18 March 2024
086/2024
Written by Merav Pasternac, Field Director of Labour Sector
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Seasonally adjusted data for February 2024

In February 2024 (compared with January 2024, among persons aged 15 and over):

Participation rate in the labour force – 62.5% (same as in the previous month).

Employment rate (the percentage of employed persons out of the total population) – 60.5% (60.4% in the previous month).

Unemployment rate from the labour force – 3.3% (3.2% in the previous month).

Original data for February 2024

In February 2024 (compared with January 2024, among persons aged 15 and over)

Participation rate in the labour force – 62.6% (same as in the previous month).

Employment rate (the percentage of employed persons out of the total population) – 60.6% (60.4% in the previous month).

Unemployment rate from the labour force – 3.2% (3.4% in the previous month).

Employment rate excluding persons temporarily absent from work all week due to economic reasons – 59.9% (59.5% in the previous month).

Percentage of persons temporarily absent from work all week according to selected reasons: economic reasons – 21.7% (21.5% in the previous month), reserves – 25.8% (37.4% in the previous month), other – 1.1% (1.7% in the previous month).

Percentage of men temporarily absent from work all week according to selected reasons:  economic reasons – 25.3% (20.9% in the previous month), reserves – 44.1% (58.2% in the previous month), other – 1.6% (1.2% in the previous month).

Percentage of women temporarily absent from work all week according to selected reasons:  economic reasons – 17.9% (22.3% in the previous month), reserves – 6.2% (9.0% in the previous month), other – 0.7% (2.2% in the previous month). 

Number and percentage in labour forceJanuary 2024February 2024
Unemployed persons

151,300

3.4%

142,200

3.2%

Employed persons temporarily absent from work all week due to economic reasons + unemployed persons

214,900

4.8%

196,600

4.4%

Persons not in the labour force who stopped working due to dismissal or closure of the workplace during the last two years + employed persons temporarily absent from work all week due to economic reasons + unemployed persons

268,500

5.9%

242,900

5.4%

Discouraged workers + not participating in the labor force who stopped working due to dismissal during the last two years + employed persons temporarily absent from work for economic reasons +unemployed persons

284,000

6.3%

 

254,800

5.6%

 



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