2.1.26. Economically inactive persons by willingness to work and by sex*

(thousand persons)

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Period, quarters Does not want to work Want a job Total
do not look for job looked for job, but not actively, or was not available for work
subtotal of which: discouraged workersa
Total
2009 Q1 3 054.3 334.0 109.1 12.4 3 400.7
Q2 3 040.3 314.0 101.6 12.9 3 367.3
Q3 3 017.5 315.8 105.4 10.7 3 344.0
Q4 3 007.7 329.5 117.8 8.2 3 345.4
2010 Q1 3 002.7 341.8 122.6 7.7 3 352.2
Q2 2 981.9 331.6 112.8 9.3 3 322.9
Q3 2 953.0 334.2 111.2 8.1 3 295.2
Q4 2 952.6 344.8 121.6 11.4 3 308.8
2011 Q1 2 937.0 384.4 140.5 8.7 3 330.1
Q2 2 919.1 362.6 126.3 10.0 3 291.6
Q3 2 874.7 365.3 126.4 8.8 3 248.8
Q4 2 875.5 369.7 132.8 7.9 3 253.1
2012 Q1 2 879.9 376.8 134.4 10.4 3 267.1
Q2 2 835.8 367.2 130.2 12.2 3 215.2
Q3 2 803.8 346.7 126.0 9.2 3 159.8
Q4 2 804.8 364.2 136.2 6.0 3 175.1
2013 Q1 2 800.1 416.1 151.4 5.4 3 221.6
Q2 2 768.8 368.2 126.0 8.3 3 145.3
Q3 2 738.1 349.9 112.4 6.7 3 094.7
Q4 2 728.7 361.7 111.8 9.0 3 099.4
2014 Q1 2 718.6 334.1 99.3 6.9 3 059.7
Q2 2 694.7 318.6 89.6 9.1 3 022.3
Q3 2 655.4 303.5 87.6 8.2 2 967.1
Q4 2 664.8 310.7 84.2 6.5 2 982.0
2015 Q1 2 648.8 308.8 66.5 7.2 2 964.7
Q2 2 603.7 293.9 68.6 7.6 2 905.2
Q3 2 567.9 278.6 66.5 7.2 2 853.6
Q4 2 558.6 292.1 66.4 6.5 2 857.2
2016 Q1 2 543.9 301.7 72.4 6.9 2 852.5
Q2 2 524.0 267.8 58.0 5.4 2 797.3
Q3 2 495.0 260.5 53.5 4.4 2 759.8
Q4 2 494.8 254.7 52.2 4.2 2 753.8
2017 Q1 2 509.2 263.1 56.2 7.1 2 779.4
Q2 2 466.0 255.9 46.7 5.9 2 727.8
Q3 2 453.2 230.3 47.9 5.2 2 688.7
Q4 2 464.8 215.9 46.8 5.0 2 685.7
2018 Q1 2 452.9 228.4 44.4 6.8 2 688.1
Q2 2 434.8 220.6 41.0 8.8 2 664.2
Q3 2 401.2 219.8 38.8 5.2 2 626.1
Q4 2 383.9 245.3 44.7 8.2 2 637.4
2019 Q1 2 378.7 240.9 44.2 4.4 2 624.1
Q2 2 371.2 245.4 43.5 6.4 2 623.0
Q3 2 359.6 240.5 39.2 3.1 2 603.2
Q4 2 378.1 230.3 43.5 3.5 2 611.9
2020 Q1 2 364.7 262.5 50.2 4.5 2 631.6
Q2 2 313.8 318.5 63.5 6.9 2 639.2
Q3 2 304.8 261.1 51.8 7.3 2 573.2
Q4 2 315.6 266.5 57.5 5.5 2 587.6
Of which:
male
2009 Q1 1 272.1 161.1 60.8 4.8 1 438.0
Q2 1 263.4 143.4 56.4 5.9 1 412.7
Q3 1 255.8 147.9 55.6 4.8 1 408.5
Q4 1 255.3 156.7 63.4 4.3 1 416.3
2010 Q1 1 267.8 167.1 65.4 3.4 1 438.3
Q2 1 257.8 155.3 58.0 3.6 1 416.7
Q3 1 248.9 152.0 57.1 3.0 1 404.0
Q4 1 252.0 157.5 62.7 4.5 1 414.0
2011 Q1 1 239.3 184.7 75.7 3.1 1 427.1
Q2 1 229.0 168.2 66.4 5.2 1 402.5
Q3 1 200.0 170.1 67.0 4.0 1 374.1
Q4 1 207.4 176.2 70.1 3.6 1 387.3
2012 Q1 1 215.0 179.4 70.5 4.1 1 398.5
Q2 1 194.4 166.8 67.0 6.2 1 367.3
Q3 1 182.1 161.6 65.7 3.0 1 346.7
Q4 1 176.6 167.9 71.0 2.2 1 346.7
2013 Q1 1 165.4 208.9 81.1 2.1 1 376.4
Q2 1 156.3 166.8 66.3 3.0 1 326.1
Q3 1 132.9 156.3 60.4 3.6 1 292.8
Q4 1 129.3 165.9 59.2 4.7 1 299.9
2014 Q1 1 121.3 158.0 52.3 3.1 1 282.4
Q2 1 108.5 144.4 49.2 3.1 1 256.0
Q3 1 090.1 133.8 45.5 3.1 1 227.0
Q4 1 101.1 135.8 45.0 2.4 1 239.4
2015 Q1 1 096.5 136.8 33.9 3.5 1 236.8
Q2 1 065.1 131.1 39.4 3.5 1 199.8
Q3 1 044.6 122.0 38.5 3.7 1 170.2
Q4 1 042.5 129.6 35.9 2.2 1 174.4
2016 Q1 1 030.2 138.8 40.3 3.6 1 172.6
Q2 1 018.5 120.1 31.5 2.2 1 140.8
Q3 1 006.9 118.2 31.1 1.7 1 126.7
Q4 1 014.2 111.4 28.0 1.4 1 127.0
2017 Q1 1 017.8 115.0 30.3 3.2 1 136.0
Q2 982.2 111.7 24.2 2.6 1 096.5
Q3 981.4 96.4 27.9 2.9 1 080.8
Q4 991.3 91.0 25.2 1.9 1 084.3
2018 Q1 990.7 96.0 23.2 2.0 1 088.6
Q2 982.7 90.1 21.6 2.0 1 074.8
Q3 965.4 93.4 23.5 3.1 1 061.8
Q4 947.9 105.3 25.0 3.3 1 056.5
2019 Q1 937.2 101.6 24.6 1.3 1 040.1
Q2 939.2 104.3 24.7 2.6 1 046.1
Q3 933.8 100.5 18.8 1.4 1 035.8
Q4 939.2 98.9 22.5 0.9 1 039.0
2020 Q1 944.0 112.7 25.5 1.2 1 057.9
Q2 928.3 133.0 30.8 1.8 1 063.1
Q3 910.5 109.3 27.1 1.3 1 021.1
Q4 917.4 106.3 28.5 2.7 1 026.4
female
2009 Q1 1 782.2 173.0 48.3 7.6 1 962.8
Q2 1 776.9 170.6 45.2 7.0 1 954.5
Q3 1 761.7 167.9 49.8 5.9 1 935.4
Q4 1 752.4 172.8 54.3 3.9 1 929.1
2010 Q1 1 735.0 174.7 57.2 4.4 1 914.0
Q2 1 724.2 176.3 54.8 5.8 1 906.2
Q3 1 704.0 182.2 54.1 5.0 1 891.3
Q4 1 700.7 187.3 58.9 6.8 1 894.8
2011 Q1 1 697.7 199.7 64.8 5.6 1 903.0
Q2 1 690.0 194.3 59.9 4.8 1 889.1
Q3 1 674.7 195.2 59.4 4.8 1 874.7
Q4 1 668.1 193.5 62.7 4.3 1 865.8
2012 Q1 1 664.8 197.3 63.8 6.4 1 868.6
Q2 1 641.4 200.5 63.1 6.1 1 848.0
Q3 1 621.7 185.1 60.3 6.2 1 813.1
Q4 1 628.3 196.3 65.2 3.8 1 828.4
2013 Q1 1 634.7 207.2 70.3 3.3 1 845.2
Q2 1 612.5 201.3 59.7 5.3 1 819.2
Q3 1 605.2 193.7 52.0 3.1 1 801.9
Q4 1 599.4 195.8 52.5 4.3 1 799.5
2014 Q1 1 597.3 176.1 47.0 3.8 1 777.2
Q2 1 586.1 174.1 40.3 6.0 1 766.3
Q3 1 565.3 169.6 42.0 5.1 1 740.1
Q4 1 563.7 174.9 39.2 4.0 1 742.6
2015 Q1 1 552.3 171.9 32.6 3.7 1 727.9
Q2 1 538.5 162.8 29.2 4.1 1 705.4
Q3 1 523.3 156.6 28.0 3.5 1 683.4
Q4 1 516.1 162.4 30.4 4.3 1 682.8
2016 Q1 1 513.7 163.0 32.1 3.3 1 679.9
Q2 1 505.5 147.7 26.5 3.2 1 656.4
Q3 1 488.1 142.3 22.4 2.8 1 633.2
Q4 1 480.6 143.3 24.2 2.8 1 626.7
2017 Q1 1 491.4 148.1 25.9 3.9 1 643.4
Q2 1 483.8 144.2 22.4 3.3 1 631.3
Q3 1 471.8 133.8 20.1 2.3 1 607.9
Q4 1 473.5 124.9 21.6 3.1 1 601.5
2018 Q1 1 462.2 132.3 21.3 4.9 1 599.4
Q2 1 452.1 130.6 19.4 6.8 1 589.4
Q3 1 435.8 126.4 15.3 2.1 1 564.3
Q4 1 436.1 140.0 19.8 4.9 1 580.9
2019 Q1 1 441.5 139.3 19.6 3.1 1 583.9
Q2 1 432.0 141.2 18.8 3.8 1 576.9
Q3 1 425.8 140.0 20.4 1.6 1 567.4
Q4 1 439.0 131.5 21.0 2.5 1 573.0
2020 Q1 1 420.7 149.7 24.7 3.3 1 573.7
Q2 1 385.5 185.5 32.7 5.0 1 576.1
Q3 1 394.3 151.7 24.7 6.0 1 552.1
Q4 1 398.2 160.2 29.0 2.9 1 561.2
*Source: labour force survey, HCSO.  aOut of the economically inactive persons those who want a job, and could enter a job within two weeks, but who have given up any active search for work, because they consider it hopeless. 

© Hungarian Central Statistical Office, 2011