Hungary Jobless Rate Unchanged at 4.5% in April–June

2026-07-24 07:06 By Erika Ordonez 1 min. read

The unemployment rate in Hungary stood at 4.5% in the period from April to June 2026, unchanged from the corresponding period a year earlier.

The number of unemployed individuals declined by 0.4 thousand from a year earlier to 218 thousand.

Of the total unemployed, 106 thousand were men, with an unemployment rate of 4.1%, while 112 thousand were women, with an unemployment rate of 4.9%.

Moreover, the average time spent looking for a job was 12.5 months.

Among unemployed individuals, 36.7% had been seeking work for less than three months, while 28.0% had been looking for work for 4–11 months.

The proportion of those searching for work for more than a year increased by 3.6 percentage points to 35.3%.

Meanwhile, the number of employed persons decreased by 28 thousand year-on-year to 4.633 million.

Employment among men increased by 1 thousand to 2.473 million, while employment among women decreased by 29 thousand to 2.160 million.



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Hungary Jobless Rate Unchanged at 4.5% in April–June
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