2.1.21. Number of unemployed persons by type of employment sought, by sex*

(thousand persons)

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Period, quarters Only full-time job is looked for Only part-time job is looked for Full-time job is sought, but if not available, part-time job will be accepted Part-time job is sought, but if not available, full-time job will be accepted Did not state whether full-time or part-time job is looked for Intention of self-employment Total
Total
2009 Q1 197.5 12.5 143.1 7.4 41.5 1.6 403.6
Q2 191.2 14.1 146.6 6.0 40.8 1.6 400.3
Q3 198.1 13.1 166.7 6.7 44.9 1.8 431.2
Q4 189.5 11.7 181.2 5.8 45.1 1.4 434.7
2010 Q1 217.2 11.1 206.7 5.9 50.1 2.7 493.8
Q2 200.2 12.1 202.8 5.5 48.8 1.1 470.6
Q3 203.8 9.7 191.2 5.1 46.9 1.2 457.9
Q4 194.1 10.7 200.5 5.4 42.7 0.7 454.1
2011 Q1 197.5 11.5 230.2 5.4 47.1 0.4 492.2
Q2 181.3 12.7 216.6 6.0 41.1 0.6 458.3
Q3 180.4 14.3 213.9 6.2 40.8 0.8 456.3
Q4 170.7 14.1 220.7 6.3 42.2 1.0 455.0
2012 Q1 182.5 13.3 248.8 7.4 52.8 1.2 506.0
Q2 167.6 13.4 235.2 5.2 49.4 1.1 471.9
Q3 156.3 10.7 227.3 6.2 52.1 1.1 453.7
Q4 163.1 10.0 236.7 5.4 42.7 1.5 459.5
2013 Q1 183.3 11.8 246.8 5.3 47.2 0.3 494.7
Q2 158.5 11.9 215.4 6.5 46.8 0.7 439.8
Q3 158.4 13.9 202.7 5.6 47.4 0.9 428.9
Q4 138.9 11.4 190.6 8.0 48.2 0.4 397.4
2014 Q1 145.7 8.7 156.4 5.7 45.2 1.2 363.0
Q2 140.1 8.7 161.3 4.6 43.0 1.1 358.8
Q3 121.1 8.4 154.2 4.0 43.3 0.4 331.4
Q4 121.3 7.7 144.9 5.6 38.7 0.2 318.3
2015 Q1 140.8 8.8 145.5 5.2 45.2 1.9 347.3
Q2 113.0 10.5 138.7 3.3 43.4 1.4 310.3
Q3 113.5 10.9 129.0 2.7 35.2 1.0 292.4
Q4 114.4 11.0 117.7 5.1 32.4 … 280.6
2016 Q1 114.8 8.4 113.0 3.9 32.2 0.2 272.6
Q2 102.2 9.2 92.7 1.9 27.7 0.3 234.1
Q3 109.9 7.4 83.2 2.2 23.4 … 226.2
Q4 92.8 5.9 79.4 1.8 24.8 0.3 205.0
2017 Q1 96.0 7.1 68.0 3.6 31.8 0.2 206.6
Q2 95.9 8.5 61.6 5.4 24.5 0.3 196.2
Q3 98.5 4.7 57.8 3.5 23.0 0.7 188.2
Q4 88.8 3.8 57.1 3.3 21.7 0.5 175.2
2018 Q1 90.9 4.4 60.3 3.7 18.1 0.3 177.8
Q2 87.8 2.8 51.8 1.8 20.1 0.7 165.0
Q3 97.9 5.4 50.0 2.3 21.8 0.8 178.2
Q4 83.6 7.1 50.3 2.6 21.4 1.4 166.3
2019 Q1 94.8 7.2 45.2 1.0 16.0 0.7 165.0
Q2 97.6 4.4 39.5 3.0 10.5 0.2 155.2
Q3 105.7 3.0 39.2 3.6 10.6 0.3 162.4
Q4 97.7 4.6 38.9 1.9 9.4 0.6 153.1
2020 Q1 111.1 7.4 40.5 1.2 11.9 0.8 173.0
Q2 132.8 3.4 61.5 1.0 14.7 0.7 214.2
Q3 126.6 3.9 54.2 3.1 19.5 0.5 207.8
Q4 110.9 5.3 61.1 2.4 15.2 0.4 195.4
Of which:
male
2009 Q1 124.4 2.9 70.9 2.1 24.3 0.7 225.4
Q2 121.0 3.7 74.6 1.5 22.5 0.7 224.0
Q3 123.8 3.5 84.9 1.8 24.1 0.9 238.9
Q4 119.0 2.6 89.7 1.7 25.4 0.8 239.1
2010 Q1 141.2 2.2 106.3 1.9 29.3 1.9 282.9
Q2 130.4 3.4 104.0 2.1 26.3 0.7 266.9
Q3 124.0 2.0 95.0 2.4 24.4 1.1 248.9
Q4 119.2 3.6 101.8 2.6 20.2 0.7 248.2
2011 Q1 126.1 3.0 116.5 2.5 26.4 0.4 274.9
Q2 112.6 4.1 103.3 2.4 22.0 0.6 245.1
Q3 110.7 3.8 105.2 2.2 20.6 0.8 243.3
Q4 104.8 4.0 109.4 2.8 20.9 0.6 242.6
2012 Q1 117.2 3.2 128.4 3.0 27.5 1.1 280.5
Q2 110.6 4.5 122.3 1.9 25.9 1.0 266.3
Q3 98.3 2.7 115.1 1.9 31.4 1.1 250.5
Q4 101.7 2.2 119.5 1.8 24.9 0.9 251.0
2013 Q1 120.9 3.2 131.1 2.7 24.5 0.1 282.4
Q2 101.0 4.3 105.4 2.3 22.6 0.1 235.7
Q3 98.8 2.9 103.1 1.0 22.1 0.6 228.6
Q4 83.6 3.0 98.2 2.0 23.4 … 210.3
2014 Q1 90.2 1.5 74.8 1.2 23.2 1.1 192.0
Q2 86.2 2.2 79.1 1.9 21.3 0.8 191.5
Q3 74.8 2.9 72.8 1.4 20.3 0.3 172.5
Q4 76.4 1.4 71.0 1.5 20.5 0.2 171.0
2015 Q1 87.0 3.1 70.7 1.1 22.9 1.4 186.3
Q2 69.6 3.7 66.3 0.6 22.4 1.0 163.5
Q3 64.6 3.0 62.3 0.5 20.4 0.9 151.8
Q4 66.2 3.6 56.9 1.2 18.2 … 146.1
2016 Q1 70.3 3.0 54.2 1.2 18.4 … 147.0
Q2 65.0 3.1 44.4 0.6 18.1 0.3 131.4
Q3 67.6 1.7 37.7 0.8 13.9 … 121.6
Q4 57.4 1.2 37.5 0.6 13.2 … 109.9
2017 Q1 57.7 2.2 30.2 1.8 16.7 0.2 108.9
Q2 57.3 1.9 25.7 2.3 12.5 0.3 100.1
Q3 53.4 1.4 23.3 1.4 11.0 0.5 90.9
Q4 49.2 0.8 22.5 1.4 9.2 … 83.0
2018 Q1 54.4 0.7 25.3 0.4 7.6 … 88.3
Q2 54.8 0.6 21.2 0.4 11.1 … 88.2
Q3 53.1 2.4 18.4 0.6 10.4 0.8 85.7
Q4 54.3 2.6 21.5 0.8 9.8 1.2 90.2
2019 Q1 58.3 2.1 19.5 0.4 9.0 0.6 89.9
Q2 62.0 1.6 16.5 2.3 5.5 0.1 87.9
Q3 65.1 0.4 12.7 1.3 5.5 0.2 85.1
Q4 59.8 0.6 15.4 0.1 5.4 0.2 81.5
2020 Q1 64.5 1.0 18.5 0.1 7.6 0.3 92.0
Q2 74.1 1.5 27.2 … 8.9 0.3 111.9
Q3 77.4 0.5 21.5 0.8 9.7 0.4 110.2
Q4 66.1 0.2 27.8 0.1 8.2 0.2 102.7
female
2009 Q1 73.0 9.6 72.1 5.3 17.2 0.9 178.2
Q2 70.2 10.4 72.0 4.5 18.3 0.9 176.4
Q3 74.3 9.6 81.8 4.9 20.8 0.9 192.3
Q4 70.5 9.1 91.5 4.1 19.8 0.6 195.6
2010 Q1 76.0 8.9 100.4 4.0 20.8 0.8 210.9
Q2 69.8 8.6 98.8 3.4 22.5 0.4 203.6
Q3 79.8 7.6 96.2 2.7 22.5 0.2 209.0
Q4 74.9 7.1 98.7 2.7 22.5 … 205.9
2011 Q1 71.4 8.6 113.7 2.9 20.7 0.1 217.2
Q2 68.7 8.6 113.3 3.6 19.1 … 213.2
Q3 69.7 10.5 108.7 3.9 20.2 0.1 213.0
Q4 65.8 10.0 111.3 3.5 21.3 0.4 212.4
2012 Q1 65.3 10.1 120.3 4.4 25.4 0.0 225.5
Q2 57.0 8.8 112.8 3.4 23.5 0.1 205.7
Q3 58.0 8.0 112.2 4.3 20.7 … 203.2
Q4 61.4 7.8 117.2 3.6 17.8 0.5 208.4
2013 Q1 62.4 8.6 115.7 2.7 22.7 0.2 212.3
Q2 57.5 7.6 110.0 4.2 24.2 0.6 204.1
Q3 59.5 11.0 99.6 4.5 25.2 0.3 200.3
Q4 55.3 8.4 92.3 5.9 24.8 0.4 187.2
2014 Q1 55.5 7.3 81.6 4.6 22.0 0.1 171.1
Q2 54.0 6.5 82.2 2.7 21.6 0.3 167.3
Q3 46.3 5.5 81.4 2.6 23.0 0.1 158.9
Q4 44.9 6.3 73.9 4.1 18.2 … 147.3
2015 Q1 53.8 5.7 74.7 4.1 22.2 0.5 161.0
Q2 43.4 6.8 72.5 2.7 21.1 0.4 146.8
Q3 49.0 7.9 66.7 2.2 14.8 0.1 140.7
Q4 48.2 7.4 60.8 3.9 14.2 … 134.4
2016 Q1 44.5 5.4 58.9 2.7 13.8 0.2 125.6
Q2 37.2 6.2 48.3 1.3 9.5 0.1 102.6
Q3 42.4 5.7 45.5 1.4 9.5 … 104.6
Q4 35.4 4.7 41.9 1.2 11.6 0.3 95.0
2017 Q1 38.3 4.9 37.8 1.8 15.1 … 97.8
Q2 38.5 6.6 35.9 3.1 12.0 … 96.2
Q3 45.1 3.3 34.5 2.2 12.0 0.1 97.3
Q4 39.6 3.1 34.5 1.9 12.5 0.5 92.2
2018 Q1 36.5 3.8 35.0 3.3 10.5 0.3 89.4
Q2 33.0 2.2 30.6 1.4 9.0 0.7 76.9
Q3 44.8 3.0 31.6 1.7 11.4 … 92.4
Q4 29.3 4.5 28.7 1.8 11.6 0.2 76.1
2019 Q1 36.5 5.1 25.8 0.6 7.0 0.2 75.1
Q2 35.6 2.8 23.0 0.7 5.0 0.1 67.3
Q3 40.6 2.5 26.5 2.3 5.1 0.2 77.3
Q4 37.9 3.9 23.5 1.8 4.1 0.4 71.6
2020 Q1 46.6 6.4 22.0 1.1 4.3 0.6 81.0
Q2 58.7 1.9 34.3 1.0 5.8 0.5 102.2
Q3 49.2 3.5 32.8 2.3 9.7 0.1 97.6
Q4 44.8 5.1 33.3 2.3 7.0 0.1 92.7
*Source: labour force survey, HCSO. 

© Hungarian Central Statistical Office, 2011