According to the LFS data, in the first quarter 2023, the number of the employed amounted to 2 835 900, and number of the unemployed to 317 800. Employment rate for the mentioned period amounted to 49.6%, while unemployment rate had the value of 10.1%.

In the first quarter of 2023 compared to the first quarter of 2022, the number of employed persons aged 15 and over increased by 31 600, which led to an increase in the employment rate by 1.1 p. p. In the same period, the number of the unemployed decreased by 24 800 persons, while the unemployment rate decreased by 0.8 p.p.

The increase in the number of employed persons is the most noticeable in Manufacturing sector (28 700 persons), while in Agriculture, forestry and fishing sector, there was a decrease in the number of employed persons (32 700).

Compared to the previous year here was an increase of formally employed, by 43 900, dominantly in the Manufacturing sector (32 800) and a decrease of informally employed, by 12 300, dominantly in the Agriculture, forestry and fishing sector (8 800).

Note:

Scores for the first quarter of 2023 were calculated on the basis of demographic estimates for 2022, according to 2022 Population Census. Demographic estimates based on 2011 Census were, for the last time, used to calculate the grades for the fourth quarter of 2022.

Due to the application of weights based on the most recent demographic indicators, the data from this statistical release are not comparable to previous data published in the same statistical releases before 2023.

In the coming months, based on the revised data on population estimates in the inter-census period, the LFS data will be revised for the relevant period before 2022.