First Release

Year: LXI.
Zagreb, 28 January 2025
RAD-2024-2-6/4
ISSN 1334-0557

PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENT, BY SEX AND BY COUNTIES,
FOURTH QUARTER OF 2024

Data on persons in employment in legal entities, by counties, were obtained by processing data from the JOPPD form. The processing was performed according to the predominant NKD 2007 activity and place of permanent/temporary residence. Therefore, the data by activities are not comparable with the monthly data published so far.

In December 2024, the largest number of persons in employment was in the City of Zagreb, 379 180, which accounted for 22.2% of the total number of persons in employment in the Republic of Croatia. The lowest number of persons in employment was in the County of Lika-Senj, 17 668, which accounted for 1.0% of the total number of persons in employment in the Republic of Croatia. The largest number of employed women was in the City of Zagreb, 187 037, which accounted for 23.3%, and the lowest in the County of Lika-Senj, 7 953, which accounted for 1.0% of the total number of employed women in the Republic of Croatia.

In December 2024 compared to December 2023, the number of persons in employment in legal entities increased in 20 counties, with the largest increase being recorded in the County of Virovitica-Podravina, of 3.6%. The number of employed women in legal entities increased in 20 counties, with the largest increase being recorded in the County of Virovitica-Podravina, of 7.7%.

For the period from October to December 2024, compared to the same period of the previous year, the number of persons in employment in legal entities increased in all counties, with the largest increase being recorded in the counties of Slavonski Brod-Posavina and Vukovar-Srijem, of 3.5%.

The number of employed women in legal entities increased in 20 counties, ranging from 0.3% in the County of Međimurje to 7.2% in the County of Virovitica-Podravina. A decrease in the number of employed women was recorded in one County: Varaždin, of 0.2%.

The highest registered unemployment rate in December 2024 was recorded in the County of Virovitica-Podravina, of 10.2%, which was 5.1 percentage points higher than the registered unemployment rate in the Republic of Croatia. The lowest one was recorded in the City of Zagreb, of 2.6%, which was 2.5 percentage points lower than the registered unemployment rate in the Republic of Croatia. The highest registered unemployment rate for women was recorded in the County of Osijek-Baranja, of 12.4%, which was 6.6 percentage points higher than the registered unemployment rate for women in the Republic of Croatia. The lowest one was recorded in the City of Zagreb, of 2.7%, which was 3.1 percentage points lower than the registered unemployment rate for women in the Republic of Croatia.

Detailed data can be downloaded from the link Statistics in Line.

 

1 LABOUR FORCE ACCORDING TO ADMINISTRATIVE SOURCES, BY COUNTIES AND BY SEX, 2024
County Active population (labour force)1) Total persons in employment1)2) Unemployed persons Registered unemployment rate, %1)
X XI XII X XI XII X XI XII X XI XII
Republic of Croatia 1 817 359 1 802 076 1 802 346 1 731 090 1 712 179 1 710 783  86 269  89 897  91 563 4,7 5,0 5,1
Women  851 940  845 290  850 197  805 489  796 873  801 122  46 451  48 417  49 075 5,5 5,7 5,8
Zagreb  148 282  148 399  149 559  143 986  144 134  145 316  4 296  4 265  4 243 2,9 2,9 2,8
Women  67 070  67 272  68 239  64 943  65 151  66 115  2 127  2 121  2 124 3,2 3,2 3,1
Krapina-Zagorje  55 944  56 029  56 558  54 273  54 425  54 990  1 671  1 604  1 568 3,0 2,9 2,8
Women  25 057  25 031  25 432  24 196  24 191  24 621   861   840   811 3,4 3,4 3,2
Sisak-Moslavina  59 734  59 496  59 603  54 783  54 556  54 739  4 951  4 940  4 864 8,3 8,3 8,2
Women  27 267  27 137  27 387  24 590  24 472  24 786  2 677  2 665  2 601 9,8 9,8 9,5
Karlovac   47 486  47 672  47 823  45 860  46 001  46 105  1 626  1 671  1 718 3,4 3,5 3,6
Women  21 862  22 011  22 160  20 977  21 085  21 217   885   926   943 4,0 4,2 4,3
Varaždin   75 498  75 343  76 093  73 249  73 130  73 886  2 249  2 213  2 207 3,0 2,9 2,9
Women  34 201  34 175  34 627  32 938  32 952  33 425  1 263  1 223  1 202 3,7 3,6 3,5
Koprivnica-Križevci   42 583  42 774  42 901  41 268  41 470  41 544  1 315  1 304  1 357 3,1 3,0 3,2
Women  19 063  19 124  19 325  18 408  18 452  18 639   655   672   686 3,4 3,5 3,5
Bjelovar-Bilogora   40 842  40 729  40 828  38 521  38 399  38 523  2 321  2 330  2 305 5,7 5,7 5,6
Women  18 662  18 577  18 801  17 444  17 360  17 595  1 218  1 217  1 206 6,5 6,6 6,4
Primorje-Gorski kotar  130 437  128 153  127 433  125 692  123 238  122 566  4 745  4 915  4 867 3,6 3,8 3,8
Women  61 845  60 827  60 631  59 290  58 167  57 988  2 555  2 660  2 643 4,1 4,4 4,4
Lika-Senj  19 689  18 858  18 827  18 697  17 737  17 668   992  1 121  1 159 5,0 5,9 6,2
Women  8 866  8 488  8 567  8 357  7 897  7 953   509   591   614 5,7 7,0 7,2
Virovitica-Podravina  28 150  28 133  28 438  25 332  25 352  25 543  2 818  2 781  2 895 10,0 9,9 10,2
Women  12 852  12 848  13 117  11 355  11 401  11 639  1 497  1 447  1 478 11,6 11,3 11,3
Požega-Slavonia  25 092  24 966  25 067  23 311  23 186  23 296  1 781  1 780  1 771 7,1 7,1 7,1
Women  11 481  11 428  11 496  10 514  10 439  10 549   967   989   947 8,4 8,7 8,2
Slavonski Brod-Posavina  53 723  53 561  53 666  49 624  49 421  49 499  4 099  4 140  4 167 7,6 7,7 7,8
Women  22 950  22 889  23 167  20 608  20 525  20 811  2 342  2 364  2 356 10,2 10,3 10,2
Zadar  73 532  71 697  71 436  70 548  68 469  68 139  2 984  3 228  3 297 4,1 4,5 4,6
Women  34 683  33 912  34 021  33 034  32 092  32 162  1 649  1 820  1 859 4,8 5,4 5,5
Osijek-Baranja  114 127  114 057  114 100  102 700  102 489  102 531  11 427  11 568  11 569 10,0 10,1 10,1
Women  53 968  53 941  54 214  47 226  47 130  47 488  6 742  6 811  6 726 12,5 12,6 12,4
Šibenik-Knin  41 980  41 056  40 898  39 060  37 799  37 447  2 920  3 257  3 451 7,0 7,9 8,4
Women  19 842  19 429  19 476  18 441  17 871  17 792  1 401  1 558  1 684 7,1 8,0 8,6
Vukovar-Srijem  56 386  56 310  56 403  52 158  51 915  52 019  4 228  4 395  4 384 7,5 7,8 7,8
Women  25 755  25 680  25 842  23 294  23 144  23 326  2 461  2 536  2 516 9,6 9,9 9,7
Split-Dalmatia  200 070  197 374  195 666  185 836  181 462  179 078  14 234  15 912  16 588 7,1 8,1 8,5
Women  96 254  95 151  95 088  88 706  86 677  86 224  7 548  8 474  8 864 7,8 8,9 9,3
Istria  109 228  105 303  103 817  106 831  102 532  100 811  2 397  2 771  3 006 2,2 2,6 2,9
Women  50 663  48 740  48 158  49 454  47 338  46 622  1 209  1 402  1 536 2,4 2,9 3,2
Dubrovnik-Neretva  59 980  58 518  57 141  57 010  54 900  52 984  2 970  3 618  4 157 5,0 6,2 7,3
Women  27 911  27 292  26 850  26 380  25 428  24 708  1 531  1 864  2 142 5,5 6,8 8,0
Međimurje  46 083  46 028  46 231  44 136  44 121  44 281  1 947  1 907  1 950 4,2 4,1 4,2
Women  21 089  21 099  21 257  20 023  20 056  20 212  1 066  1 043  1 045 5,1 4,9 4,9
City of Zagreb  387 848  386 950  389 220  377 550  376 773  379 180  10 298  10 177  10 040 2,7 2,6 2,6
Women  190 360  190 006  192 129  185 072  184 812  187 037  5 288  5 194  5 092 2,8 2,7 2,7

1) Provisional data.
2) Data on non-residents are not presented. See Notes on Methodology.

2 PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENT IN LEGAL ENTITIES, BY COUNTIES AND BY SEX, 2024
County Persons in paid employment in legal entities1)2) Indices1)
X XI XII X ‒ XII X 2024
X 2023		 XI 2024
XI 2023		 XII 2024
XII 2023		 X ‒ XII 2024
X ‒ XII 2023
Republic of Croatia 1 499 539 1 484 416 1 484 343 1 489 433 102,4 102,0 101,8 102,1
Women  709 772  703 008  707 568  706 783 102,6 102,3 102,3 102,4
Zagreb  130 016  130 096  131 275  130 462 103,0 102,5 102,1 102,5
Women  59 181  59 317  60 275  59 591 102,1 101,9 101,9 102,0
Krapina-Zagorje  47 043  47 164  47 748  47 318 102,2 102,0 101,9 102,0
Women  21 566  21 561  21 983  21 703 102,6 102,1 102,3 102,3
Sisak-Moslavina  47 529  47 308  47 470  47 436 101,6 101,4 101,5 101,5
Women  21 607  21 505  21 789  21 634 103,8 103,7 103,8 103,8
Karlovac   39 921  40 084  40 228  40 078 101,7 102,2 102,0 102,0
Women  18 248  18 371  18 527  18 382 102,6 103,4 103,0 103,0
Varaždin   63 998  63 825  64 661  64 161 101,4 100,6 101,1 101,0
Women  29 146  29 136  29 631  29 304 100,0 99,5 99,9 99,8
Koprivnica-Križevci   35 331  35 522  35 624  35 492 102,3 102,6 102,0 102,3
Women  15 950  16 005  16 184  16 046 102,7 102,8 102,5 102,6
Bjelovar-Bilogora   32 820  32 704  32 895  32 806 102,2 102,4 101,7 102,1
Women  15 083  15 003  15 256  15 114 103,2 104,0 103,0 103,4
Primorje-Gorski kotar  107 003  105 056  104 548  105 536 102,9 102,4 102,1 102,5
Women  51 852  50 946  50 800  51 199 102,3 101,9 101,5 101,9
Lika-Senj  15 518  14 656  14 640  14 938 103,6 103,2 102,5 103,1
Women  7 100  6 692  6 761  6 851 104,0 104,1 102,8 103,6
Virovitica-Podravina  20 090  20 138  20 402  20 210 103,2 103,3 103,6 103,4
Women  9 272  9 320  9 565  9 386 106,8 107,0 107,7 107,2
Požega-Slavonia  19 607  19 482  19 608  19 566 101,8 101,6 101,8 101,7
Women  9 093  9 019  9 120  9 077 104,2 103,6 103,8 103,9
Slavonski Brod-Posavina  41 974  41 719  41 806  41 833 104,1 103,4 103,0 103,5
Women  17 488  17 382  17 656  17 509 107,4 106,8 106,8 107,0
Zadar  58 231  56 464  56 287  56 994 103,6 103,0 103,0 103,2
Women  28 228  27 431  27 555  27 738 103,1 102,9 103,2 103,1
Osijek-Baranja  89 045  88 802  88 897  88 915 102,1 102,0 101,5 101,9
Women  41 431  41 325  41 685  41 480 104,4 104,2 103,9 104,2
Šibenik-Knin  32 190  31 190  30 891  31 424 103,8 103,1 103,1 103,3
Women  15 796  15 327  15 266  15 463 105,6 104,9 104,9 105,1
Vukovar-Srijem  43 549  43 303  43 413  43 422 104,0 103,3 103,1 103,5
Women  19 856  19 698  19 879  19 811 107,2 106,4 105,9 106,5
Split-Dalmatia  156 098  153 021  150 911  153 343 102,5 102,5 102,6 102,5
Women  76 929  75 557  75 189  75 892 102,9 102,9 102,9 102,9
Istria  87 430  83 843  82 120  84 464 102,5 101,9 102,0 102,1
Women  41 766  40 050  39 334  40 383 102,0 101,7 101,6 101,8
Dubrovnik-Neretva  47 589  46 316  44 587  46 164 102,6 102,3 103,1 102,6
Women  22 899  22 353  21 686  22 313 102,5 102,2 103,2 102,6
Međimurje  39 752  39 743  39 918  39 804 100,5 100,2 100,0 100,2
Women  18 104  18 130  18 301  18 178 100,3 100,4 100,2 100,3
City of Zagreb  344 140  343 310  345 776  344 409 101,7 101,0 100,9 101,2
Women  168 938  168 647  170 913  169 499 101,2 100,6 100,8 100,9
Non-residents   665   670   638   658 100,0 97,0 93,1 96,7
Women   239   233   213   228 123,8 112,6 106,5 114,2

1) Provisional data.
2) 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.

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Data sources

The total number of persons in employment includes persons employed in legal entities, in trades and crafts and free lances, as well as insured persons – private farmers.

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 Pension Insurance Institute.

The Croatian Pension Insurance Institute 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.

Non-residents are persons employed in legal entities on the territory of the Republic of Croatia who do not have permanent/temporary residence in the Republic of Croatia.

The survey on persons in crafts and trades and free lances includes owners and employees registered with the Croatian Institute for Pension Insurance.

Data are presented according to the predominant, main activity of the NKD 2007, while the monthly data published so far were presented according to the "pure" activity. This means that the processing, in addition to the main activity, was also performed according to secondary activities. Therefore, the data by activities are not comparable with the monthly data published so far.

Data on counties are presented according to the place of permanent/temporary residence by the territorial constitution in accordance with the Act on the Territories of Counties, Towns and Municipalities in the Republic of Croatia (NN, Nos 86/06, 125/06, 16/07, 95/08, 46/10, 145/10, 37/13, 44/13, 45/13 and 110/15).

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
NN Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia

 

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