Unemployment rate was 3.6%
In the period of January–March 2019, the average number of unemployed people was 166 thousand, and the unemployment rate was 3.6%. Among men, the unemployment stagnated, but the indicators of women improved.
In January–March 2019, compared to a year before:
The number of the unemployed among 15–74 year-old men was 90 thousand and the unemployment rate 3.5%. Regarding women, the number of the unemployed declined by 14 thousand to 76 thousand, and the unemployment rate by 0.7 percentage point to 3.6%.
Among people aged 15–24, the number of the unemployed grew to 36 thousand and their unemployment rate to 11.2%. More than one-fifth of the unemployed belonged to this age group. The unemployment rate of the age group 25–54, i.e. persons belonging to the ‘best working age’, was 3.1%, and that of people aged 55–74 was 2.3%.
The average duration of unemployment was 13.9 months; 37.6% of unemployed people had been searching for a job for one year or more, i.e. were long-term unemployed.
The unemployment rate was the lowest in Western Transdanubia and Central Transdanubia, at 2.1% and 2.2% respectively, and the highest in Northern Great Plain, at 6.5%.
At the end of March 2019, compared to a year earlier:
According to the administrative data of the National Employment Service (https://nfsz.munka.hu/), the total number of registered jobseekers decreased by 2.0% to 279 thousand.
Unemployment among 15–74* year-olds by age groups, January–March 2019
Age group, year-old | Number | Unemployment rate | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
thousand persons | change, thousand personsa) | % | change, percentage pointa) | |
15–24 | 36.0 | 3.0 | 11.2 | 0.8 |
25–54 | 111.7 | –15.7 | 3.1 | –0.5 |
55–74 | 18.0 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 0.0 |
Total | 165.7 | –12.2 | 3.6 | –0.3 |
* Data of the 15–64 age group are available (2.1.0.2. STADAT-table).
a) Compared to the same period of the previous year.