Year Activity rate in the population aged 15–74,%a Employment rate in the population aged 15–64,%a Unemployment rate in the population aged 15–74,%a Proportion of long-term unemployed within the total unemployed,%a Number of registered jobseekers, personsb Number of employees in the national economy, thousandsc Of which: Vacancy rate,%d Average monthly gross earnings, HUF/month/personc Monthly net average earnings, HUFc Monthly gross labour income, HUFe Change in average monthly gross earnings compared to the previous year,%c Change in average monthly net earnings compared to the previous year,%c Change in monthly gross labour incomes compared to the previous year,%e
number of full-time employees, thousandsc number of public workers, thousandsc
2009 56.2 57.2 9.7 42.9 604,576 2,660.7 2,382.5 0.9 199,836 124,115 212,876 100.5 101.7 101.1
2010 56.7 57.0 10.8 50.7 591,278 2,701.9 2,414.8 1.0 202,525 132,604 215,997 101.3 106.8 101.5
2011 57.1 57.6 10.7 49.4 552,308 2,691.5 2,372.8 1.1 213,094 141,151 227,405 105.2 106.4 105.3
2012 58.0 58.6 10.7 47.0 569,261 2,674.1 2,372.9 1.0 223,060 144,084 235,491 104.6 102.0 103.6
2013 58.7 60.1 9.8 50.5 414,273 2,700.2 2,397.9 129.1 1.2 230,713 151,117 244,261 103.4 104.8 103.7
2014 60.3 63.6 7.5 49.6 391,040 2,823.0 2,531.9 182.5 1.4 237,694 155,689 250,611 103.0 103.0 102.6
2015 61.6 65.9 6.6 47.6 337,478 2,894.9 2,604.7 191.9 1.5 247,924 162,391 261,398 104.3 104.3 104.3
2016 62.8 68.5 5.0 48.4 273,498 2,977.9 2,689.9 202.5 1.9 263,171 175,009 277,232 106.2 107.8 106.1
2017 63.5 70.2 4.0 42.6 254,749 3,026.9 2,727.4 164.6 2.2 297,017 197,516 312,144 112.9 112.9 112.6
2018 64.3 71.4 3.6 41.1 241,898 3,116.8 2,794.6 125.9 2.7 329,943 219,412 346,701 111.3 111.3 111.4
2019 64.7 72.2 3.3 34.6 234,903 3,572.4 3,129.0 104.0 2.5 356,286 236,931 383,374 111.3 111.3 110.6
2020 64.8 71.9 4.1 28.2 290,694 3,442.8 2,959.7 91.0 2.0 391,194 260,144 419,988 109.8 109.8 109.6
2021 65.6 73.1 4.1 31.2 238,712 3,554.6 3,103.2 86.6 2.3 425,915 283,234 458,381 108.9 108.9 109.1
2022 66.5 74.4 3.6 34.2 230,345 3,637.6 3,175.0 74.4 2.7 499,980 332,487 537,451 117.4 117.4 117.2
2023 67.4 74.8 4.1 34.9 224,961 3,672.0 3,189.5 66.3 .. 571,182 379,836 614,426 114.2 114.2 114.3

Footnotes

aSource: Labour Force Survey, HCSO.
bData sorted by the place of registration refer to the end of the period. Source: National Employment Service.
cFrom 2019 the data refer to the whole circle of employers; earlier data of the time series cover enterprises employing at least 5 persons, all budgetary institutions as well as non-profit organisations that are significant in terms of employment. Source of data: Institutional labour-statistical data collection system (as of 2019 data taken over from administrative sources).
dBusinesses with at least 5 employees, as well as all budgetary organizations and significant non-profit employers. Source: data collection system of institutional labour statistics.
eBusinesses with at least 5 employees, as well as all budgetary organizations and significant non-profit employers. Source of data: institutional labour data collection system.
Source: National Employment Service; Hungarian State Treasury; National Tax and Customs Administration.
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