Denomination Unemployment rate Change of rate compared to a year before
2022 2023 2023–2022
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
Unemployment rate 3.7 3.2 3.6 3.9 4.1 0.3
Age group, year-old
15–24 10.4 10.0 10.8 11.0 10.3 -0.1
25–29 4.5 3.2 5.1 5.1 5.2 0.7
30–34 3.7 3.0 2.9 3.2 3.8 0.1
35–39 3.2 3.4 3.5 4.4 3.8 0.6
40–44 2.8 2.5 2.6 2.8 3.6 0.8
45–49 2.7 2.2 2.5 2.9 2.9 0.2
50–54 3.6 2.7 3.1 3.1 3.8 0.1
55–59 3.2 2.4 2.6 2.9 3.4 0.2
60–64 3.2 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.3 0.0
65–74 1.9 2.7 2.1 2.0 2.4 0.5
Highest educational attainment
at most primary school 11.5 10.8 10.8 13.4 13.8 2.4
vocational and apprentice school 3.9 3.7 3.8 3.9 4.7 0.7
grammar and other secondary school 3.1 2.6 3.0 3.0 3.0 -0.1
college and university 1.6 1.1 1.7 1.5 1.5 -0.1
Region of residence
Budapest 2.2 2.1 2.7 2.2 2.1 -0.1
Pest 2.3 1.6 2.3 2.7 2.9 0.6
Central Transdanubia 1.7 1.6 1.9 1.4 1.9 0.2
Western Transdanubia 2.2 1.7 2.8 2.7 2.7 0.5
Southern Transdanubia 4.9 4.5 4.7 4.6 5.7 0.8
Northern Hungary 6.7 5.8 6.0 6.5 6.7 0.0
Northern Great Plain 6.8 5.8 5.7 6.7 6.9 0.1
Southern Great Plain 4.0 3.5 3.7 4.8 4.7 0.8

Footnotes

*Data of labour force survey refer to the population aged 15–74. Source: labour force survey, HCSO.
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