Denomination Unemployment rate Change of rate compared to a year before
2023 2024 2024–2023
January–March April–June July–September October–December January–March April–June July–September October–December January–March April–June July–September October–December
% percentage point
Unemployment rate 4.0 3.9 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.3 4.6 0.6 0.4 0.5
Age group, year-old
15–24 10.4 13.7 12.4 14.7 15.9 12.6 17.4 5.5 -1.1 5.0
25–29 5.2 5.2 4.3 5.2 5.4 5.5 5.3 0.2 0.3 1.0
30–34 3.8 4.1 4.4 4.1 4.4 4.3 3.5 0.7 0.2 -0.9
35–39 3.8 3.4 3.9 4.0 3.8 3.9 3.7 0.0 0.5 -0.2
40–44 3.6 2.9 3.0 3.7 3.6 3.2 3.2 0.1 0.3 0.2
45–49 2.9 2.4 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.4 3.5 0.6 1.0 0.3
50–54 3.7 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.5 3.4 3.2 -0.3 0.3 0.2
55–59 3.4 2.5 2.5 2.6 3.0 3.0 3.1 -0.4 0.5 0.5
60–64 3.2 3.4 4.3 4.5 4.8 5.2 4.7 1.6 1.8 0.4
65–74 2.4 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.6 2.0 3.5 0.2 -0.8 0.8
Highest educational attainment
at most primary school 13.8 13.0 11.6 13.2 14.8 14.4 12.5 1.0 1.5 0.9
vocational and apprentice school 4.6 4.0 4.3 4.9 5.1 4.9 5.0 0.5 0.9 0.7
grammar and other secondary school 3.0 3.2 3.6 3.8 3.7 3.6 4.3 0.7 0.3 0.8
college and university 1.5 1.4 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.6 2.1 0.4 0.1 0.3
Region of residence
Budapest 2.1 2.6 1.9 2.5 2.5 2.1 3.1 0.3 -0.4 1.2
Pest 2.9 3.1 3.4 3.3 3.3 2.3 3.3 0.4 -0.8 -0.1
Central Transdanubia 1.9 1.9 2.5 2.3 2.9 3.0 2.5 1.0 1.1 0.0
Western Transdanubia 2.8 2.5 2.6 2.9 2.7 3.4 3.4 -0.1 0.9 0.9
Southern Transdanubia 5.5 5.7 6.7 6.2 7.6 6.8 8.1 2.1 1.1 1.4
Northern Hungary 6.6 6.2 5.7 7.3 7.5 7.0 6.4 0.9 0.8 0.7
Northern Great Plain 6.9 6.2 6.5 7.2 7.3 7.7 6.5 0.5 1.5 0.0
Southern Great Plain 4.7 4.2 4.6 5.0 5.0 4.5 4.8 0.3 0.3 0.3

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. Data of labour force survey refer to the population aged 15–74. Source: labour force survey, HCSO.

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