First Release

Year: LIX.

Zagreb, 18 February 2022

RAD-2022-2-1/1

ISSN 1334-0557

PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENT, BY ACTIVITIES JANUARY 2022

In January 2022, the total number of persons in employment in the Republic of Croatia was 1 553 539, out of which 728 310 were women. Compared to December 2021, the total number of persons in employment decreased by 1.3% and the number of employed women by 2.0%. Compared to the same month of the previous year, the total number of persons in employment increased by 2.5% in January 2022 and the number of employed women by 2.6%.

In January 2022, the total number of persons in paid employment in legal entities in the Republic of Croatia amounted to 1 347 071, out of which 642 792 were women. Compared to December 2021, the number of persons in paid employment in legal entities decreased by 1.3% and the number of employed women by 2.1%. The number of persons in paid employment in legal entities in January 2022, as compared to the same month of the previous year, increased by 2.5% and the number of employed women by 2.7%.

In January 2022, as compared to the previous month, the number of persons in employment in trade and crafts and free lances decreased by 1.3% and the number of employed women by 1.4%. The total number of employed insured persons – private farmers increased by 0.1% and the number of employed female farmers by 0.4%.

The total number of unemployed persons increased by 4.2% and the number of unemployed women by 3.6% in January 2022, as compared to December 2021. The total registered unemployment rate in January 2022 was 7.8% and for women it was 9.1%.

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

	XII. 2021.		I. 2022.		Indices
	XII. 2021.		I. 2022.		I. 2022. XII. 2021.		I. 2022. I. 2021.
	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women
Active population (labour force)	1 699 367	814 002	1 684 532	801 520	99,1	98,5	100,2	100,1
Total persons in employment	1 573 652	743 339	1 553 539	728 310	98,7	98,0	102,5	102,6
Persons in paid employment in legal entities¹⁾	1 364 713	656 696	1 347 071	642 792	98,7	97,9	102,5	102,7
Persons in employment in crafts and trades and free lances²⁾	190 242	80 704	187 751	79 557	98,7	98,6	103,2	102,6
Employed insured persons – private farmers²⁾	18 697	5 939	18 717	5 961	100,1	100,4	97,6	96,7
Unemployed persons3)³⁾	125 715	70 663	130 993	73 210	104,2	103,6	79,2	80,7
Registered unemployment rate⁴⁾, %	7,4	8,7	7,8	9,1

1) The results of processing data from JOPPD forms. The data for December 2021 and January 2022 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, JANUARY 2022

		Number of persons in paid employment, January 2022.²⁾		Indices
		Number of persons in paid employment, January 2022.²⁾		I. 2022. XII. 2021.		I. 2022. I. 2021.
		Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women
	Total	1 347 071	642 792	98,7	97,9	102,5	102,7
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	25 913	7 591	101,9	104,4	102,6	104,9
B	Mining and quarrying	3 743	481	101,6	104,8	95,5	97,0
C	Manufacturing	227 601	79 958	99,7	98,9	101,3	100,4
D	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	14 456	3 219	100,3	103,0	100,0	101,1
E	Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	25 724	5 560	100,4	103,0	101,2	101,8
F	Construction	103 459	10 591	99,9	102,3	104,3	108,0
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	206 452	115 046	99,3	98,4	102,2	102,6
H	Transportation and storage	73 025	17 085	101,2	104,3	101,4	100,8
I	Accommodation and food service activities	68 751	36 364	92,9	90,1	110,2	110,4
J	Information and communication	49 375	17 900	97,3	92,2	107,8	107,9
K	Financial and insurance activities	37 081	25 577	100,5	100,7	98,8	98,8
L	Real estate activities	8 752	4 145	103,0	106,1	106,7	106,4
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	66 494	32 717	100,6	101,9	104,1	105,0
N	Administrative and support service activities	50 780	23 056	100,3	101,3	104,9	108,9
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	110 854	55 069	96,0	96,8	98,3	98,2
P	Education	122 528	97 455	100,1	100,1	102,2	102,5
Q	Human health and social work activities	105 710	82 654	93,9	92,2	103,2	103,2
R	Arts, entertainment and recreation	26 249	14 816	101,6	102,4	102,5	101,8
S	Other service activities	20 124	13 508	99,0	99,0	99,6	99,2

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, JANUARY 2021 – JANUARY 2022

G-2 PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENT, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007., JANUARY 2022

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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