First Release

Year: LX.

Zagreb, 20 April 2023

RAD-2023-2-1/3

ISSN 1334-0557

PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENT, BY ACTIVITIES, MARCH 2023

In March 2023, the total number of persons in employment in the Republic of Croatia was 1 597 798, out of which 747 738 were women. Compared to February 2023, the total number of persons in employment as well as the number of employed women increased by 0.7%. Compared to the same month of the previous year, the total number of persons in employment increased in March 2023 by 1.2% and the number of employed women by 1.6%. In the period from January to March 2023, as compared to the same period of the previous year, the total number of persons in employment increased by 0.9% and the number of employed women by 1.1%.

In March 2023, the total number of persons in paid employment in legal entities in the Republic of Croatia amounted to 1 386 640, out of which 660 416 were women. Compared to February 2023, the number of persons in paid employment in legal entities increased by 0.6% and the number of employed women by 0.7%. The number of persons in paid employment in legal entities in March 2023, as compared to the same month of the previous year, increased by 1.1% and the number of employed women by 1.6%. In the period from January to March 2023, as compared to the same period of the previous year, the number of persons in paid employment in legal entities increased by 0.8% and the number of employed women by 1.1%.

In March 2023, as compared to the previous month, the number of persons in employment in trade and crafts and free lances increased by 1.1% and the number of employed women by 1.0%. Both the total number of employed insured persons – private farmers and the number of employed female farmers decreased by 0.4%.

The total number of unemployed persons decreased by 5.1% and the number of unemployed women by 4.7% in March 2023 as compared to February 2023. The total registered unemployment rate in March 2023 was 6.5% and for women it was 7.7%.

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 2023		III 2023		Indices
	II 2023		III 2023		III 2023 II 2023		III 2023 III 2022		I ‒ III 2023 I ‒ III 2022
	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women
Active population (labour force)	1 705 251	807 509	1 709 778	809 694	100,3	100,3	100,3	100,3	100,1	100,0
Total persons in employment	1 587 266	742 506	1 597 798	747 738	100,7	100,7	101,2	101,6	100,9	101,1
Persons in paid employment in legal entities¹⁾	1 378 206	655 979	1 386 640	660 416	100,6	100,7	101,1	101,6	100,8	101,1
Persons in employment in crafts and trades and free lances²⁾	190 508	80 672	192 671	81 492	101,1	101,0	101,7	101,8	101,4	101,4
Employed insured persons – private farmers²⁾	18 552	5 855	18 487	5 830	99,6	99,6	98,5	97,7	98,9	97,8
Unemployed persons³⁾	117 985	65 003	111 980	61 956	94,9	95,3	89,2	86,7	91,0	89,5
Registered unemployment rate⁴⁾, %	6,9	8,0	6,5	7,7

1) The results of processing data from JOPPD forms. The data for February and March 2023 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 2023

		Number of persons in paid employment, March 2023²⁾		Indices
		Number of persons in paid employment, March 2023²⁾		III 2023 II 2023		III 2023 III 2022		I – III 2023 I – III 2022
		Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women
	Total	1 386 640	660 416	100,6	100,7	101,1	101,6	100,8	101,1
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	25 022	7 236	100,1	99,7	97,7	96,8	97,8	96,6
B	Mining and quarrying	3 774	480	99,8	98,8	100,2	98,8	101,0	99,5
C	Manufacturing	230 255	80 090	100,5	100,0	98,6	98,2	98,8	98,8
D	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	14 443	3 209	100,1	100,0	99,3	99,4	99,2	99,3
E	Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	25 837	5 623	99,6	99,4	100,0	100,5	100,1	100,8
F	Construction	109 995	11 169	101,2	100,8	100,0	100,3	100,0	100,3
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	212 211	117 918	100,4	100,2	101,0	101,4	100,8	101,2
H	Transportation and storage	75 428	17 636	100,1	99,9	100,9	102,1	101,1	102,1
I	Accommodation and food service activities	72 121	37 792	99,1	98,8	104,9	104,5	104,8	104,4
J	Information and communication	57 230	20 548	100,4	100,7	112,6	111,1	112,8	111,4
K	Financial and insurance activities	36 463	25 111	99,7	99,6	98,6	98,5	98,9	98,8
L	Real estate activities	9 321	4 390	100,9	100,4	104,0	103,9	103,8	103,9
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	70 297	34 525	101,1	101,1	103,5	102,6	102,7	101,8
N	Administrative and support service activities	53 987	24 337	101,4	101,1	103,0	103,0	102,7	103,2
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	112 775	58 914	101,5	103,0	102,6	107,3	100,7	103,8
P	Education	125 288	100 416	100,7	100,8	100,9	101,6	100,7	101,3
Q	Human health and social work activities	104 612	81 717	100,7	100,9	98,5	98,3	97,9	97,6
R	Arts, entertainment and recreation	27 021	15 314	100,7	100,5	102,2	103,0	101,7	102,6
S	Other service activities	20 560	13 991	103,7	104,7	100,4	102,0	97,2	97,5

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 2022 – MARCH 2023

G-2 PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENT, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007, MARCH 2023

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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