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Labour Force Survey

Labour force survey enables realization of situation and monitoring of labour market changes through internationally established indicators, including employment and unemployment rates. Additionally, the survey provides socio - demographic characteristics of the employed, unemployed and out of labour force, and is the only source regarding the information on informal employment. 

 

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Revision of the data of the Labour Force Survey, 2023‒2024
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30. August 2024. Labour Force Survey, II Quarter 2024

According to the LFS data for the second quarter 2024, the number of the employed persons was 2 899 700, the number of the unemployed persons was 257 800 persons, while the number of the population outside the labour force was 2 484 400.

Compared to the same quarter of the previous year the number of the employed persons is higher by 48 400, while the number of unemployed is lower by 44 800, and population outside the labour force is lower by 30 300. The employment rate (51.4%) increased for 1.1 percentage points (p.p.), while the unemployment rate decreased for 1.4 p.p. and was 8.2%. The rate of the population outside the labour force was 44.0% which represents a decrease of 0.4 p.p.

Compared to the first quarter of 2024, noted was the increase in the number of the employed (by 28 000) and of the population outside of the labour force (by 8 700), while the number of the unemployed decreased by 41 300 persons. Thus, the employment rate and outside labour force rate increased by 0.5 p.p., i.e. 0.2 p.p., while the unemployment rate decreased by 1.2 p.p.

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Key figures
Employment rate
51.4 %
Unemployment rate youth (15-24)
20.2 %
Out of labour force rate
44 %
Data