First Release

Year: LXII.

Zagreb, 20 November 2025

RAD-2025-2-1/10

ISSN 1334-0557

PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENT, BY ACTIVITIES, OCTOBER 2025

In October 2025, the total number of persons in employment in the Republic of Croatia was 1 754 861, out of which 815 256 were women. Compared to September 2025, the total number of persons in employment decreased by 0.1%, whereas the number of employed women remained the same. Compared to the same month of the previous year, the total number of persons in employment increased in October 2025 by 0.2% and the number of employed women by 0.4%. In the period from January to October 2025, as compared to the same period of the previous year, the total number of persons in employment increased by 0.9% and the number of employed women by 1.3%.

In October 2025, the total number of persons in paid employment in legal entities in the Republic of Croatia amounted to 1 518 445, out of which 717 779 were women. Compared to September 2025, the number of persons in paid employment in legal entities as well as the number of employed women increased by 0.6%. The number of persons in paid employment in legal entities in October 2025, as compared to the same month of the previous year, decreased by 0.1%, while the number of employed women increased by 0.2%. In the period from January to October 2025, as compared to the same period of the previous year, the number of persons in paid employment in legal entities increased by 0.7% and the number of employed women by 1.1%.

In October 2025, as compared to the previous month, the number of persons in employment in crafts and trades and free lances decreased by 4.5% and the number of employed women by 4.9%. The total number of employed insured persons – private farmers decreased by 0.3% and the number of employed female farmers by 0.6%.

The total number of unemployed persons increased by 4.4% and the number of unemployed women by 4.5% in October 2025, as compared to September 2025. The total registered unemployment rate in October 2025 was 4.2% and for women it was 4.8%.

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

	IX 2025		X 2025		Indices
	IX 2025		X 2025		X 2025 IX 2025		X 2025 X 2024		I – X 2025 I – X 2024
	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women
Active population (labour force)	1 830 947	855 275	1 832 686	856 747	100,1	100,2	99,7	99,8	100,0	99,9
Total persons in employment	1 756 388	815 572	1 754 861	815 256	99,9	100,0	100,2	100,4	100,9	101,3
Persons in paid employment in legal entities¹⁾	1 509 590	713 371	1 518 445	717 779	100,6	100,6	99,9	100,2	100,7	101,1
Persons in employment in crafts and trades and free lances²⁾	228 766	96 622	218 445	91 931	95,5	95,1	102,2	102,0	102,8	102,5
Employed insured persons – private farmers²⁾	18 032	5 579	17 971	5 546	99,7	99,4	101,0	99,9	99,5	98,8
Unemployed persons³⁾	74 559	39 703	77 825	41 491	104,4	104,5	90,2	89,3	84,2	79,9
Registered unemployment rate⁴⁾, %	4,1	4,6	4,2	4,8

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

		Number of persons in paid employment, October 2025²⁾		Indices
		Number of persons in paid employment, October 2025²⁾		X 2025 IX 2025		X 2025 X 2024		I – X 2025 I – X 2024
		Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women
	Total	1 518 445	717 779	100,6	100,6	99,9	100,2	100,7	101,1
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	25 558	7 042	100,2	99,6	95,3	93,4	96,3	94,1
B	Mining and quarrying	3 832	495	101,0	101,6	102,8	104,9	100,9	99,5
C	Manufacturing	227 603	76 679	100,3	100,0	96,6	95,7	97,3	96,0
D	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	14 627	3 387	100,8	100,4	100,5	100,4	100,8	102,4
E	Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	27 818	6 099	99,9	100,2	100,5	99,7	101,4	101,0
F	Construction	129 936	14 319	101,9	100,6	100,5	102,3	101,2	102,7
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	230 108	125 882	100,3	100,3	100,4	100,0	100,5	100,3
H	Transportation and storage	87 064	19 443	101,6	99,9	101,2	99,4	102,4	100,8
I	Accommodation and food service activities	113 450	57 581	97,2	97,4	99,9	98,9	99,5	98,5
J	Information and communication	60 207	21 421	100,7	100,8	99,1	98,4	100,3	99,7
K	Financial and insurance activities	35 755	24 379	99,9	99,7	99,7	99,1	99,7	99,2
L	Real estate activities	10 731	5 370	101,0	100,9	101,1	105,5	98,6	101,1
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	73 110	36 760	99,7	100,4	98,4	99,3	99,2	99,6
N	Administrative and support service activities	61 742	27 409	99,9	99,3	98,1	97,3	98,8	97,1
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	115 401	62 070	100,0	100,0	100,8	101,7	103,2	106,1
P	Education	132 558	107 120	104,4	104,6	103,1	103,2	103,4	103,9
Q	Human health and social work activities	114 690	89 504	100,7	100,7	103,0	103,0	104,2	104,3
R	Arts, entertainment and recreation	30 844	17 003	100,3	100,0	101,8	102,0	102,6	102,6
S	Other service activities	23 411	15 816	100,1	100,5	98,6	98,7	103,5	105,4

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, OCTOBER 2021 – OCTOBER 2025

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