According to the LFS data for the first quarter 2024, the number of the employed persons was 2 871 700, the number of the unemployed persons was 299 100 persons, while the number of the population outside the labour force was 2 475 700.
Compared to the same quarter of the previous year the number of the employed persons is higher by 61 600, while the number of unemployed and the population outside the labour force is lower by 14 500, i.e. 76 700. The employment rate (50.9%) increased for 1.4 percentage points (p.p.), while the unemployment rate (9.4%) and the rate of outside the labour force population (43.8%) decreased for 0.6 p. p. and 1.2 p.p respectively.
Compared to the fourth quarter of 2023, noted was the increase in the number of the employed and unemployed by 27 500, and by 14 400 respectively, while the number of population outside the labour force decreased by 51 800 persons. The employment rate is higher by 0.6 p. p., unemployment rate by 0.3 p. p., and the rate of the population outside the labour force recorded a decrease of 0.9 p. p.
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