First Release

Year: LVIII.
Zagreb, 20 July 2021
RAD-2021-2-1/6

ISSN 1334-0557

PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENT, BY ACTIVITIES, JUNE 2021

In June 2021, the total number of persons in employment in the Republic of Croatia was 1 563 484, out of which 732 872 were women. Compared to May 2021, the total number of persons in employment increased by 1.5% and the number of employed women by 1.6%. Compared to the same month of the previous year, the total number of persons in employment increased in June 2021 by 2.2% and the number of employed women by 2.8%. In the period from January to June 2021, as compared to the same period of the previous year, the total number of persons in employment decreased by 0.6% and the number of employed women by 0.4%.

In June 2021, the total number of persons in paid employment in legal entities in the Republic of Croatia amounted to 1 339 431, out of which 639 195 were women. Compared to May 2021, the number of persons in paid employment in legal entities increased by 1.0% and the number of employed women by 1.1%. The number of persons in paid employment in legal entities in June 2021, as compared to the same month of the previous year, increased by 1.8% and the number of employed women by 2.6%. In the period from January to June 2021, as compared to the same period of the previous year, the number of persons in paid employment in legal entities decreased by 1.0% and the number of employed women by 0.6%.

In June 2021, as compared to the previous month, the number of persons in employment in trade and crafts and free lances increased by 5.1% and the number of employed women by 6.0%. The total number of employed insured persons – private farmers decreased by 0.2% and the number of women by 0.5%.

The total number of unemployed persons decreased by 8.5% and the number of unemployed women by 7.4% in June 2021, as compared to May 2021. The total registered unemployment rate in June 2021 was 7.5% and for women it was 8.7%.

 

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

        V 2021 VI 2021 Indices
VI 2021
V 2021
VI 2021
VI 2020
I - VI 2021
I - VI 2020
     Total Women Total Women Total Women Total Women Total Women
Active population (labour force) 1 678 667  796 863 1 689 716  802 935 100,7 100,8 100,5 100,7 99,5 99,7
Total persons in employment 1 540 637  721 231 1 563 484  732 872 101,5 101,6 102,2 102,8 99,4 99,6
Persons in paid employment in legal entities1) 1 326 591  632 485 1 339 431  639 195 101,0 101,1 101,8 102,6 99,0 99,4
Persons in employment in crafts and trades and free lances2)  195 356  82 770  205 402  87 731 105,1 106,0 105,5 104,9 102,1 101,9
Employed insured persons – private farmers2)  18 690  5 976  18 651  5 946 99,8 99,5 97,2 95,6 98,9 98,0
Unemployed persons3)  138 030  75 632  126 232  70 063 91,5 92,6 83,8 83,0 100,8 100,0
Registered unemployment rate4), % 8,2 9,5 7,5 8,7                

1) The results of processing data from JOPPD forms. The data for May and June 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, JUNE 2021

          Number of persons in paid employment, June 20212) Indices
VI 2021
V 2021
VI 2021
VI 2020
I - VI 2021
I - VI 2020
Total Women Total Women Total Women Total Women
Total 1 339 431  639 195 101,0 101,1 101,8 102,6 99,0 99,4
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing  25 265  7 344 100,0 100,9 100,2 102,1 100,0 101,3
B Mining and quarrying  3 833   498 100,4 100,4 92,6 97,1 93,1 96,5
C Manufacturing  227 992  80 710 100,5 100,7 100,0 100,2 97,9 97,8
D Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply  14 498  3 210 100,0 100,0 102,0 103,0 101,6 102,4
E Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities  25 661  5 520 100,2 100,3 100,3 102,1 99,2 100,8
F Construction  102 681  10 290 100,8 101,6 103,5 104,0 101,9 101,0
G Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles  203 756  113 388 100,6 100,6 99,8 100,6 97,5 97,9
H Transportation and storage  72 625  17 046 100,3 100,6 98,5 98,7 96,6 97,0
I Accommodation and food service activities  71 313  37 787 108,8 109,2 106,4 106,7 91,4 90,8
J Information and communication  47 271  17 200 100,9 101,2 106,3 106,1 104,1 103,3
K Financial and insurance activities  37 317  25 712 100,1 100,1 99,3 99,1 98,8 98,7
L Real estate activities  8 450  3 990 100,7 100,7 89,8 87,1 87,5 84,8
M Professional, scientific and technical activities  65 090  31 976 100,9 100,9 101,9 101,5 99,4 98,2
N Public administration and defence; compulsory social security  50 340  22 500 101,8 102,1 105,9 110,5 99,1 101,2
O Javna uprava i obrana; obvezno socijalno osiguranje  112 045  56 136 100,5 100,6 101,7 102,9 101,0 101,4
P Education  120 961  95 923 100,3 100,3 105,1 105,7 102,7 103,0
Q Human health and social work activities  103 466  81 067 100,2 100,2 102,5 102,6 101,3 101,3
R Arts, entertainment and recreation  26 011  14 703 100,9 100,7 99,6 99,6 96,3 96,4
S Other service activities  20 856  14 195 100,8 100,1 106,0 109,4 101,5 104,0

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, JUNE 2020 – JUNE 2021

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