Jobless Insights: Unemployment Rate in Hungary Reaches 4.5%
- 28 Aug 2026 10:05 AM
The jobless rate in Hungary for people between the ages of 15 and 74 stood at 4.5pc in July, data released by the Central Statistics Office (KSH) show.
In absolute terms, there were 221,900 unemployed.
The number of employed reached 4,674,800.
The three-month rolling average for the number of employed reached 4,651,400, 29,200 fewer than in the same period a year earlier.
The number of people employed on the primary market stood at 4,459,000, down 47,000 from a year earlier. The number of Hungarians working abroad reached 124,000 and the number of people in fostered work programmes was 68,000.
The jobless rate for the 15-64 age group stood at 4.6pc.
Data from the National Employment Service (NFSZ) show there were 216,000 registered jobseekers at the end of July, down 2.3pc from twelve months earlier.
Jobseekers spent 12.0 months, on average, looking for work, but 39.9pc of the jobless found new positions in under three months. The percentage of jobless who had been looking for work for at least one year reached 34.7pc.
Source: MTI – Hungary’s national news agency since 1881.
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