First Release

Year: LX.

Zagreb, 19 January 2024

RAD-2023-2-1/12

ISSN 1334-0557

PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENT, BY ACTIVITIES, DECEMBER 2023

In December 2023, the total number of persons in employment in the Republic of Croatia was 1 653 778, out of which 775 018 were women. Compared to November 2023, the total number of persons in employment decreased by 0.2%, while the number of employed women increased by 0.4%. Compared to the same month of the previous year, the total number of persons in employment increased in December 2023 by 1.3% and the number of employed women by 1.1%. In the period from January to December 2023, as compared to the same period of the previous year, the total number of persons in employment increased by 1.2% and the number of employed women by 1.4%.

In December 2023, the number of persons in paid employment in legal entities in the Republic of Croatia amounted to 1 435 416, out of which 684 428 were women. Compared to November 2023, the number of persons in paid employment in legal entities decreased by 0.1% while the number of employed women increased by 0.6%. The total number of persons in paid employment in legal entities in December 2023, as compared to the same month of the previous year, increased by 0.9% and the number of employed women by 0.8%. In the period from January to December 2023, as compared to the same period of the previous year, the number of persons in paid employment in legal entities increased by 1.0% and the number of employed women by 1.2%.

In December 2023, as compared to the previous month, both the total number of persons in employment in trade and crafts and free lances and the number of employed women decreased by 0.9%. Both the total number of employed insured persons – private farmers and the number of women decreased by 0.2%.

The number of unemployed persons increased by 1.5% and the number of unemployed women by 1.3% in December 2023, as compared to November 2023. The registered unemployment rate in December 2023 was 6.5% and for women it was 7.9%.

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

	XI 2023		XII 2023		Indices
	XI 2023		XII 2023		XII 2023 XI 2023		XII 2023 XII 2022		I ‒ XII 2023 I ‒ XII 2022
	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women
Active population (labour force)	1 770 489	837 425	1 768 760	841 413	99,9	100,5	101,1	101,0	100,7	100,7
Total persons in employment	1 657 239	771 876	1 653 778	775 018	99,8	100,4	101,3	101,1	101,2	101,4
Persons in paid employment in legal entities¹⁾	1 437 062	680 531	1 435 416	684 428	99,9	100,6	100,9	100,8	101,0	101,2
Persons in employment in crafts and trades and free lances²⁾	201 775	85 580	199 992	84 835	99,1	99,1	104,3	104,3	103,1	103,2
Employed insured persons – private farmers²⁾	18 402	5 765	18 370	5 755	99,8	99,8	98,9	98,2	98,7	97,8
Unemployed persons³⁾	113 250	65 549	114 982	66 395	101,5	101,3	97,6	99,8	93,8	93,2
Registered unemployment rate⁴⁾, %	6,4	7,8	6,5	7,9

1) The results of processing data from JOPPD forms. The data for November and December 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 2007¹⁾ AND BY SEX, DECEMBER 2023

		Number of persons in paid employment, December 2023²⁾		Indices
		Number of persons in paid employment, December 2023²⁾		XII 2023 XI 2023		XII 2023 XII 2022		I ‒ XII 2023 I ‒ XII 2022
		Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women
	Total	1 435 416	684 428	99,9	100,6	100,9	100,8	101,0	101,2
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	25 928	7 327	99,3	98,5	98,2	94,3	97,6	95,5
B	Mining and quarrying	3 703	483	99,8	99,0	98,2	101,7	99,6	100,5
C	Manufacturing	233 653	81 516	99,9	100,3	99,1	96,3	99,2	98,3
D	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	14 493	3 307	100,0	100,5	99,1	101,7	99,4	100,8
E	Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	26 500	5 826	99,5	99,7	101,5	101,7	100,4	101,2
F	Construction	118 156	12 453	100,9	100,6	103,7	98,0	101,3	101,9
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	218 569	121 693	100,3	100,9	101,0	100,5	101,1	101,1
H	Transportation and storage	78 654	18 712	99,8	100,6	101,3	101,2	101,1	101,5
I	Accommodation and food service activities	91 861	48 709	96,7	97,7	103,7	97,3	104,8	103,4
J	Information and communication	59 168	21 366	100,1	100,8	102,6	102,5	107,5	106,7
K	Financial and insurance activities	35 822	24 740	99,9	100,1	95,7	95,3	97,8	97,7
L	Real estate activities	10 398	5 162	100,6	101,8	109,1	114,1	105,1	106,7
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	70 373	35 175	99,9	100,2	99,6	101,8	101,0	101,2
N	Administrative and support service activities	58 724	26 593	99,8	99,0	104,7	101,7	102,2	102,5
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	110 028	56 888	100,6	102,3	100,8	109,7	101,8	106,1
P	Education	125 758	102 511	99,8	101,0	100,9	102,7	100,9	101,6
Q	Human health and social work activities	105 899	83 244	100,4	101,4	100,5	101,6	99,1	98,9
R	Arts, entertainment and recreation	27 938	15 843	99,1	100,7	101,6	101,8	101,8	102,1
S	Other service activities	19 791	12 880	99,9	99,9	96,1	93,7	98,0	98,2

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, DECEMBER 2022 – DECEMBER 2023

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