2.1.1. Economic activity of population aged 15–74 by sex (2009–)*

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Year Employed Unemployed Economically active Economically inactive Of which discouraged workers Population aged 15–74 Activity rate Unemployment rate Employment rate
thousands %
Total
2009 3 894.5 417.4 4 311.9 3 364.3 108.5 7 676.2 56.2 9.7 50.7
2010 3 873.8 469.1 4 342.9 3 319.8 117.1 7 662.7 56.7 10.8 50.6
2011 3 903.0 465.4 4 368.4 3 280.9 131.5 7 649.3 57.1 10.7 51.0
2012 3 958.7 472.8 4 431.5 3 204.3 131.7 7 635.8 58.0 10.7 51.8
2013 4 029.3 440.2 4 469.5 3 140.2 125.4 7 609.7 58.7 9.8 52.9
2014 4 222.6 342.9 4 565.5 3 007.8 90.2 7 573.2 60.3 7.5 55.8
2015 4 335.1 307.7 4 642.8 2 895.2 67.0 7 537.9 61.6 6.6 57.5
2016 4 482.2 234.5 4 716.7 2 790.9 59.0 7 507.5 62.8 5.0 59.7
2017 4 548.4 191.6 4 739.9 2 720.4 49.4 7 460.4 63.5 4.0 61.0
2018 4 606.4 171.8 4 778.2 2 654.0 42.3 7 432.2 64.3 3.6 62.0
2019 4 644.6 158.9 4 803.5 2 615.6 42.6 7 419.0 64.7 3.3 62.6
2020 4 603.2 197.6 4 800.8 2 607.9 55.7 7 408.7 64.8 4.1 62.1
Male
2009 2 026.0 231.8 2 257.8 1 418.9 59.1 3 676.7 61.4 10.3 55.1
2010 1 993.9 261.7 2 255.7 1 418.2 60.8 3 673.9 61.4 11.6 54.3
2011 2 022.7 251.5 2 274.1 1 397.7 69.8 3 671.9 61.9 11.1 55.1
2012 2 049.4 262.1 2 311.5 1 364.8 68.6 3 676.3 62.9 11.3 55.7
2013 2 104.6 239.3 2 343.9 1 323.8 66.8 3 667.7 63.9 10.2 57.4
2014 2 220.9 181.7 2 402.6 1 251.2 48.0 3 653.8 65.8 7.6 60.8
2015 2 284.1 161.9 2 446.0 1 195.3 36.9 3 641.3 67.2 6.6 62.7
2016 2 362.7 127.5 2 490.2 1 141.8 32.7 3 632.0 68.6 5.1 65.1
2017 2 417.4 95.7 2 513.2 1 099.4 26.9 3 612.5 69.6 3.8 66.9
2018 2 446.2 88.1 2 534.4 1 070.4 23.3 3 604.8 70.3 3.5 67.9
2019 2 480.1 86.1 2 566.2 1 040.3 22.7 3 606.4 71.2 3.4 68.8
2020 2 462.1 104.2 2 566.3 1 042.1 28.0 3 608.4 71.1 4.1 68.2
Female
2009 1 868.5 185.6 2 054.1 1 945.5 49.4 3 999.5 51.4 9.0 46.7
2010 1 879.9 207.4 2 087.2 1 901.6 56.3 3 988.8 52.3 9.9 47.1
2011 1 880.3 214.0 2 094.3 1 883.2 61.7 3 977.4 52.7 10.2 47.3
2012 1 909.3 210.7 2 120.0 1 839.5 63.1 3 959.5 53.5 9.9 48.2
2013 1 924.7 201.0 2 125.6 1 816.4 58.6 3 942.0 53.9 9.5 48.8
2014 2 001.7 161.1 2 162.8 1 756.6 42.1 3 919.4 55.2 7.5 51.1
2015 2 051.0 145.7 2 196.8 1 699.9 30.1 3 896.7 56.4 6.6 52.6
2016 2 119.5 107.0 2 226.5 1 649.1 26.3 3 875.6 57.4 4.8 54.7
2017 2 130.9 95.8 2 226.8 1 621.0 22.5 3 847.8 57.9 4.3 55.4
2018 2 160.2 83.7 2 243.9 1 583.5 18.9 3 827.4 58.6 3.7 56.4
2019 2 164.5 72.8 2 237.3 1 575.3 19.9 3 812.6 58.7 3.3 56.8
2020 2 141.2 93.4 2 234.5 1 565.8 27.8 3 800.3 58.8 4.2 56.3
*Source: labour force survey of the population, HCSO. 

© Hungarian Central Statistical Office, 2011