The jobless rate in Hungary for people between the ages of 15 and 74 stood at 4.4% in June, data released by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) on Friday show.
In absolute terms, there were 214,100 unemployed.
The number of employed reached 4,645,800.
The three-month rolling average for the number of employed reached 4,632,800, 27,900 fewer than in the same period a year earlier.
The number of people employed on the primary market stood at 4,439,000, down 50,000 from a year earlier. The number of Hungarians working abroad reached 124,000 and the number of people in fostered work programs was 70,000.
The employment rate for the 15-64 age group stood at 75.3%.
Data from the National Employment Service (NFSZ) show there were 211,000 registered jobseekers at the end of June, down 3.8% from twelve months earlier.
Jobseekers spent 12.5 months, on average, looking for work, but 36.7% 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 35.3%.
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