First Release

Year: LVIII.
Zagreb, 02 June 2021
RAD-2021-2-6/1

ISSN 1334-0557

PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENT, BY COUNTIES FIRST QUARTER OF 2021

Data on persons in employment in legal entities, by counties, were obtained by processing data from the JOPPD form and will be published regularly on a quarterly basis. The processing was performed according to the predominant NKD 2007. activity and place of permanent/temporary residence. Therefore, the data by activities are not comparable with the monthly data published so far.

In March 2021, the largest number of persons in employment was in the City of Zagreb, 339 535, which accounted for 22.4% of the total number of persons in employment in the Republic of Croatia. The lowest number of persons in employment was in the County of Lika-Senj, 15 154, which accounted for 1.0% of the total number of persons in employment in the Republic of Croatia. The largest number of employed women was in the City of Zagreb, 170 808, which accounted for 24.0%, and the lowest in the County of Lika-Senj, 6 727, which accounted for 0.9% of the total number of employed women in the Republic of Croatia.

In March 2021 compared to March 2020, the number of persons in employment in legal entities increased only in the County of Vukovar-Sirmium, by 0.8%. Other counties recorded a decrease in the number of persons in employment in legal entities, with the largest decrease being recorded in the County of Istria, of 3.9%. The number of employed women in legal entities increased in the County of Vukovar-Sirmium, by 2.6%, and in the County of Slavonski Brod-Posavina, by 0.2%. The remaining 18 counties recorded a decrease in the number of employed women. The largest decrease was recorded in the County of Istria, of 3.7%, while in the County of Međimurje, the number of employed women in legal entities remained at the March 2020 level.

For the period from January to March 2021 compared to the same period of the previous year, an increase in the number of persons in employment in legal entities was recorded only in the County of Međimurje, of 0.4%. The number of persons in employment decreased in other counties, with the largest decrease being recorded in the County of Istria, of 4.3%. The number of employed women increased in two counties: the County of Vukovar-Sirmium, by 1.0%, and the County of Međimurje, by 1.2%. A decrease in the number of employed women was recorded in 19 counties, ranging from 0.3% in the County of Slavonski Brod-Posavina to 4.3% in the County of Istria.

The highest registered unemployment rate in March 2021 was recorded in the County of Virovitica-Podravina, of 16.6%, which was 7.3 percentage points higher than the registered unemployment rate in the Republic of Croatia. The lowest one was recorded in the County of Varaždin, of 3.8%, which was 5.5 percentage points lower than the registered unemployment rate in the Republic of Croatia. The highest registered unemployment rate for women was recorded in the County of Virovitica-Podravina, of 20.3%, which was 9.6 percentage points higher than the registered unemployment rate for women in the Republic of Croatia. The lowest one was recorded in the County of Varaždin, of 4.3%, which was 6.4 percentage points lower than the registered unemployment rate for women in the Republic of Croatia

 

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

1. LABOUR FORCE ACCORDING TO ADMINISTRATIVE SOURCES, BY COUNTIES AND BY SEX, 2021

County Active population (labour force)1) Total persons in employment11)2) Unemployed persons Registered unemployment rate, %1)
I. II. III. I. II. III. I. II. III. I. II. III.
Republic of Croatia 1 680 633 1 669 118 1 673 622 1 515 288 1 506 732 1 518 034  165 345  162 386  155 588 9,8 9,7 9,3
Women  800 442  794 183  795 931  709 733  705 140  710 380  90 709  89 043  85 551 11,3 11,2 10,7
Zagreb  133 965  133 397  133 816  126 517  126 135  126 884  7 448  7 262  6 932 5,6 5,4 5,2
Women  62 288  61 962  62 185  58 349  58 110  58 502  3 939  3 852  3 683 6,3 6,2 5,9
Krapina-Zagorje  53 258  52 971  53 003  50 314  50 166  50 355  2 944  2 805  2 648 5,5 5,3 5,0
Women  24 022  23 831  23 899  22 376  22 260  22 400  1 646  1 571  1 499 6,9 6,6 6,3
Sisak-Moslavina  59 289  58 968  59 070  49 958  49 824  50 419  9 331  9 144  8 651 15,7 15,5 14,6
Women  27 680  27 424  27 378  22 529  22 386  22 594  5 151  5 038  4 784 18,6 18,4 17,5
Karlovac   46 050  45 603  45 809  42 213  41 811  42 249  3 837  3 792  3 560 8,3 8,3 7,8
Women  21 241  21 074  21 072  18 915  18 787  18 952  2 326  2 287  2 120 11,0 10,9 10,1
Varaždin   70 624  70 359  70 683  67 530  67 490  67 966  3 094  2 869  2 717 4,4 4,1 3,8
Women  32 956  32 789  32 853  31 354  31 304  31 435  1 602  1 485  1 418 4,9 4,5 4,3
Koprivnica-Križevci   40 152  39 676  39 831  37 599  37 221  37 554  2 553  2 455  2 277 6,4 6,2 5,7
Women  18 144  17 839  17 915  16 734  16 506  16 647  1 410  1 333  1 268 7,8 7,5 7,1
Bjelovar-Bilogora   40 216  39 881  39 750  35 423  35 248  35 535  4 793  4 633  4 215 11,9 11,6 10,6
Women  18 453  18 219  18 137  15 874  15 769  15 940  2 579  2 450  2 197 14,0 13,4 12,1
Primorje-Gorski kotar  118 977  118 485  118 980  108 841  108 454  109 421  10 136  10 031  9 559 8,5 8,5 8,0
Women  57 287  57 089  57 285  51 667  51 482  51 949  5 620  5 607  5 336 9,8 9,8 9,3
Lika-Senj  17 287  17 225  17 122  15 175  15 177  15 154  2 112  2 048  1 968 12,2 11,9 11,5
Women  7 840  7 832  7 819  6 681  6 719  6 727  1 159  1 113  1 092 14,8 14,2 14,0
Virovitica-Podravina  28 239  28 112  27 848  23 332  23 180  23 226  4 907  4 932  4 622 17,4 17,5 16,6
Women  12 801  12 805  12 714  10 129  10 112  10 127  2 672  2 693  2 587 20,9 21,0 20,3
Požega-Slavonia  24 440  24 196  24 256  21 536  21 360  21 561  2 904  2 836  2 695 11,9 11,7 11,1
Women  11 176  11 045  11 062  9 552  9 439  9 509  1 624  1 606  1 553 14,5 14,5 14,0
Slavonski Brod-Posavina  50 337  50 118  50 157  42 986  42 800  43 026  7 351  7 318  7 131 14,6 14,6 14,2
Women  22 048  21 936  21 958  17 766  17 682  17 822  4 282  4 254  4 136 19,4 19,4 18,8
Zadar  63 110  62 359  62 420  57 700  57 131  57 618  5 410  5 228  4 802 8,6 8,4 7,7
Women  30 009  29 712  29 701  26 983  26 799  27 000  3 026  2 913  2 701 10,1 9,8 9,1
Osijek-Baranja  112 474  111 362  111 301  94 012  93 085  93 656  18 462  18 277  17 645 16,4 16,4 15,9
Women  53 316  52 829  52 851  42 651  42 300  42 666  10 665  10 529  10 185 20,0 19,9 19,3
Šibenik-Knin  37 510  37 088  37 125  32 045  31 667  31 943  5 465  5 421  5 182 14,6 14,6 14,0
Women  17 906  17 724  17 722  15 043  14 864  15 004  2 863  2 860  2 718 16,0 16,1 15,3
Vukovar-Sirmium  54 869  54 517  54 587  47 190  46 763  47 111  7 679  7 754  7 476 14,0 14,2 13,7
Women  24 951  24 840  24 867  20 566  20 446  20 598  4 385  4 394  4 269 17,6 17,7 17,2
Split-Dalmatia  182 746  181 490  182 685  153 238  152 362  153 879  29 508  29 128  28 806 16,1 16,0 15,8
Women  89 384  88 635  89 180  73 082  72 511  73 166  16 302  16 124  16 014 18,2 18,2 18,0
Istria  91 014  90 264  90 160  84 026  83 596  84 210  6 988  6 668  5 950 7,7 7,4 6,6
Women  42 630  42 202  42 085  39 094  38 838  39 129  3 536  3 364  2 956 8,3 8,0 7,0
Dubrovnik-Neretva  52 014  51 295  51 465  45 058  44 560  44 846  6 956  6 735  6 619 13,4 13,1 12,9
Women  24 476  24 143  24 200  20 611  20 387  20 483  3 865  3 756  3 717 15,8 15,6 15,4
Međimurje  43 718  43 745  43 718  41 253  41 337  41 372  2 465  2 408  2 346 5,6 5,5 5,4
Women  20 137  20 082  20 136  18 743  18 728  18 835  1 394  1 354  1 301 6,9 6,7 6,5
City of Zagreb  359 862  357 492  359 322  338 860  336 850  339 535  21 002  20 642  19 787 5,8 5,8 5,5
Women  181 594  180 088  180 825  170 931  169 628  170 808  10 663  10 460  10 017 5,9 5,8 5,5

1) Provisional data.
2) Data on foreign workers are not presented. See Notes on Methodology.

2.PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENT IN LEGAL ENTITIES, BY COUNTIES AND BY SEX, 2021

County Persons in paid employment in legal entities1)2) Indices1)
I. II. III. I.-III. I. 2021.
I. 2020.
II. 2021.
II. 2020.
III. 2021.
III. 2020.
I.-III. 2021.
I.-III. 2020.
Republic of Croatia 1 314 114 1 305 229 1 314 323 1 311 222 97,8 97,6 98,1 97,8
Women  626 007  621 324  625 633  624 321 97,8 97,6 98,2 97,8
Zagreb  113 385  113 030  113 688  113 368 99,1 98,7 98,9 98,9
Women  52 896  52 667  53 024  52 862 99,0 98,5 98,8 98,8
Krapina-Zagorje  43 421  43 260  43 416  43 366 99,6 99,0 99,1 99,2
Women  19 719  19 592  19 725  19 679 98,7 98,2 98,4 98,4
Sisak-Moslavina  43 707  43 558  44 066  43 777 97,5 97,8 98,5 97,9
Women  19 781  19 632  19 818  19 744 98,6 98,3 98,9 98,6
Karlovac   36 667  36 227  36 607  36 500 99,3 98,9 99,9 99,4
Women  16 344  16 196  16 318  16 286 98,5 98,4 99,3 98,8
Varaždin   58 922  58 857  59 299  59 026 99,2 98,8 99,3 99,1
Women  27 870  27 796  27 927  27 864 99,3 98,5 98,8 98,8
Koprivnica-Križevci   31 783  31 409  31 668  31 620 98,6 98,6 99,0 98,7
Women  14 300  14 082  14 204  14 195 98,4 98,5 98,9 98,6
Bjelovar-Bilogora   29 716  29 515  29 744  29 658 97,0 97,3 98,1 97,4
Women  13 527  13 392  13 557  13 492 97,7 97,4 98,6 97,9
Primorje-Gorski kotar  92 951  92 507  93 180  92 879 96,0 96,0 96,7 96,2
Women  45 325  45 126  45 480  45 310 95,9 96,2 97,1 96,4
Lika-Senj  12 538  12 550  12 498  12 529 96,2 97,7 97,3 97,1
Women  5 660  5 709  5 708  5 692 96,4 98,8 99,0 98,1
Virovitica-Podravina  18 399  18 282  18 200  18 294 97,6 98,5 98,1 98,1
Women  8 162  8 158  8 130  8 150 98,0 99,4 99,2 98,9
Požega-Slavonia  18 160  17 984  18 144  18 096 97,7 98,1 99,1 98,3
Women  8 250  8 141  8 203  8 198 98,3 98,3 99,5 98,7
Slavonski Brod-Posavina  36 460  36 259  36 424  36 381 98,3 99,2 99,3 98,9
Women  15 085  15 005  15 104  15 065 99,1 99,7 100,2 99,7
Zadar  47 861  47 287  47 683  47 610 99,1 98,3 98,8 98,7
Women  23 156  22 974  23 122  23 084 99,0 98,7 99,2 99,0
Osijek-Baranja  81 742  80 813  81 262  81 272 98,5 98,2 98,6 98,4
Women  37 518  37 169  37 467  37 385 98,3 98,3 98,9 98,5
Šibenik-Knin  26 733  26 347  26 528  26 536 96,3 96,4 97,2 96,6
Women  12 927  12 745  12 856  12 843 96,5 97,1 98,1 97,2
Vukovar-Sirmium  39 496  39 074  39 307  39 292 98,9 99,6 100,8 99,8
Women  17 549  17 429  17 526  17 501 99,7 100,7 102,6 101,0
Split-Dalmatia  130 004  128 993  130 164  129 720 96,5 96,5 97,2 96,8
Women  63 583  62 966  63 496  63 348 96,5 96,4 97,2 96,7
Istria  68 625  68 131  68 510  68 422 95,6 95,6 96,1 95,7
Women  32 993  32 731  32 887  32 870 95,3 95,4 96,3 95,7
Dubrovnik-Neretva  37 658  37 133  37 365  37 385 94,7 96,7 97,6 96,3
Women  17 900  17 662  17 747  17 770 93,7 96,6 97,8 96,0
Međimurje  36 895  37 001  37 013  36 970 102,3 99,6 99,4 100,4
Women  16 878  16 878  16 980  16 912 104,3 99,3 100,0 101,2
City of Zagreb  308 509  306 497  309 043  308 016 97,6 97,1 97,6 97,4
Women  156 481  155 191  156 267  155 980 97,8 97,0 97,3 97,4
Foreign   482   515   514   504 111,6 116,5 101,6 109,5
Women   103   83   87   91 99,0 82,2 76,3 85,6

1) Provisional data.

2) 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.

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Data sources

The total number of persons in employment includes persons employed in legal entities, in trades and crafts and free lances, as well as insured persons – private farmers.

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.

Foreign workers are persons employed in legal entities on the territory of the Republic of Croatia who do not have permanent/temporary residence in the Republic of Croatia.

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

Data are presented according to the predominant, main activity of the NKD 2007., while the monthly data published so far were presented according to the "pure" activity. This means that the processing, in addition to the main activity, was also performed according to secondary activities. Therefore, the data by activities are not comparable with the monthly data published so far.

Data on counties are presented according to the place of permanent/temporary residence by the territorial constitution in accordance with the Act on the Territories of Counties, Towns and Municipalities in the Republic of Croatia (NN, Nos 86/06, 125/06, 16/07, 95/08, 46/10, 145/10, 37/13, 44/13, 45/13 and 110/15).

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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