The number of employees in the second quarter was 4,693 thousand

In the previous month, 66.9% of the 15-74-year-old population was present on the labor market, compared to the – seasonally comparable – activity rate of 66.4% measured in the same month of last year. In the same month, the unemployment rate according to the international statistical methodology was 3.3%, after 3.5% in the previous month and 4.0% in the same month of the previous year.

In July 2022, there were 231,000 jobseekers in the register of the National Employment Service, which represents a small increase compared to the negative record of the previous months, but is still very low. Compared to the data of the same period of the previous year, this value is more than 30,000 people less. The number of job seekers decreased by 11.8 percent compared to July 2021, while compared to the previous month, it increased by 0.3 percent. In the month in question, a total of 31.7 thousand jobseekers requested to be registered, of which the proportion of those registering for the first time was 11.5%. The number of new entrants increased by 11.4% compared to the same period of the previous year.