Economic activity of population aged 15–89
(annual averages) – based on LFS
2021 2023 2024
in thousands
Economically active persons 17 760 17 809 17 743
of which women 8 036 8 179 8 184
of which at working agea 17 006 17 034 16 954
employed persons 17 161 17 307 17 231
of which women 7 764 7 945 7 931
unemployed personsb 599 502 512
of which women 272 234 253
Economically inactive persons 12 772 12 550 12 607
of which women 7 846 7 620 7 608

a, b Persons aged: a men – 18–64, women – 18–59, b 15–74.

Structure of employed persons by kind of activity
(annual averages) – based on LFS

Note. Structure of employed persons do not include an unspecified kind of activity.

Economically active population aged 15-89 in 2024
(annual averages) – based on LFS
Activity rate Employment rate Unemployment rate
in %
Total 58.5 56.8 2.9
of which women 51.8 50.2 3.1
of which at working agea 81.5 79.1 3.0
By age:
15–24 years 31.9 28.5 10.9
25–34 88.2 85.2 3.4
35–44 90.3 88.3 2.2
45–54 87.5 85.8 1.9
55–59/64 73.2 71.5 2.3
60/65–89 years 9.1 9.1 .

a Men aged 18–64, women aged 18–59.

Unemployed persons aged 15–74
(annual averages) – based on LFS
2021 2023 2024
Total in thousands 599 502 512
In % of total unemployed persons:
women 45.4 46.6 49.4
at the working age 99.3 98.6 98.6
never in employment 15.9 17.1 17.0
end of temporary job, seasonal 23.2 22.9 20.9
long-term unemployed
(13 months and more)		 17.9 17.3 18.0
Unemployment rate in % 3.4 2.8 2.9
Average duration of unemployment in months 8.0 7.9 7.8
Unemployment rate by sex and level of education
(annual averages) – based on LFS
Men
Women
%
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0

a Since the third quarter of 2022 including secondary sectoral vocational education.
b Since the third quarter of 2020 including basic sectoral vocational.

Vacancies (annual averages)
thousand
%