2.1.28. Seasonally adjusted time series of employed and unemployed persons*

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Period, quarters Original Seasonally adjusted
employed unemployed employed unemployed
thousand persons previous quarter = 100% thousand persons previous quarter = 100% thousand persons previous quarter = 100% thousand persons previous quarter = 100%
1998 Q1 3 639.7 … 345.9 … 3 659.9 … 334.6 …
Q2 3 662.1 100.6 320.1 92.5 3 673.5 100.4 322.5 96.4
Q3 3 714.9 101.4 304.1 95.0 3 703.6 100.8 303.8 94.2
Q4 3 765.8 101.4 285.7 93.9 3 745.7 101.1 293.7 96.7
1999 Q1 3 759.3 99.8 302.5 105.9 3 781.0 100.9 293.5 100.0
Q2 3 801.8 101.1 281.4 93.0 3 811.2 100.8 283.8 96.7
Q3 3 832.6 100.8 287.9 102.3 3 818.5 100.2 286.8 101.1
Q4 3 843.6 100.3 269.4 93.6 3 824.7 100.2 276.0 96.2
2000 Q1 3 803.7 99.0 274.6 101.9 3 828.1 100.1 267.3 96.9
Q2 3 834.9 100.8 268.9 97.9 3 844.6 100.4 271.9 101.7
Q3 3 881.2 101.2 261.4 97.2 3 864.7 100.5 260.3 95.7
Q4 3 904.8 100.6 250.0 95.6 3 887.0 100.6 254.9 97.9
2001 Q1 3 860.0 98.9 246.9 98.8 3 884.6 99.9 240.2 94.2
Q2 3 859.0 100.0 231.1 93.6 3 866.5 99.5 234.7 97.7
Q3 3 891.0 100.8 230.9 99.9 3 873.6 100.2 230.3 98.1
Q4 3 863.1 99.3 227.6 98.6 3 849.5 99.4 231.6 100.6
2002 Q1 3 840.0 99.4 236.2 103.8 3 866.3 100.4 228.9 98.8
Q2 3 867.5 100.7 229.4 97.1 3 871.1 100.1 233.8 102.1
Q3 3 886.2 100.5 245.5 107.0 3 867.8 99.9 245.4 105.0
Q4 3 888.9 100.1 244.2 99.5 3 876.5 100.2 248.5 101.3
2003 Q1 3 859.6 99.2 264.7 108.4 3 888.7 100.3 255.0 102.6
Q2 3 923.9 101.7 241.2 91.1 3 926.3 101.0 245.9 96.4
Q3 3 952.2 100.7 240.3 99.6 3 932.8 100.2 240.9 98.0
Q4 3 952.3 100.0 231.9 96.5 3 937.6 100.1 236.4 98.1
2004 Q1 3 891.5 98.5 252.2 108.8 3 921.0 99.6 242.7 102.6
Q2 3 894.1 100.1 241.6 95.8 3 897.5 99.4 246.3 101.5
Q3 3 906.6 100.3 254.6 105.4 3 888.3 99.8 255.6 103.8
Q4 3 909.2 100.1 263.3 103.4 3 895.6 100.2 267.9 104.8
2005 Q1 3 870.6 99.0 297.4 113.0 3 900.1 100.1 286.3 106.9
Q2 3 891.5 100.5 299.5 100.7 3 893.0 99.8 305.5 106.7
Q3 3 927.6 100.9 308.6 103.0 3 907.9 100.4 309.7 101.4
Q4 3 916.4 99.7 309.9 100.4 3 904.5 99.9 313.7 101.3
2006 Q1 3 893.3 99.4 325.7 105.1 3 925.9 100.5 314.2 100.2
Q2 3 937.2 101.1 306.8 94.2 3 936.3 100.3 314.2 100.0
Q3 3 940.9 100.1 321.5 104.8 3 918.3 99.5 323.2 102.9
Q4 3 942.3 100.0 319.0 99.2 3 930.6 100.3 321.1 99.3
2007 Q1 3 890.9 98.7 317.6 99.6 3 928.6 99.9 305.9 95.2
Q2 3 916.1 100.6 296.5 93.3 3 914.5 99.6 304.3 99.5
Q3 3 922.6 100.2 306.7 103.5 3 894.8 99.5 310.0 101.9
Q4 3 878.3 98.9 327.6 106.8 3 865.2 99.2 330.2 106.5
2008 Q1 3 813.8 98.3 330.2 100.8 3 858.4 99.8 315.7 95.6
Q2 3 842.6 100.8 315.5 95.5 3 842.0 99.6 322.6 102.2
Q3 3 891.1 101.3 323.0 102.4 3 859.3 100.4 328.2 101.7
Q4 3 845.8 98.8 336.6 104.2 3 828.8 99.2 342.7 104.4
2009 Q1 3 733.4 97.1 404.2 120.1 3 781.2 98.8 384.0 112.1
Q2 3 764.0 100.8 400.8 99.1 3 763.1 99.5 407.1 106.0
Q3 3 748.5 99.6 431.4 107.6 3 718.2 98.8 438.6 107.7
Q4 3 745.4 99.9 434.9 100.8 3 728.6 100.3 445.7 101.6
2010 Q1 3 678.7 98.2 494.0 113.6 3 729.1 100.0 467.4 104.9
Q2 3 728.9 101.4 470.7 95.3 3 725.8 99.9 476.9 102.0
Q3 3 771.2 101.1 458.7 97.4 3 737.8 100.3 467.6 98.0
Q4 3 750.8 99.5 454.3 99.0 3 734.3 99.9 466.7 99.8
2011 Q1 3 685.4 98.3 492.8 108.5 3 739.6 100.1 465.2 99.7
Q2 3 759.2 102.0 459.6 93.3 3 755.4 100.4 465.3 100.0
Q3 3 798.6 101.0 456.4 99.3 3 761.9 100.2 466.4 100.2
Q4 3 793.0 99.9 455.2 99.7 3 776.4 100.4 467.7 100.3
2012 Q1 3 735.2 98.5 506.5 111.3 3 793.3 100.4 477.2 102.0
Q2 3 821.6 102.3 472.2 93.2 3 817.8 100.6 478.2 100.2
Q3 3 887.3 101.7 454.5 96.2 3 848.0 100.8 464.5 97.1
Q4 3 864.7 99.4 459.5 101.1 3 846.7 100.0 472.1 101.6
2013 Q1 3 772.4 97.6 495.4 107.8 3 829.8 99.6 466.9 98.9
Q2 3 888.7 103.1 440.7 89.0 3 888.0 101.5 446.6 95.7
Q3 3 940.3 101.3 429.6 97.5 3 903.5 100.4 437.9 98.1
Q4 3 969.5 100.7 398.5 92.8 3 951.4 101.2 409.2 93.4
2014 Q1 4 037.8 101.7 364.1 91.4 4 089.9 103.5 344.0 84.1
Q2 4 075.2 100.9 359.3 98.7 4 075.6 99.6 364.5 106.0
Q3 4 148.6 101.8 331.5 92.3 4 114.6 101.0 337.1 92.5
Q4 4 141.7 99.8 318.4 96.1 4 128.6 100.3 326.9 97.0
2015 Q1 4 117.2 99.4 347.6 109.2 4 162.1 100.8 330.0 101.0
Q2 4 200.7 102.0 310.4 89.3 4 199.2 100.9 315.1 95.5
Q3 4 264.8 101.5 292.7 94.3 4 233.7 100.8 295.4 93.7
Q4 4 259.3 99.9 280.7 95.9 4 250.3 100.4 287.3 97.3
2016 Q1 4 262.2 100.1 272.8 97.2 4 301.9 101.2 261.4 91.0
Q2 4 342.7 101.9 234.1 85.8 4 339.8 100.9 238.3 91.1
Q3 4 390.7 101.1 226.5 96.8 4 364.3 100.6 226.4 95.0
Q4 4 411.0 100.5 205.0 90.5 4 403.1 100.9 209.6 92.6
2017 Q1 4 367.9 99.0 206.8 100.9 4 400.9 99.9 200.1 95.5
Q2 4 419.6 101.2 196.4 95.0 4 416.4 100.4 200.2 100.0
Q3 4 450.7 100.7 188.5 96.0 4 430.5 100.3 186.4 93.2
Q4 4 447.4 99.9 175.2 92.9 4 442.9 100.3 178.8 95.9
2018 Q1 4 435.2 99.7 177.9 101.6 4 459.9 100.4 173.6 97.1
Q2 4 474.6 100.9 165.1 92.8 4 470.2 100.2 169.3 97.5
Q3 4 486.8 100.3 178.2 107.9 4 471.5 100.0 174.9 103.3
Q4 4 481.3 99.9 167.2 93.8 4 480.7 100.2 169.8 97.1
2019 Q1 4 497.1 100.4 165.7 99.1 4 515.6 100.8 162.3 95.6
Q2 4 510.9 100.3 155.5 93.8 4 505.6 99.8 160.0 98.6
Q3 4 521.0 100.2 162.5 104.5 4 507.9 100.1 159.1 99.4
Q4 4 519.6 100.0 155.2 95.5 4 520.4 100.3 157.2 98.6
2020 Q1 4 465.8 98.8 173.0 111.5 4 491.6 99.5 167.4 104.9
Q2 4 408.2 98.7 214.2 123.8 4 406.1 98.1 218.3 130.4
Q3 4 485.5 101.8 208.3 97.3 4 474.0 101.5 204.5 93.7
Q4 4 482.3 99.9 196.5 94.3 4 474.2 100.0 201.1 98.3
*Source: labour force survey, HCSO. 

© Hungarian Central Statistical Office, 2011