A decrease in the number of unemployed persons of 15.5% in 2024 compared to 2023

According to the Labour Force Survey, it is estimated that there were 3.29 million members of the working-age population (aged 15 years and over) on average in the Republic of Croatia in 2024, of which 1.77 million persons were active (the sum of employed and unemployed persons), and 1.52 million persons were inactive.

The data from the Survey show that there were 1.68 million of employed persons on average in 2024, which was an increase of 64 thousand, or 3.9%, as compared to 2023. The number of unemployed persons amounted to 89 thousand, which was a decrease of 16 thousand, or 15.5%, as compared to the previous year.

The employment rate for persons aged 15 to 64 was 68.3%

In 2024, the employment rate for persons aged 15 to 64 was 68.3%, which was an increase of 2.5 percentage points compared to 2023.

The ILO unemployment rate for persons aged 15 to 64 years was 5.1%, which was 1.1 percentage points less than in 2023.

In 2024, the share of employees in the total number of employed persons was 86.9%, which was an increase of 0.5 percentage points compared to the previous year. The share of self-employed persons was 12.4%, which was a decrease of 0.3 percentage points compared to 2023. The rest were unpaid family workers.

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