First Release

Year: LVIII.

Zagreb, 20 April 2021

RAD-2021-2-1/3

ISSN 1334-0557

PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENT, BY ACTIVITIES MARCH 2021

In March 2021, the total number of persons in employment in the Republic of Croatia was 1 518 034, out of which 710 380 were women. Compared to February 2021, the total number of persons in employment increased by 0.8% and the number of employed women by 0.7%. Compared to the same month of the previous year, the total number of persons in employment, as well as the number of employed women, decreased by 1.5% in March 2021. In the period from January to March 2021, as compared to the same period of the previous year, the total number of persons in employment decreased by 1.9% and the number of employed women by 2.0%.

In March 2021, the total number of persons in paid employment in legal entities in the Republic of Croatia amounted to 1 314 323, out of which 625 633 were women. Compared to February 2021, the number of persons in paid employment in legal entities, as well as the number of employed women, increased by 0.7%. The number of persons in paid employment in legal entities in March 2021, as compared to the same month of the previous year, decreased by 1.9% and the number of employed women by 1.8%. In the period from January to March 2021, as compared to the same period of the previous year, the number of persons in paid employment in legal entities, as well as the number of employed women, decreased by 2.2%.

In March 2021, as compared to the previous month, both the total number of persons in employment in trades and crafts and free lances and the number of employed women increased by 1.2%. Both the total number of employed insured persons – private farmers and the number of employed women decreased by 0.1%.

The total number of unemployed persons decreased by 4.2% and the number of unemployed women by 3.9% in March 2021, as compared to February 2021. The total registered unemployment rate in March 2021 was 9.3% and for women it was 10.7%.

Detailed data by activities can be downloaded on the link Statistics In Line.

1 LABOUR FORCE OF REPUBLIC OF CROATIA, ACCORDING TO ADMINISTRATIVE SOURCES AND BY SEX

	II 2021		III 2021		Indices
	II 2021		III 2021		III 2021 II 2021		III 2021 III 2020		I - III 2021 I - III 2020
	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women
Active population (labour force)	1 669 118	794 183	1 673 622	795 931	100,3	100,2	99,4	99,5	99,5	99,6
Total persons in employment	1 506 732	705 140	1 518 034	710 380	100,8	100,7	98,5	98,5	98,1	98,0
Persons in paid employment in legal entities¹⁾	1 305 229	621 324	1 314 323	625 633	100,7	100,7	98,1	98,2	97,8	97,8
Persons in employment in crafts and trades and free lances²⁾	182 381	77 665	184 610	78 605	101,2	101,2	101,5	101,7	99,9	99,6
Employed insured persons – private farmers²⁾	19 122	6 151	19 101	6 142	99,9	99,9	99,6	99,1	99,7	99,2
Unemployed persons³⁾	162 386	89 043	155 588	85 551	95,8	96,1	108,5	107,8	114,7	114,6
Registered unemployment rate⁴⁾, %	9,7	11,2	9,3	10,7

1) The results of processing data from JOPPD forms. The data for February and March 2021 are provisional.
2) The data were taken over from the records of active insured persons kept at the Croatian Institute for Pension Insurance.
3) The data were taken over from the Croatian Employment Service.
4) The registered unemployment rate is calculated as the ratio of unemployed persons to the total active population (labour force).

2 INDICES OF CHANGE IN NUMBER OF PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENT IN LEGAL ENTITIES, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007.¹⁾ AND BY SEX, MARCH 2021

	Number of persons in paid employment, March 2021²⁾		Indices
	Number of persons in paid employment, March 2021²⁾		III 2021 II 2021		III 2021 III 2020		I - III 2021 I - III 2020
	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women
Total	1 314 323	625 633	100,7	100,7	98,1	98,2	97,8	97,8
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing	25 042	7 168	101,1	101,0	100,0	100,9	99,5	100,4
B Mining and quarrying	3 843	496	100,3	100,0	93,0	96,3	94,0	96,7
C Manufacturing	225 287	79 581	101,0	101,0	97,1	96,7	97,0	96,8
D Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	14 460	3 198	100,2	100,2	101,6	102,6	101,4	102,3
E Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	25 505	5 481	100,5	100,4	99,0	100,7	98,5	100,2
F Construction	100 234	9 887	101,1	101,6	101,1	100,3	101,3	99,5
G Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	201 117	111 506	100,4	100,2	96,3	96,4	96,5	96,7
H Transportation and storage	71 648	16 748	100,4	99,8	95,7	96,1	95,7	96,3
I Accommodation and food service activities	61 913	32 591	100,7	100,5	87,8	87,1	84,6	83,7
J Information and communication	46 316	16 783	100,8	100,9	103,5	102,6	103,3	102,4
K Financial and insurance activities	37 221	25 658	99,8	99,7	98,6	98,4	98,7	98,5
L Real estate activities	8 259	3 887	100,5	100,3	86,1	82,9	87,0	84,7
M Professional, scientific and technical activities	64 482	31 563	101,3	101,6	99,0	97,7	98,7	97,2
N Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	48 432	21 449	100,3	100,8	96,7	98,5	96,1	97,0
O Javna uprava i obrana; obvezno socijalno osiguranje	111 785	55 703	100,6	100,9	101,2	101,2	100,6	100,4
P Education	120 246	95 316	100,9	100,9	101,4	101,5	101,6	101,8
Q Human health and social work activities	102 636	80 345	100,5	100,6	100,8	100,8	100,8	100,7
R Arts, entertainment and recreation	25 591	14 481	101,1	100,9	95,1	94,8	94,7	94,8
S Other service activities	20 306	13 792	100,8	101,0	100,1	102,1	99,1	100,8

1) Activity sections T (Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods – and services – producing activities of households for own use) and U (Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies) as well as their divisions are not presented in this First Release since they were not covered by the survey.
2) Provisional data.

G-1 PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENT IN LEGAL ENTITIES, MARCH 2020 – MARCH 2021

G-2 PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENT, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007., MARCH 2021

NKD 2007. activity sections
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing
B	Mining and quarrying
C	Manufacturing
D	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
E	Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities
F	Construction
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
H	Transportation and storage
I	Accommodation and food service activities
J	Information and communication
K	Financial and insurance activities
L	Real estate activities
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities
N	Administrative and support service activities
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
P	Education
Q	Human health and social work activities
R	Arts, entertainment and recreation
S	Other service activities

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Data sources

Data on persons in employment in legal entities were gathered by processing data from the Report on Income, Income Tax and Surtax as well as Contributions for Mandatory Insurances (JOPPD form), which has been in effect since 1 January 2014.

All persons or entities that are the payers of income for which the income tax regulations prescribe the obligation of accounting and paying deduction tax are under the obligation to submit the JOPPD form.

Data on persons in employment in crafts and trades and free lances are processed according to the records on pension insurance beneficiaries obtained from the Croatian Institute for Pension Insurance.

The Croatian Institute for Pension Insurance provides data on employed insured persons − private farmers.

Data on the number of unemployed persons are obtained from the Croatian Employment Service.

Coverage and comparability

The survey on persons in paid employment in legal entities includes all persons who have signed a work contract, regardless of the type of work contract and whether they work full-time or less than full-time.

The survey on persons in crafts and trades and free lances includes owners and employees registered with the Croatian Institute for Pension Insurance.

Definitions

Persons in paid employment are all persons who have signed a work contract with an employer for a fixed or an unspecified period of time, irrespective of the type of ownership and of whether they work full-time or less than full-time.

Registered unemployment rate is calculated as a ratio of the number of unemployed persons to the total active population (labour force).

Abbreviations

NKD 2007.	National Classification of Activities, 2007 version

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