Denomination Unemployment 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
Unemployment rate 4.6 4.3 4.6 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.5 -0.3 0.1 0.0
Age group, year-old
15–24 15.9 12.6 17.4 14.6 13.5 13.6 14.8 -2.4 1.0 -2.6
25–29 5.4 5.5 5.3 4.8 5.3 6.6 6.7 -0.1 1.0 1.5
30–34 4.4 4.3 3.5 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.1 0.1 0.4 0.7
35–39 3.8 3.9 3.7 3.2 3.7 4.2 4.2 -0.1 0.3 0.6
40–44 3.6 3.2 3.2 3.6 3.6 4.3 3.8 0.0 1.1 0.7
45–49 3.6 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
50–54 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.9 3.5 3.3 2.9 0.0 -0.1 -0.3
55–59 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.0 2.5 2.4 2.8 -0.5 -0.7 -0.3
60–64 4.8 5.2 4.7 3.6 3.8 3.6 3.9 -1.0 -1.7 -0.8
65–74 2.6 2.0 3.5 3.1 3.3 1.7 2.6 0.7 -0.3 -0.8
Highest educational attainment
at most primary school 14.8 14.4 12.5 13.6 14.2 12.4 12.5 -0.6 -2.1 -0.1
vocational and apprentice school 5.1 4.9 5.0 5.1 5.0 5.4 4.6 -0.1 0.5 -0.4
grammar and other secondary school 3.7 3.6 4.3 3.8 3.7 3.8 4.3 -0.1 0.3 -0.1
college and university 1.9 1.6 2.1 1.8 1.5 2.1 2.3 -0.4 0.6 0.2
Region of residence
Budapest 2.5 2.1 3.1 2.5 2.8 3.6 3.3 0.3 1.5 0.2
Pest 3.3 2.3 3.3 3.4 2.7 3.0 3.1 -0.7 0.7 -0.2
Central Transdanubia 2.9 3.0 2.5 2.6 2.7 3.5 3.3 -0.2 0.5 0.8
Western Transdanubia 2.7 3.4 3.4 3.7 3.1 2.6 3.4 0.5 -0.7 0.0
Southern Transdanubia 7.6 6.8 8.1 6.5 6.2 6.6 6.1 -1.4 -0.2 -2.0
Northern Hungary 7.5 7.0 6.4 6.8 7.0 7.2 6.9 -0.4 0.2 0.5
Northern Great Plain 7.3 7.7 6.5 6.7 6.4 6.0 6.3 -1.0 -1.7 -0.2
Southern Great Plain 5.0 4.5 4.8 4.8 5.3 4.5 4.8 0.3 0.0 0.0

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

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