Official Unemployment Rate at 4.5% in Hungary

In September 2025, the average number of employed persons aged 15–74 in Hungary was 4,669,000. The number of unemployed persons was 218,000 and the unemployment rate was 4.5%, according to the country's Central Statistical Office (KSH).

In the period July–September 2025, the average number of employed persons aged 15–74 was 4,679,000, 29,000 fewer than a year earlier. The number of employed people was down by 21,000 among males, being 2,470,000, and among females down to 2,209,000.

4,504,000 people worked in the domestic primary labour market, 41,000 fewer than in the same period of the previous year. The number of public workers was 72,000, while that of people working abroad was 103,000.

The employment rate for 15-64 year-olds was practically unchanged compared to the same period of the previous year at 75.4%, with a simultaneous decrease in the population and employment. This rate was 78.8% for men and 71.9% for women.

In the July–September period of 2025 the average number of unemployed people aged 15–74 was 221,000, with an unemployment rate of 4.5%.

The number of unemployed was 120,000 for males and 101,000 for females. The rate was 4.6% for men and 4.4% for women, practically the same as in July–September of the previous year.

The average duration of job search was 11.2 months, 45.6% of all unemployed had been looking for a job for less than 3 months, while 29.3% had not found a job for at least a year.