First Release

Year: LXII.

Zagreb, 19 September 2025

RAD-2025-2-1/8

ISSN 1334-0557

PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENT, BY ACTIVITIES, AUGUST 2025

In August 2025, the total number of persons in employment in the Republic of Croatia was 1 768 981, out of which 821 958 were women. Compared to July 2025, the total number of persons in employment decreased by 0.1% and the number of employed women by 0.2%. Compared to the same month of the previous year, the total number of persons in employment increased in August 2025 by 0.3% and the number of employed women by 0.8%. In the period from January to August 2025, 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 1.4%.

In August 2025, the total number of persons in paid employment in legal entities in the Republic of Croatia amounted to 1 513 908, out of which 715 631 were women. Compared to July 2025, the number of persons in paid employment in legal entities as well as the number of employed women decreased by 0.1%. The number of persons in paid employment in legal entities in August 2025, as compared to the same month of the previous year, remained at the same level and the number of employed women increased by 0.7%. In the period from January to August 2025, 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 1.3%.

In August 2025, as compared to the previous month, the number of persons in employment in trade and crafts and free lances decreased by 0.5% and the number of employed women by 0.7%. The total number of employed insured persons – private farmers decreased by 0.3% and the number of employed female farmers by 0.2%.

The total number of unemployed persons increased by 3.2% and the number of unemployed women by 3.0% in August 2025, as compared to July 2025. The total registered unemployment rate in August 2025 was 4.1% and for women it was 4.8%.

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

	VII 2025		VIII 2025		Indices
	VII 2025		VIII 2025		VIII 2025 VII 2025		VIII 2025 VIII 2024		I – VIII 2025 I – VIII 2024
	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women
Active population (labour force)	1 844 126	863 478	1 844 476	863 002	100,0	99,9	99,6	99,7	100,1	99,9
Total persons in employment	1 770 943	823 637	1 768 981	821 958	99,9	99,8	100,3	100,8	101,1	101,4
Persons in paid employment in legal entities¹⁾	1 514 675	716 605	1 513 908	715 631	99,9	99,9	100,0	100,7	100,9	101,3
Persons in employment in crafts and trades and free lances²⁾	238 092	101 388	236 949	100 692	99,5	99,3	102,3	101,8	103,0	102,6
Employed insured persons – private farmers²⁾	18 176	5 644	18 124	5 635	99,7	99,8	101,6	100,9	99,1	98,5
Unemployed persons³⁾	73 183	39 841	75 495	41 044	103,2	103,0	85,8	81,9	83,0	78,1
Registered unemployment rate⁴⁾, %	4,0	4,6	4,1	4,8

1) The results of processing data from JOPPD forms. The data for July and August 2025 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, AUGUST 2025

		Number of persons in paid employment, August 2025²⁾		Indices
		Number of persons in paid employment, August 2025²⁾		VIII 2025 VII 2025		VIII 2025 VIII 2024		I – VIII 2025 I – VIII 2024
		Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women
	Total	1 513 908	715 631	99,9	99,9	100,0	100,7	100,9	101,3
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	25 534	7 093	100,2	100,0	95,4	94,2	96,6	94,2
B	Mining and quarrying	3 741	479	100,0	100,0	98,7	98,4	100,6	98,4
C	Manufacturing	228 716	77 268	99,6	99,6	96,6	95,4	97,5	96,1
D	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	14 571	3 388	99,5	98,7	100,4	101,0	100,9	102,8
E	Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	27 855	6 095	100,7	101,0	100,7	100,2	101,6	101,3
F	Construction	128 342	14 274	99,9	100,6	100,1	102,6	101,6	102,9
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	229 944	126 270	100,2	100,2	100,0	100,0	100,6	100,4
H	Transportation and storage	85 941	19 518	100,3	100,3	101,2	100,4	102,9	101,2
I	Accommodation and food service activities	116 935	59 295	103,3	103,1	98,4	97,5	99,5	98,5
J	Information and communication	60 107	21 384	99,8	99,6	99,6	98,7	100,7	100,1
K	Financial and insurance activities	35 810	24 473	99,6	99,6	99,4	99,0	99,7	99,3
L	Real estate activities	10 722	5 363	101,8	102,0	101,1	104,0	98,0	100,3
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	72 499	36 532	100,1	100,7	97,5	98,6	99,4	99,7
N	Administrative and support service activities	62 477	27 814	99,2	100,4	97,9	96,8	99,1	97,2
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	115 428	62 020	99,8	99,9	101,4	102,6	103,7	107,3
P	Education	127 620	103 033	97,3	97,1	106,9	107,9	103,1	103,4
Q	Human health and social work activities	113 771	88 779	100,1	100,2	103,2	103,2	104,5	104,7
R	Arts, entertainment and recreation	30 588	16 877	99,4	99,5	100,8	101,1	102,9	102,7
S	Other service activities	23 307	15 676	99,7	99,5	98,1	98,4	104,8	107,2

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, AUGUST 2021 – AUGUST 2025

G-2 PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENT, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007, AUGUST 2025

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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