First Release

Year: LXII.

Zagreb, 21 October 2025

RAD-2025-2-1/9

ISSN 1334-0557

PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENT, BY ACTIVITIES, SEPTEMBER 2025

In September 2025, the total number of persons in employment in the Republic of Croatia was 1 756 388, out of which 815 572 were women. Compared to August 2025, the total number of persons in employment decreased by 0.7% and the number of employed women by 0.8%. Compared to the same month of the previous year, the total number of persons in employment increased in September 2025 by 0.2% and the number of employed women by 0.8%. In the period from January to September 2025, as compared to the same period of the previous year, the total number of persons in employment increased by 1.0% and the number of employed women by 1.4%.

In September 2025, the total number of persons in paid employment in legal entities in the Republic of Croatia amounted to 1 509 590, out of which 713 371 were women. Compared to August 2025, the number of persons in paid employment in legal entities as well as the number of employed women decreased by 0.3%. The number of persons in paid employment in legal entities in September 2025, as compared to the same month of the previous year, decreased by 0.1%, while the number of employed women increased by 0.7%. In the period from January to September 2025, 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 1.2%.

In September 2025, as compared to the previous month, the number of persons in employment in crafts and trades and free lances decreased by 3.5% and the number of employed women by 4.0%. The total number of employed insured persons – private farmers decreased by 0.5% and the number of employed female farmers by 1.0%.

The total number of unemployed persons decreased by 1.2% and the number of unemployed women by 3.3% in September 2025, as compared to August 2025. The total registered unemployment rate in September 2025 was 4.1% and for women it was 4.6%.

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

1 LABOUR FORCE OF REPUBLIC OF CROATIA, ACCORDING TO ADMINISTRATIVE SOURCES AND BY SEX

	VIII 2025		IX 2025		Indices
	VIII 2025		IX 2025		IX 2025 VIII 2025		IX 2025 IX 2024		I – IX 2025 I – IX 2024
	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women
Active population (labour force)	1 844 476	863 002	1 830 947	855 275	99,3	99,1	99,8	100,2	100,1	99,9
Total persons in employment	1 768 981	821 958	1 756 388	815 572	99,3	99,2	100,2	100,8	101,0	101,4
Persons in paid employment in legal entities¹⁾	1 513 908	715 631	1 509 590	713 371	99,7	99,7	99,9	100,7	100,8	101,2
Persons in employment in crafts and trades and free lances²⁾	236 949	100 692	228 766	96 622	96,5	96,0	102,4	102,1	102,9	102,5
Employed insured persons – private farmers²⁾	18 124	5 635	18 032	5 579	99,5	99,0	101,2	100,4	99,3	98,7
Unemployed persons³⁾	75 495	41 044	74 559	39 703	98,8	96,7	90,0	89,0	83,6	79,1
Registered unemployment rate⁴⁾, %	4,1	4,8	4,1	4,6

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

		Number of persons in paid employment, September 2025²⁾		Indices
		Number of persons in paid employment, September 2025²⁾		IX 2025 VIII 2025		IX 2025 IX 2024		I – IX 2025 I – IX 2024
		Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women
	Total	1 509 590	713 371	99,7	99,7	99,9	100,7	100,8	101,2
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	25 505	7 069	99,9	99,7	95,0	93,8	96,4	94,1
B	Mining and quarrying	3 795	487	101,4	101,7	101,5	103,0	100,7	98,9
C	Manufacturing	226 904	76 673	99,2	99,2	96,3	95,5	97,4	96,0
D	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	14 517	3 374	99,6	99,6	100,4	101,2	100,9	102,6
E	Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	27 848	6 084	100,0	99,8	100,9	100,0	101,5	101,1
F	Construction	127 492	14 230	99,3	99,7	99,5	101,8	101,3	102,8
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	229 419	125 541	99,8	99,4	100,1	99,8	100,5	100,3
H	Transportation and storage	85 676	19 464	99,7	99,7	99,8	99,6	102,5	101,0
I	Accommodation and food service activities	116 687	59 108	99,8	99,7	99,1	98,1	99,5	98,5
J	Information and communication	59 816	21 260	99,5	99,4	99,0	98,3	100,5	99,9
K	Financial and insurance activities	35 792	24 442	99,9	99,9	99,6	99,2	99,7	99,2
L	Real estate activities	10 623	5 321	99,1	99,2	100,6	103,7	98,3	100,7
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	73 320	36 616	101,1	100,2	99,1	99,1	99,3	99,6
N	Administrative and support service activities	61 824	27 611	99,0	99,3	97,1	96,3	98,9	97,1
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	115 422	62 081	100,0	100,1	101,1	102,1	103,4	106,7
P	Education	126 927	102 431	99,5	99,4	107,1	108,1	103,5	103,9
Q	Human health and social work activities	113 879	88 850	100,1	100,1	103,0	103,0	104,3	104,5
R	Arts, entertainment and recreation	30 763	16 997	100,6	100,7	101,4	102,0	102,7	102,7
S	Other service activities	23 381	15 732	100,3	100,4	99,0	98,9	104,1	106,2

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, SEPTEMBER 2021 – SEPTEMBER 2025

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