9.5.1.2. Participants in labour market flow by sex, demographic and other characteristics*

(thousand persons)

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Denomination Participate in the labour market flow Do not participate in the labour market flow
male female total male female total
Total 407.1 422.8 829.9 3 203.9 3 435.5 6 639.4
Age groups
15–19 14.1 7.3 21.4 235.7 229.5 465.2
20–24 72.7 55.9 128.6 227.2 229.6 456.8
25–29 62.1 60.8 122.9 244.7 231.0 475.8
30–34 47.5 48.0 95.5 259.6 254.0 513.7
35–39 47.3 59.9 107.2 342.7 327.5 670.1
40–44 41.8 52.5 94.3 351.3 334.1 685.5
45–49 34.1 40.8 74.9 308.5 303.8 612.3
50–54 32.6 30.5 63.0 247.5 266.1 513.6
55–59 27.4 42.2 69.7 270.2 297.5 567.8
60–64 24.5 22.9 47.4 296.2 370.6 666.8
65–69 2.8 1.8 4.6 241.9 323.8 565.6
70–74 0.2 0.4 0.6 178.4 268.0 446.3
Economic activity
Employed 293.5 279.8 573.3 2 005.5 1 655.6 3 661.1
Unemployed 55.3 40.8 96.0 91.4 84.3 175.6
Economically inactive 58.4 102.2 160.6 1 107.1 1 695.6 2 802.7
Educational attainment
Less than 8 grades of primary school 7.5 7.2 14.6 47.7 63.9 111.6
Primary school 101.2 91.5 192.8 617.8 828.6 1 446.5
Vocational and apprentice school 154.8 91.9 246.7 982.3 577.8 1 560.1
Secondary general school 34.7 57.6 92.3 347.2 566.9 914.1
Other secondary school 67.6 82.1 149.7 610.6 643.2 1 253.8
College 22.1 56.0 78.0 324.9 500.3 825.2
University 19.3 36.5 55.8 273.4 254.8 528.1
Type of settlement
Village 182.4 174.5 356.9 1 086.0 1 111.6 2 197.7
Town 179.4 185.8 365.3 1 546.9 1 677.5 3 224.4
Budapest 45.3 62.5 107.8 571.0 646.3 1 217.3
Marital status
Single 241.3 167.4 408.7 1 251.9 983.1 2 234.9
Married 126.3 174.9 301.2 1 586.6 1 614.5 3 201.1
Widowed, divorced or legally separated 39.5 80.6 120.1 365.4 838.0 1 203.4
County/region of residence
Budapest 45.3 62.5 107.8 571.0 646.3 1 217.3
Pest 34.3 39.8 74.1 422.4 440.9 863.3
Central Hungary 79.6 102.3 181.9 993.4 1 087.3 2 080.7
Fejér 21.4 18.0 39.4 138.0 146.2 284.1
Komárom-Esztergom 5.9 9.7 15.6 106.2 108.9 215.1
Veszprém 12.0 17.4 29.3 118.2 116.9 235.1
Central Transdanubia 39.3 45.1 84.4 362.4 371.9 734.3
Győr-Moson-Sopron 12.1 14.7 26.7 159.9 163.7 323.6
Vas 8.7 11.5 20.1 88.6 89.6 178.2
Zala 10.8 11.6 22.4 93.1 96.6 189.7
Western Transdanubia 31.5 37.8 69.2 341.6 349.8 691.4
Baranya 20.3 20.8 41.1 112.0 121.9 233.9
Somogy 16.7 14.2 30.9 95.2 106.0 201.3
Tolna 9.2 8.6 17.8 74.3 79.0 153.2
Southern Transdanubia 46.2 43.6 89.8 281.5 306.9 588.4
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén 43.0 36.9 79.9 198.7 219.7 418.3
Heves 14.5 15.8 30.3 92.6 99.4 191.9
Nógrád 9.0 9.7 18.6 63.9 66.6 130.5
Northern Hungary 66.5 62.4 128.9 355.2 385.6 740.8
Hajdú-Bihar 31.6 30.7 62.2 166.9 178.2 345.1
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok 18.4 18.1 36.5 118.1 124.9 243.0
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg 39.9 33.3 73.2 171.3 186.4 357.7
Northern Great Plain 89.8 82.1 171.9 456.3 489.5 945.8
Bács-Kiskun 18.7 19.9 38.5 172.3 180.5 352.8
Békés 20.1 17.9 38.1 108.1 115.5 223.7
Csongrád-Csanád 15.6 11.8 27.4 133.1 148.5 281.5
Southern Great Plain 54.3 49.6 103.9 413.5 444.5 858.0
*Those aged 15–74 who created a labour relation or who changed their job (entrants), and those who terminated their employment status and became unemployed or inactive (exits) in 2015. 

© Hungarian Central Statistical Office, 2011