Denomination Employment rate Change of rate compared to a year before
2024 2025 2025–2024
January–March April–June July–September October–December January–March April–June July–September October–December January–March April–June July–September October–December
% percentage point
Employment rate 74.8 75.2 75.3 75.1 75.2 74.9 75.4 74.8 0.4 -0.2 0.1 -0.2
Age group, year-old
15–19 4.8 5.3 5.7 4.8 5.2 5.0 7.0 6.0 0.4 -0.3 1.3 1.1
20–24 47.2 50.0 49.5 48.7 47.8 46.8 47.6 45.2 0.5 -3.2 -1.9 -3.5
25–29 82.8 82.1 82.8 82.5 83.4 81.0 80.8 81.0 0.6 -1.1 -2.0 -1.5
30–34 87.9 87.2 88.5 87.9 87.2 86.9 87.7 87.7 -0.7 -0.4 -0.8 -0.1
35–39 88.6 88.9 89.7 89.6 88.8 88.5 88.5 87.6 0.2 -0.5 -1.2 -2.0
40–44 89.6 89.9 90.4 90.4 90.5 89.7 90.2 89.8 0.9 -0.2 -0.1 -0.6
45–49 89.5 89.4 89.1 89.1 89.7 89.9 90.4 89.0 0.2 0.6 1.3 0.0
50–54 88.7 88.9 88.4 88.6 88.7 88.7 89.0 89.3 0.0 -0.3 0.6 0.7
55–59 81.9 84.2 83.0 82.6 83.2 83.6 84.4 83.9 1.3 -0.6 1.4 1.2
60–64 55.7 55.4 55.7 56.1 57.2 58.3 57.9 58.1 1.5 2.8 2.2 2.0
Highest educational attainment
at most primary school 38.8 38.1 39.2 38.0 37.5 37.5 39.5 38.0 -1.2 -0.6 0.3 0.0
vocational and apprentice school 81.5 81.4 81.0 81.1 81.4 81.5 81.6 81.0 -0.1 0.1 0.6 -0.1
grammar and other secondary school 77.1 78.5 77.4 77.5 78.3 77.9 77.6 76.9 1.2 -0.6 0.3 -0.5
college and university 90.9 90.8 91.1 91.3 91.5 91.0 90.7 90.9 0.6 0.2 -0.3 -0.3
Region of residence
Budapest 79.2 79.7 79.9 80.2 79.7 77.7 79.6 78.2 0.5 -1.9 -0.3 -2.0
Pest 76.3 78.0 76.7 76.7 77.2 77.0 76.2 76.9 0.9 -1.0 -0.5 0.1
Central Transdanubia 78.2 77.7 78.9 78.3 77.4 77.9 76.6 76.2 -0.8 0.2 -2.3 -2.0
Western Transdanubia 78.5 77.8 77.5 75.9 76.5 76.6 76.7 75.5 -2.0 -1.2 -0.8 -0.4
Southern Transdanubia 69.1 69.7 68.0 70.1 71.6 70.9 72.5 71.7 2.5 1.2 4.4 1.6
Northern Hungary 69.6 70.0 70.2 69.4 69.0 69.5 70.7 70.6 -0.7 -0.6 0.5 1.2
Northern Great Plain 71.0 71.1 72.6 72.0 72.4 72.2 72.3 72.0 1.4 1.1 -0.3 0.1
Southern Great Plain 73.5 74.1 74.5 73.9 74.5 75.1 75.6 74.9 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1

Footnotes

*From 25 October 2024 onwards, the Labour Force Survey estimates are produced using population projections based on the 2022 Census. The data has been extrapolated back to 2018 using the new base. From 1 January 2025, the highest level of education is based on the nationally recognized vocational qualifications. Before 2025, only qualifications obtained in formal education are taken into account. Source: labour force survey.

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