Ungarn Arbeitslosenquote

The unemployment rate in Hungary fell to 4.3% in January-March 2025, from 4.6% in the same period a year ago. The number of unemployed individuals dropped by 14 thousand from a year earlier to 212.8 thousand. Of this total, 116.2 thousand were men and 96.5 thousand were women. The jobless rate for men was 4.5%, 0.4 percentage points lower than the previous year, while for women it remained broadly the same at 4.2%. The average time spent looking for a job was 13.1 months, with 41.8% of all unemployed individuals had been looking for a job for less than 3 months, while 37% had not found a job for at least a year. Meanwhile, the number of employed persons rose by 1.8 thousand to 4.692 million. Employment among men increased by 12.7 thousand to 2.493 million, while employment among women declined by 10.9 thousand to 2.198 million.