2.1.25. Number of economically active persons by age group and sex (1998–)*

(thousand persons)

< >
Year 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60–64 65–69 70–74 Total Of which: 15–24 years old
years old
Total
1998 106.3 502.6 518.1 496.4 514.1 664.8 587.5 404.6 153.8 38.4 15.5 7.5 4 009.6 608.9
1999 87.4 501.8 542.0 520.4 506.3 645.3 607.8 442.5 180.0 37.9 17.2 6.0 4 094.6 589.2
2000 72.2 469.9 570.8 533.0 503.1 600.8 623.8 470.1 211.1 40.4 17.6 7.1 4 119.9 542.1
2001 59.0 430.4 599.3 542.7 503.1 568.2 624.5 484.5 224.7 47.3 13.3 5.4 4 102.4 489.4
2002 43.2 404.9 615.8 550.8 507.8 540.1 625.8 500.5 248.1 51.7 15.1 5.6 4 109.4 448.1
2003 36.7 373.7 634.6 553.7 536.6 503.7 635.0 523.4 281.2 62.9 17.4 7.5 4 166.4 410.4
2004 34.4 327.3 643.0 552.5 559.4 497.3 598.8 536.1 299.7 78.6 18.9 7.3 4 153.3 361.7
2005 32.8 311.5 633.0 589.3 581.7 485.2 567.3 572.6 327.1 81.2 18.7 5.0 4 205.4 344.3
2006 32.0 302.8 614.2 640.6 580.0 549.1 607.5 475.3 347.0 73.6 20.2 4.4 4 246.7 334.8
2007 26.6 292.0 584.6 631.8 595.6 566.0 584.5 480.0 347.1 76.2 24.8 4.9 4 214.1 318.6
2008 25.7 281.8 557.9 616.8 615.1 576.2 562.2 487.1 344.6 76.6 24.1 6.6 4 174.6 307.5
2009 22.9 275.3 523.6 609.1 634.7 585.5 540.3 489.1 374.5 80.1 24.4 6.4 4 165.7 298.2
2010 21.7 274.6 497.3 606.8 652.7 594.0 528.7 495.3 417.4 82.1 24.9 6.3 4 201.8 296.3
2011 19.5 267.2 471.0 602.7 668.0 602.3 511.2 502.0 452.2 94.0 27.1 8.0 4 225.0 286.6
2012 20.9 279.3 472.5 590.7 694.8 620.6 519.9 506.5 463.7 96.1 28.2 7.3 4 300.4 300.1
2013 25.8 288.6 470.2 562.0 709.4 627.3 545.5 489.0 472.2 110.2 26.7 6.9 4 333.8 314.4
2014 28.6 303.0 484.7 538.7 724.1 648.4 575.6 486.5 479.1 143.9 23.7 7.9 4 444.2 331.5
2015 32.8 307.9 484.4 516.6 697.2 683.8 601.2 497.5 467.2 194.2 26.5 9.1 4 518.3 340.7
2016 33.6 312.2 488.3 504.0 662.5 719.5 619.6 500.0 458.1 245.4 31.1 11.9 4 586.2 345.8
2017 34.1 304.8 494.7 497.1 628.1 745.9 639.3 514.3 441.8 264.8 34.8 13.4 4 613.1 338.8
2018 35.9 294.9 495.5 494.3 596.4 763.0 645.5 542.0 438.9 276.0 41.8 17.4 4 641.6 330.9
2019 39.1 286.0 499.9 502.8 566.3 759.6 661.6 564.1 431.5 283.9 57.2 20.0 4 671.9 325.1
2020 31.3 279.3 495.4 491.6 539.5 725.0 688.7 592.7 435.1 293.7 64.9 21.3 4 658.5 310.6
Male
1998 57.1 289.0 316.3 280.1 277.9 327.3 298.9 220.6 107.5 22.6 10.1 4.3 2 211.7 346.1
1999 49.4 284.7 330.6 299.2 269.4 317.0 309.1 231.8 125.8 22.2 10.5 3.9 2 253.6 334.1
2000 38.6 269.5 342.3 312.7 266.7 302.6 310.9 237.3 143.6 26.1 10.1 4.3 2 264.7 308.1
2001 33.3 246.8 358.9 317.9 271.2 282.9 309.9 245.6 147.6 30.7 8.1 3.2 2 256.1 280.1
2002 24.1 225.1 366.2 326.9 274.6 269.8 316.1 248.6 153.1 33.7 9.2 3.1 2 250.5 249.2
2003 22.0 208.5 370.6 328.6 291.2 252.2 315.2 261.6 161.2 40.0 9.7 4.2 2 265.0 230.5
2004 22.4 182.7 374.4 325.8 308.4 251.1 297.4 265.3 161.5 49.6 10.7 4.8 2 254.1 205.1
2005 20.4 174.0 366.5 346.1 319.4 250.2 274.5 281.3 176.5 51.3 11.7 3.3 2 275.2 194.4
2006 20.3 170.7 356.6 374.1 318.9 282.0 299.6 231.0 188.5 45.7 12.6 3.1 2 303.1 191.0
2007 17.4 167.6 340.2 367.9 329.9 290.9 289.9 234.0 192.1 45.4 14.1 3.3 2 292.8 185.1
2008 17.0 161.1 321.3 365.7 339.5 296.9 279.7 236.1 188.9 43.2 13.5 4.3 2 267.3 178.1
2009 14.3 156.2 299.9 362.4 349.7 301.8 268.0 236.2 203.8 46.1 14.7 3.9 2 257.0 170.4
2010 12.7 154.8 283.4 357.3 361.4 305.8 261.6 237.3 214.9 47.5 14.1 3.6 2 254.3 167.5
2011 12.2 150.5 268.7 355.1 375.9 310.9 255.5 243.6 227.3 52.7 15.9 4.4 2 272.5 162.6
2012 13.2 153.5 267.8 346.6 388.8 322.0 260.5 244.3 240.3 53.4 16.1 4.3 2 310.9 166.8
2013 16.1 165.9 266.0 323.9 396.6 328.5 273.7 236.8 249.0 66.9 14.5 4.9 2 343.0 182.0
2014 17.1 172.5 276.5 310.7 401.0 342.1 289.4 235.5 248.6 90.7 13.1 5.0 2 402.2 189.6
2015 21.0 172.3 278.7 294.7 387.0 361.3 305.1 242.2 242.0 121.4 14.2 5.7 2 445.4 193.3
2016 21.0 177.1 279.1 292.9 367.9 379.6 314.9 246.5 232.2 153.3 17.2 8.1 2 490.0 198.2
2017 20.4 174.7 282.0 290.6 349.5 393.7 324.4 259.5 223.8 166.7 20.4 7.3 2 513.0 195.1
2018 22.2 172.6 283.3 292.6 332.4 401.1 329.7 270.7 224.7 170.2 25.9 8.9 2 534.3 194.8
2019 25.5 167.6 283.4 295.8 317.5 402.7 337.7 288.6 222.0 180.0 33.4 11.6 2 565.8 193.1
2020 19.8 160.6 282.5 297.9 302.5 392.0 355.0 301.1 222.6 184.4 34.7 12.2 2 565.2 180.3
Female
1998 49.2 213.6 201.8 216.3 236.2 337.5 288.6 184.0 46.3 15.8 5.4 3.2 1 797.9 262.8
1999 38.0 217.1 211.4 221.2 236.9 328.3 298.7 210.7 54.2 15.7 6.7 2.1 1 841.0 255.1
2000 33.6 200.4 228.5 220.3 236.4 298.2 312.9 232.8 67.5 14.3 7.5 2.8 1 855.2 234.0
2001 25.7 183.6 240.4 224.8 231.9 285.3 314.6 238.9 77.1 16.6 5.2 2.2 1 846.3 209.3
2002 19.1 179.8 249.6 223.9 233.2 270.3 309.7 251.9 95.0 18.0 5.9 2.5 1 858.9 198.9
2003 14.7 165.2 264.0 225.1 245.4 251.5 319.8 261.8 120.0 22.9 7.7 3.3 1 901.4 179.9
2004 12.0 144.6 268.6 226.7 251.0 246.2 301.4 270.8 138.2 29.0 8.2 2.5 1 899.2 156.6
2005 12.4 137.5 266.5 243.2 262.3 235.0 292.8 291.3 150.6 29.9 7.0 1.7 1 930.2 149.9
2006 11.7 132.1 257.6 266.4 261.1 267.1 307.9 244.3 158.5 27.9 7.6 1.4 1 943.6 143.8
2007 9.2 124.4 244.4 263.9 265.6 275.1 294.5 246.0 155.0 30.8 10.7 1.6 1 921.3 133.6
2008 8.7 120.7 236.6 251.1 275.6 279.2 282.5 251.0 155.7 33.4 10.5 2.3 1 907.4 129.4
2009 8.6 119.1 223.6 246.7 285.0 283.6 272.3 252.8 170.7 34.0 9.8 2.5 1 908.7 127.7
2010 9.0 119.8 213.9 249.5 291.3 288.2 267.1 258.0 202.5 34.5 10.8 2.8 1 947.5 128.8
2011 7.3 116.7 202.3 247.6 292.1 291.5 255.7 258.4 224.9 41.3 11.2 3.6 1 952.5 124.0
2012 7.6 125.7 204.7 244.1 306.0 298.6 259.4 262.2 223.4 42.7 12.1 2.9 1 989.5 133.4
2013 9.7 122.7 204.2 238.0 312.8 298.7 271.8 252.2 223.2 43.3 12.2 1.9 1 990.8 132.4
2014 11.5 130.4 208.2 228.0 323.1 306.3 286.2 251.1 230.5 53.2 10.6 2.9 2 041.9 141.9
2015 11.8 135.6 205.8 221.9 310.3 322.5 296.1 255.3 225.3 72.7 12.3 3.5 2 072.9 147.4
2016 12.6 135.0 209.1 211.1 294.6 339.8 304.7 253.5 225.9 92.1 13.9 3.8 2 096.2 147.6
2017 13.6 130.1 212.7 206.5 278.7 352.2 314.9 254.8 218.0 98.1 14.4 6.1 2 100.1 143.7
2018 13.8 122.3 212.2 201.7 264.0 361.9 315.8 271.2 214.1 105.8 15.9 8.5 2 107.3 136.1
2019 13.6 118.4 216.5 206.9 248.7 356.9 323.9 275.6 209.5 103.8 23.8 8.4 2 106.1 132.0
2020 11.5 118.7 212.9 193.6 237.1 333.0 333.8 291.6 212.5 109.4 30.2 9.1 2 093.3 130.2
*Source: Labour Force Survey, HCSO. 

© Hungarian Central Statistical Office, 2011