First Release

Year: LXI.

Zagreb, 21 January 2025

RAD-2024-2-1/12

ISSN 1334-0557

PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENT, BY ACTIVITIES, DECEMBER 2024

In December 2024, the total number of persons in employment in the Republic of Croatia was 1 710 783, out of which 801 122 were women. Compared to November 2024, the total number of persons in employment decreased by 0.1%, while the number of employed women increased by 0.5%. Compared to the same month of the previous year, the total number of persons in employment increased in December 2024 by 2.1% and the number of employed women by 2.4%. In the period from January to December 2024, as compared to the same period of the previous year, the total number of persons in employment increased by 1.9% and the number of employed women by 1.7%.

In December 2024, the total number of persons in paid employment in legal entities in the Republic of Croatia amounted to 1 484 343, out of which 707 568 were women. Compared to November 2024, the number of persons in paid employment in legal entities remained the same, while the number of employed women increased by 0.6%. The number of persons in paid employment in legal entities in December 2024, as compared to the same month of the previous year, increased by 1.8% and the number of employed women by 2.3%. In the period from January to December 2024, as compared to the same period of the previous year, the number of persons in paid employment in legal entities increased by 1.6% and the number of employed women by 1.5%.

In December 2024, as compared to the previous month, the number of persons in employment in trade and crafts and free lances decreased by 0.6% and the number of employed women by 0.3%. Both the total number of employed insured persons – private farmers and the number of women decreased by 0.3%.

The total number of unemployed persons increased by 1.9% as well as the number of unemployed women, by 1.4%, in December 2024, as compared to November 2024. The total registered unemployment rate in December 2024 was 5.1% and for women it was 5.8%.

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 2024		XII 2024		Indices
	XI 2024		XII 2024		XII 2024 XI 2024		XII 2024 XII 2023		I ‒ XII 2024 I ‒ XII 2023
	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women
Active population (labour force)	1 802 076	845 290	1 802 346	850 197	100,0	100,6	100,6	100,2	101,0	100,5
Total persons in employment	1 712 179	796 873	1 710 783	801 122	99,9	100,5	102,1	102,4	101,9	101,7
Persons in paid employment in legal entities¹⁾	1 484 416	703 008	1 484 343	707 568	100,0	100,6	101,8	102,3	101,6	101,5
Persons in employment in crafts and trades and free lances²⁾	209 954	88 313	208 677	88 016	99,4	99,7	104,3	103,7	104,6	103,9
Employed insured persons – private farmers²⁾	17 809	5 552	17 763	5 538	99,7	99,7	96,7	96,2	97,7	97,2
Unemployed persons³⁾	89 897	48 417	91 563	49 075	101,9	101,4	79,6	73,9	87,5	85,7
Registered unemployment rate⁴⁾, %	5,0	5,7	5,1	5,8

1) The results of processing data from JOPPD forms. The data for November and December 2024 are provisional.
2) The data were taken over from the records of active insured persons kept at the Croatian Pension Insurance Institute.
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 2024

		Number of persons in paid employment, December 2024²⁾		Indices
		Number of persons in paid employment, December 2024²⁾		XII 2024 XI 2024		XII 2024 XII 2023		I – XII 2024 I – XII 2023
		Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women
	Total	1 484 343	707 568	100,0	100,6	101,8	102,3	101,6	101,5
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	25 386	7 035	98,2	98,9	96,0	92,4	99,4	96,8
B	Mining and quarrying	3 746	470	101,2	101,3	101,1	98,3	99,4	96,8
C	Manufacturing	233 497	79 413	100,0	99,7	98,8	96,4	99,0	97,3
D	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	14 531	3 393	100,0	100,4	100,1	102,5	99,5	101,7
E	Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	27 448	6 104	99,7	100,4	103,0	103,5	102,5	103,0
F	Construction	125 716	13 620	100,2	101,0	103,0	107,3	105,1	107,4
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	225 972	125 226	100,2	100,8	101,9	101,6	102,2	101,9
H	Transportation and storage	82 508	19 064	98,3	99,4	102,5	99,5	102,4	101,9
I	Accommodation and food service activities	95 725	50 438	95,8	97,5	100,9	94,6	103,7	102,1
J	Information and communication	60 829	22 057	100,7	101,9	102,1	103,4	101,8	102,1
K	Financial and insurance activities	35 911	25 031	100,2	101,8	100,1	101,4	98,7	98,6
L	Real estate activities	10 088	4 809	100,3	99,4	95,1	91,3	100,1	100,1
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	72 895	36 330	101,1	101,1	101,0	101,7	99,7	100,6
N	Administrative and support service activities	58 735	26 306	99,8	99,1	98,4	94,9	102,0	100,3
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	114 824	61 350	100,4	100,6	103,9	113,0	100,6	102,9
P	Education	130 338	105 427	101,0	101,1	102,8	103,2	101,4	101,9
Q	Human health and social work activities	113 964	89 425	102,2	102,7	106,9	107,6	103,5	103,5
R	Arts, entertainment and recreation	29 745	16 674	100,4	101,3	104,9	104,9	103,1	102,8
S	Other service activities	22 485	15 396	100,1	100,1	110,1	114,8	101,4	102,2

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 2020 – DECEMBER 2024

G-2 PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENT, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007, DECEMBER 2024

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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