The jobless rate in Hungary for people between the ages of 15 and 74 stood at 4.6% in September, edging down from 4.7% in the previous month, data released by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) on Thursday show.
In absolute terms, there were 224,500 unemployed. The number of employed reached 4,661,400. The three-month rolling average for the number of employed reached 4,668,600, 10,500 fewer than in the same period a year earlier.
The number of people employed on the primary market stood at 4,482,000, down 22,000 from a year earlier. The number of Hungarians working abroad reached 118,000 and the number of people in fostered work programs was 69,000.
The jobless rate for the 15-64 age group stood at 4.7%.
Data from the National Employment Service (NFSZ) show there were 223,000 registered jobseekers at the end of September, up 1.1% from twelve months earlier.
Jobseekers spent 11.6 months, on average, looking for work, but 43.1% 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 32.5%.
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