.1
2020
Budapest 26.3 82.3 11.6 65.1 74.6 76.3 74.6
Pest 27.9 80.2 7.3 62.8 71.8 73.9 71.8
Central Transdanubia 28.8 79.5 5.8 61.6 71.7 74.5 71.7
Western Transdanubia 28.3 80.8 5.9 62.7 73.1 75.7 73.1
Southern Transdanubia 25.9 71.6 6.8 54.6 64.2 67.4 64.2
Northern Hungary 28.0 73.2 5.4 56.0 65.3 67.4 65.3
Northern Great Plain 25.9 73.8 7.5 57.0 65.4 67.2 65.4
Southern Great Plain 27.2 76.8 7.2 58.8 68.8 71.6 68.8
Total 27.2 77.7 7.5 60.2 69.7 72.0 69.7
aBudapest and Pest are planning and statistical regions according to the territorial code system in force since 1 January 2018, formerly county.  bMale: 15–59, Female: 15–54 years.  c1992–1994: Male: 15–59, Female: 15–54 years. 1995–1996: Male: 15–59, female:15–55 years. 1997: Male: 15–59, female:15–56 years. 1998–1999: Male: 15–60, female:15–56 years. 2000–2001: Male: 15–61, female:15–57 years. 2002–2003: Male: 15–61, female:15–58 years. 2004–2005: Male: 15–61, female:15–59 years. 2006–2007: Male: 15–61, female:15–60 years. 2008–2014: Male: 15–61, female:15–61 years. 2015–2016: Male: 15–62, female: 15–62 years. 2017–2018: Male: 15–63, female: 15–63 years. 

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