First Release

Year: LIX.

Zagreb, 20 April 2022

RAD-2022-2-1/3

ISSN 1334-0557

PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENT, BY ACTIVITIES MARCH 2022

In March 2022, the total number of persons in employment in the Republic of Croatia was 1 556 913, out of which 728 248 were women. Compared to February 2022, the total number of persons in employment increased by 0.7% and the number of employed women by 0.5%. Compared to the same month of the previous year, the total number of persons in employment increased in March 2022 by 1.3% and the number of employed women by 1.6%. In the period from January to March 2022, as compared to the same period of the previous year, the total number of persons in employment increased by 1.1% and the number of employed women by 1.5%.

In March 2022, the total number of persons in paid employment in legal entities in the Republic of Croatia amounted to 1 348 694, out of which 642 213 were women. Compared to February 2022, the number of persons in paid employment in legal entities increased by 0.7% and the number of employed women by 0.5%. The number of persons in paid employment in legal entities in March 2022, as compared to the same month of the previous year, increased by 1.2% and the number of employed women by 1.6%. In the period from January to March 2022, as compared to the same period of the previous year, the number of persons in paid employment in legal entities increased by 0.9% and the number of employed women by 1.5%.

In March 2022, as compared to the previous month, the number of persons in employment in trade and crafts and free lances increased by 0.9% and the number of employed women by 0.7%. The total number of employed insured persons – private farmers increased by 0.2%, while the number of women decreased by 0.2%.

The total number of unemployed persons decreased by 3.7% and the number of unemployed women by 2.9% in March 2022, as compared to February 2022. The total registered unemployment rate in March 2022 was 7.5% and for women it was 8.9%.

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 2022		III 2022		Indices
	II 2022		III 2022		III 2022 II 2022		III 2022 III 2021		I ‒ III 2022 I ‒ III 2021
	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women
Active population (labour force)	1 675 860	798 051	1 682 517	799 715	100,4	100,2	99,4	99,7	99,1	99,4
Total persons in employment	1 545 407	724 475	1 556 913	728 248	100,7	100,5	101,3	101,6	101,1	101,5
Persons in paid employment in legal entities¹⁾	1 338 912	639 014	1 348 694	642 213	100,7	100,5	101,2	101,6	100,9	101,5
Persons in employment in crafts and trades and free lances²⁾	187 765	79 478	189 458	80 066	100,9	100,7	102,6	101,9	102,9	102,3
Employed insured persons – private farmers²⁾	18 730	5 983	18 761	5 969	100,2	99,8	98,2	97,2	97,9	97,1
Unemployed persons³⁾	130 453	73 576	125 604	71 467	96,3	97,1	80,7	83,5	80,1	82,3
Registered unemployment rate⁴⁾, %	7,8	9,2	7,5	8,9

1) The results of processing data from JOPPD forms. The data for February and March 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, MARCH 2022

		Number of persons in paid employment, March 2022²⁾		Indices
		Number of persons in paid employment, March 2022²⁾		III 2022 II 2022		III 2022 III 2021		I – III 2022 I – III 2021
		Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women
	Total	1 348 694	642 213	100,7	100,5	101,2	101,6	100,9	101,5
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	25 163	7 337	100,8	100,5	99,1	100,5	99,6	101,4
B	Mining and quarrying	3 717	479	102,0	100,4	96,5	96,4	95,4	96,2
C	Manufacturing	230 023	80 533	101,1	100,9	100,7	100,1	100,2	99,6
D	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	14 531	3 222	100,0	99,9	100,3	100,6	100,2	100,8
E	Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	25 731	5 552	100,3	100,0	100,5	101,0	100,3	100,9
F	Construction	105 244	10 657	101,3	100,7	101,2	104,1	100,5	104,1
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	206 788	114 909	100,5	100,4	101,2	101,8	101,0	101,6
H	Transportation and storage	73 231	17 081	101,2	100,5	100,5	100,8	99,9	99,9
I	Accommodation and food service activities	66 053	34 849	99,9	99,8	104,1	104,4	104,9	105,4
J	Information and communication	50 146	18 261	101,5	101,6	107,0	107,7	106,5	107,0
K	Financial and insurance activities	36 894	25 465	100,0	100,1	99,0	99,2	98,7	98,8
L	Real estate activities	8 798	4 155	102,4	102,8	103,8	104,1	102,8	102,9
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	66 036	32 663	100,3	100,0	100,0	101,1	100,5	101,7
N	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	51 276	23 180	102,1	101,3	104,0	106,4	102,7	106,0
O	Javna uprava i obrana; obvezno socijalno osiguranje	109 874	54 840	100,5	100,9	98,2	98,4	98,0	98,0
P	Education	123 663	98 456	100,4	100,4	102,4	102,9	102,3	102,7
Q	Human health and social work activities	105 669	82 662	100,1	100,1	102,5	102,4	102,6	102,5
R	Arts, entertainment and recreation	26 112	14 750	101,0	100,8	101,2	101,2	100,7	100,7
S	Other service activities	19 745	13 162	101,1	100,9	94,1	92,1	94,5	93,0

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, MARCH 2021 – MARCH 2022

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