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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 force | January 2024 | February 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% |