Work & Labour in Hungary

1,047 indicators covering work & labour for Hungary.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Share of workers in informal employment 1.3% 2020 down 18.6% 78th
Share of female workers in informal employment 1.7% 2020 down 3.3% 76th
Share of workers in informal employment vs. GDP per capita 1.3% 2020 down 18.6% 78th
LU4: Composite rate of labour underutilization (previous ILO) 6.43 2024 down 51.8% 66th
Employment by job tenure intervals - average job tenure — Employment 9.58 Years 2025 up 7.7% 14th
Labour indicators by urban-rural territorial typology — Population 5.19 million Persons 2026 down 1.5% 11th
Proportion of informal employment, by sector and sex - 13th ICLS 1.3% 2020 down 18.6% 88th
Workers in the reference group 4,699 2024 up 28.8% 30th
Ageing healthcare workforce - Regions — Active physicians 4.51 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 13.6% 16th
Annual employment by subsector of general government, domestic 903.73 Persons 2024 down 0.9% 15th
Average weekly hours actually worked of employed persons ages 25 to 54 34.52 2024 down 7.8% 50th
Part-time employment - Regions 271,500 Persons 2025 up 6.8% 20th
Annual government non-financial accounts and key indicators (Revenue) -13.6 National currency 2025 19th
Dentists — Health and social employment 1.26 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 41.6% 9th
Employer business demography by NACE Rev. 2 and NUTS 3 region 253,416 2020 down 29.0% 10th
Decile ratios of gross earnings — Interdecile ratio of gross earnings 1.76 Factor of decile 1 2024 up 9.6% 8th
Quarterly non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 2.10 million National currency 2025 up 228.5% 3rd
LU3: Combined rate of unemployment and potential labour force for 4.43 2024 down 52.3% 52nd
Hospital employment 9.14 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 down 14.0% 27th
Employer business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region 601,195 2019 up 68.5% 4th
Gender wage gap 7.47 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile 2024 20th
LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment 4.24 2024 down 48.5% 54th
Pharmacists — Health and social employment 1.5 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 20.0% 10th
Annual working hours per person employed 1,759 Hours 2016 down 11.3% 15th
SDG indicator 8.5.1: Average hourly earnings of employees 3,192 2022 up 70,991.3% 12th
Employment expectations indicators - monthly data 97.3 Index 2026 down 12.8% 30th
Proportion of adults (15 years and older) active in labor force with 93.4% 2024 up 9.0% 36th
Proportion of adults (15 years and older) out of labor force with an 76.5% 2024 up 37.1% 41st
SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate (current ILO definition) 4.42 2025 down 35.2% 47th
Unemployment rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 4.42 2025 down 35.2% 47th
Unemployment rate 6.94 2025 down 11.0% 22nd
Unemployment 333.94 2025 down 1.0% 28th
Youth labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 702.94 2025 down 15.6% 34th
Youth labour force participation rate (previous ILO definition) 50.64 2025 down 1.2% 31st
Youth outside the labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 685.11 2025 down 13.5% 33rd
Youth employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 607.66 2025 down 11.3% 33rd
Youth employment-to-population ratio (previous ILO definition) 43.78 2025 up 3.9% 31st
Working-age population 7,843 2025 down 4.0% 31st
Youth unemployment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 13.55 2025 down 23.8% 17th
Youth unemployment-to-population ratio (previous ILO definition) 6.86 2025 down 24.8% 20th
Labour force participation rate 61.35 2025 up 9.0% 29th
Labour force 4,812 2025 up 4.6% 30th
Persons outside the labour force 3,032 2025 down 15.1% 29th
Employment-to-population ratio 57.09 2025 up 14.9% 27th
SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate 6.94 2025 down 40.8% 22nd
Population and employment - national accounts - quarterly data 9,467 Thousand persons 2026 down 2.9% 18th
Agricultural labour input statistics - absolute figures 244.72 Thousand annual working units (AWU) 2025 down 44.6% 13th
Agricultural labour input statistics - indices 74.85 Index, 2020=100 2025 down 44.6% 43rd
Nurses — Health and social employment 12.76 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 17.1% 14th
SDG indicator 9.2.2: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of 19.77 2025 down 7.7% 7th
Unemployment by sex and age - monthly data 222 Thousand persons 2026 up 14.4% 24th
LU4: Composite rate of labour underutilization for persons ages 25 to 5.18 2024 down 54.5% 50th
Unemployment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 216.48 2025 down 29.7% 35th
Employment-to-population ratio (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 58.78 2025 up 15.2% 32nd
Employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 4,687 2025 up 11.3% 27th
Persons outside the labour force (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 3,070 2025 down 17.8% 29th
Labour force participation rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 61.5 2025 up 12.3% 38th
Employment by main industry (NACE Rev.2) - national accounts 2.05 million Thousand hours worked 2026 up 9.4% 16th
Labour force (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 4,903 2025 up 8.5% 28th
Days not worked per 1000 workers due to strikes and lockouts 164 2024 down 76.4% 8th