Denomination Employment rate Change of rate compared to a year before
2023 2024 2024–2023
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 74.4 74.9 75.2 75.2 74.8 75.2 75.3 75.1 0.4 0.2 0.2 -0.1
Age group, year-old
15–19 5.4 5.0 6.5 5.5 4.8 5.3 5.7 4.8 -0.6 0.3 -0.8 -0.7
20–24 49.6 46.3 49.2 48.7 47.2 50.0 49.5 48.7 -2.3 3.7 0.3 0.1
25–29 81.0 82.2 82.8 83.3 82.8 82.1 82.8 82.5 1.8 0.0 0.0 -0.8
30–34 87.1 87.7 86.4 87.9 87.9 87.2 88.5 87.9 0.8 -0.5 2.0 -0.1
35–39 88.9 88.8 88.5 88.6 88.6 88.9 89.7 89.6 -0.2 0.1 1.2 1.0
40–44 89.6 90.3 90.3 89.6 89.6 89.9 90.4 90.4 0.0 -0.4 0.1 0.8
45–49 89.7 90.3 89.9 90.1 89.5 89.4 89.1 89.1 -0.2 -0.9 -0.8 -1.0
50–54 87.4 88.1 87.6 88.5 88.7 88.9 88.4 88.6 1.4 0.8 0.8 0.1
55–59 80.0 82.2 83.7 83.1 81.9 84.2 83.0 82.6 1.9 2.0 -0.6 -0.5
60–64 54.3 55.7 55.2 54.7 55.7 55.4 55.7 56.1 1.4 -0.2 0.5 1.4
Highest educational attainment
at most primary school 37.9 40.1 42.2 40.3 38.8 38.1 39.2 38.0 0.9 -2.0 -3.0 -2.3
vocational and apprentice school 81.2 82.4 81.8 81.6 81.5 81.4 81.0 81.1 0.2 -1.0 -0.8 -0.4
grammar and other secondary school 76.8 76.5 76.1 76.8 77.1 78.5 77.4 77.5 0.3 2.0 1.2 0.6
college and university 91.6 91.6 91.0 91.3 90.9 90.8 91.1 91.3 -0.7 -0.8 0.1 -0.1
Region of residence
Budapest 79.2 78.6 79.2 79.6 79.2 79.7 79.9 80.2 0.0 1.0 0.7 0.6
Pest 76.1 76.4 75.6 76.6 76.3 78.0 76.7 76.7 0.2 1.6 1.2 0.1
Central Transdanubia 76.9 78.3 78.9 78.3 78.2 77.7 78.9 78.3 1.3 -0.6 0.0 0.0
Western Transdanubia 76.5 77.2 78.8 78.7 78.5 77.8 77.5 75.9 2.0 0.6 -1.3 -2.8
Southern Transdanubia 70.1 70.7 70.6 70.4 69.1 69.7 68.0 70.1 -1.0 -0.9 -2.5 -0.2
Northern Hungary 70.0 70.2 70.8 69.8 69.6 70.0 70.2 69.4 -0.3 -0.2 -0.6 -0.4
Northern Great Plain 71.5 72.4 72.3 71.9 71.0 71.1 72.6 72.0 -0.5 -1.4 0.3 0.1
Southern Great Plain 72.1 73.2 72.9 73.3 73.5 74.1 74.5 73.9 1.3 0.8 1.7 0.6

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. Source: labour force survey.

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