Information on the labour market in the third quarter of 2019
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27.11.2019
The results of the labour force survey (LFS) indicate that in the third quarter of 2019, economically active persons constituted 56.7% of the population aged 15 years and more. Compared to the previous quarter, the rate increased by 0.5 percentage point, whereas in respect to the third quarter of 2018 it stayed at similar level (a drop by 0.1 percentage point).
In the third quarter of 2019, the number of economically active population aged 15 years and more comprised 17151 thousand persons, of which 16619 thousand constituted employed persons, while 532 thousand constituted the unemployed. The population of economically inactive persons comprised 13124 thousand.
