Half of the unemployed have been looking for work for more than a year

In the second quarter of 2009, the unemployment rate was 9.6 percent, with 3,797,000 people being employed and 402,000 unemployed in the 15-64 age group. Compared to the second quarter in 2008, with the exception of Southern Transdanubia, the employment rate fell in every region, especially in the western (1.9 percent) and central (1.7 percent) parts of Transdanubia. 42.4 percent of the unemployed have been looking for work at least for a year.