Denomination 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Proportion of those becoming employed within those aged 15–64 not employed a year earlier 9.0 10.2 9.9 10.0 10.8 13.6 13.5 13.6 13.1 12.7 12.3 12.1 13.3 11.9 13.0
By sex
men 9.6 11.1 10.6 11.1 12.1 15.3 14.9 14.7 14.9 14.3 13.5 12.7 15.2 13.3 14.2
women 8.5 9.6 9.3 9.2 9.8 12.4 12.5 12.9 12.0 11.7 11.6 11.8 12.2 11.1 12.1
By education
Primary school, less than 8 completed school years 3.2 5.6 3.7 5.1 5.6 6.7 8.1 8.6 7.7 6.6 5.3 7.1 6.6 6.8 …
Primary school, 8 completed school years 5.1 5.8 5.7 5.7 6.2 8.9 9.5 9.3 8.8 7.9 7.6 7.1 7.7 6.7 7.4
Vocational school 12.1 14.1 14.0 13.9 15.0 18.8 18.4 17.8 16.3 14.6 14.8 13.9 17.7 14.9 17.0
Secondary general school 6.6 7.3 6.4 6.7 8.5 10.8 9.5 10.8 11.3 11.4 10.6 11.0 9.8 10.1 10.8
Other graduation exam 13.3 14.4 13.7 13.8 14.5 17.4 17.6 18.1 17.6 17.6 18.0 18.2 21.1 18.8 19.7
College 18.0 18.5 18.1 17.6 18.5 20.6 19.6 20.8 19.2 20.4 19.9 19.4 21.9 19.6 25.1
University 17.9 19.2 21.6 22.8 19.6 21.5 23.9 26.9 28.2 28.2 26.9 28.6 29.3 28.9 31.7
By age-group, year-old
15–19 1.7 1.9 1.9 1.6 2.0 2.9 3.8 4.1 4.3 4.4 5.1 4.5 3.5 3.8 4.0
20–24 13.4 14.8 13.7 13.6 16.4 19.1 18.8 20.7 20.9 20.2 17.3 17.5 17.2 16.6 16.5
25–29 21.5 23.1 21.7 21.9 23.4 27.7 27.0 28.4 27.9 25.4 25.5 25.5 27.5 23.0 28.7
30–34 19.4 19.7 20.7 20.9 21.1 25.2 25.8 23.8 25.3 23.4 21.7 19.5 21.8 20.4 26.6
35–39 21.1 21.4 20.4 20.7 20.4 27.1 24.5 23.9 22.9 24.6 21.9 22.1 24.3 21.8 28.3
40–44 16.4 19.1 19.2 20.6 19.5 26.9 27.2 25.9 25.6 22.1 24.7 21.4 24.1 23.5 24.5
45–49 11.8 16.2 15.7 17.1 18.4 22.7 20.5 21.5 20.1 19.1 19.4 17.5 23.8 17.8 18.4
50–54 8.6 10.8 10.8 12.0 14.2 17.2 17.6 16.4 14.6 13.6 10.2 13.5 16.3 13.7 14.4
55–59 2.7 4.1 4.6 5.0 5.7 9.5 10.3 8.7 6.7 8.3 6.6 7.0 10.4 9.9 10.3
60–64 … … … 0.6 0.6 1.5 1.9 2.0 2.0 1.6 2.4 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.6
By region
Budapesta 8.0 9.5 8.5 9.1 9.6 12.1 10.6 12.3 13.5 12.6 11.4 11.8 14.4 12.6 14.9
Pestb 7.4 7.8 7.7 8.0 8.5 10.6 10.4 10.6 10.1 10.8 12.2 11.9 11.3 9.4 10.3
Central Hungaryc 7.8 8.8 8.1 8.6 9.1 11.4 10.5 11.5 11.9 11.8 11.8 11.8 12.9 11.0 12.8
Central Transdanubia 9.4 10.2 11.1 9.4 10.6 12.3 12.8 13.6 11.5 10.8 9.6 11.6 11.2 10.2 11.8
Western Transdanubia 8.8 10.3 11.0 10.7 10.5 12.7 13.0 11.1 10.8 10.9 11.8 11.4 12.2 9.6 10.3
Southern Transdanubia 10.0 11.9 10.4 9.5 11.5 15.6 14.8 14.7 13.8 13.5 13.5 11.4 12.5 12.2 12.4
Transdanubia 9.4 10.8 10.8 9.8 10.9 13.6 13.6 13.2 12.1 11.8 11.7 11.5 11.9 10.7 11.6
Northern Hungary 9.4 10.8 9.4 10.5 12.4 15.2 16.9 16.5 15.0 14.7 15.1 13.8 15.5 14.2 13.5
Northern Great Plain 9.8 11.1 11.0 12.0 12.0 15.4 15.5 14.9 15.3 14.8 13.9 13.1 15.2 13.4 14.6
Southern Great Plain 8.6 9.8 10.1 10.1 10.8 14.0 12.8 13.8 13.3 12.1 10.1 11.3 12.6 12.6 13.8
Great Plain and North 9.3 10.6 10.2 11.0 11.8 14.9 15.1 15.1 14.6 13.9 13.1 12.8 14.5 13.4 14.0

Footnotes

*From 25 October 2024 onwards, the Labour Force Survey estimates are produced using population projections based on the 2022 Census. The data has been extrapolated back to 2018 using the new base. Source: Labour Force Survey, HCSO.
aAccording to the territorial classification system in force from 1 January 2018: capital city and planning-statistical region, territorial level corresponding to the former capital city.
bAccording to the territorial classification system in force from 1 January 2018: county and planning-statistical region, formerly county level.
cAccording to the territorial classification system in force from 1 January 2018: statistical large region, formerly planning-statistical region and statistical large region.

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