Number Of Jobseekers Down In Hungary In July

  • 28 Aug 2019 7:43 AM
  • Hungary Matters
Number Of Jobseekers Down In Hungary In July
There were 247,800 registered jobseekers in Hungary at the end of July, down by 3.7% from the same period a year earlier, the National Employment Office (NFSZ) reported on Tuesday.

The NFSZ said that 28.3% of the total, or around 70,200 people, had been seeking work for more than one year. The ratio was up by 4.9 percentage points from a year earlier.

Around 136,700 jobseekers, or 55.2% of the total, were eligible for some kind of unemployment or social support during the month.

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