First Release

Year: LXII.
Zagreb, 29 April 2025
RAD-2025-2-6/1
ISSN 1334-0557

PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENT, BY SEX AND BY COUNTIES,
FIRST QUARTER OF 2025

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 March 2025, the highest number of persons in employment was in the City of Zagreb, 381 178, which accounted for 22.4% 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, 17 455, which accounted for 1.0% of the total number of persons in employment in the Republic of Croatia. The highest number of employed women was in the City of Zagreb, 186 249, which accounted for 23.6%, and the lowest in the County of Lika-Senj, 7 785, which accounted for 1.0% of the total number of employed women in the Republic of Croatia.

In March 2025 compared to March 2024, the number of persons in employment in legal entities increased in all counties, with the highest increase being recorded in the County of Lika-Senj, of 4.1%. The number of employed women in legal entities increased in 20 counties, with the highest increase being recorded in the County of Virovitica-Podravina, of 7.8%.

For the period from January to March 2025, compared to the same period of the previous year, the number of persons in employment in legal entities increased in 20 counties, with the highest increase being recorded in the County of Virovitica-Podravina, of 3.5%. A decrease in the number of employed persons was recorded only in the County of Međimurje, of 0.1%.

The number of employed women in legal entities increased in 20 counties, ranging from 0.1% in the County of Međimurje to 7.9% in the County of Virovitica-Podravina. A decrease in the number of employed women was recorded only in the County of Varaždin, of 0.3%.

The highest registered unemployment rate in March 2025 was recorded in the County of Osijek-Baranja, of 10.5%, which was 5.4 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 12.8%, which was 7.0 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 by activities can be downloaded from the link Statistics in Line.

 

1 LABOUR FORCE ACCORDING TO ADMINISTRATIVE SOURCES, BY COUNTIES AND BY SEX, 2025
County Active population (labour force)1) Total persons in employment1)2) Unemployed persons Registered unemployment rate, %1)
I II III I II III I II III I II III
Republic of Croatia 1 791 322 1 790 065 1 790 155 1 693 981 1 693 752 1 699 426  97 341  96 313  90 729 5,4 5,4 5,1
Women  839 268  837 161  836 017  787 588  785 890  787 819  51 680  51 271  48 198 6,2 6,1 5,8
Zagreb  148 900  149 649  149 999  144 517  145 282  145 753  4 383  4 367  4 246 2,9 2,9 2,8
Women  67 526  67 649  67 828  65 323  65 485  65 723  2 203  2 164  2 105 3,3 3,2 3,1
Krapina-Zagorje  56 237  56 372  56 458  54 550  54 720  54 861  1 687  1 652  1 597 3,0 2,9 2,8
Women  25 171  25 156  25 141  24 296  24 312  24 324   875   844   817 3,5 3,4 3,2
Sisak-Moslavina  59 911  59 673  59 541  54 812  54 654  54 716  5 099  5 019  4 825 8,5 8,4 8,1
Women  27 243  27 142  27 009  24 540  24 501  24 485  2 703  2 641  2 524 9,9 9,7 9,3
Karlovac   47 623  47 600  47 550  45 798  45 785  45 880  1 825  1 815  1 670 3,8 3,8 3,5
Women  21 930  21 850  21 790  20 939  20 866  20 894   991   984   896 4,5 4,5 4,1
Varaždin   75 513  75 740  75 767  73 172  73 326  73 466  2 341  2 414  2 301 3,1 3,2 3,0
Women  34 235  34 284  34 194  32 955  32 916  32 904  1 280  1 368  1 290 3,7 4,0 3,8
Koprivnica-Križevci   42 667  42 683  42 755  41 161  41 198  41 354  1 506  1 485  1 401 3,5 3,5 3,3
Women  19 075  19 053  19 099  18 322  18 320  18 402   753   733   697 3,9 3,8 3,6
Bjelovar-Bilogora   40 809  40 597  40 482  38 379  38 264  38 350  2 430  2 333  2 132 6,0 5,7 5,3
Women  18 615  18 557  18 500  17 370  17 345  17 392  1 245  1 212  1 108 6,7 6,5 6,0
Primorje-Gorski Kotar  126 416  126 729  126 936  121 173  121 525  122 005  5 243  5 204  4 931 4,1 4,1 3,9
Women  59 905  59 948  59 860  57 062  57 138  57 220  2 843  2 810  2 640 4,7 4,7 4,4
Lika-Senj  18 250  18 458  18 611  16 981  17 208  17 455  1 269  1 250  1 156 7,0 6,8 6,2
Women  8 203  8 295  8 370  7 561  7 656  7 785   642   639   585 7,8 7,7 7,0
Virovitica-Podravina  28 356  27 998  28 010  25 299  24 975  25 134  3 057  3 023  2 876 10,8 10,8 10,3
Women  13 017  12 836  12 864  11 473  11 293  11 358  1 544  1 543  1 506 11,9 12,0 11,7
Požega-Slavonia  24 923  24 774  24 670  23 013  22 903  22 975  1 910  1 871  1 695 7,7 7,6 6,9
Women  11 354  11 327  11 255  10 338  10 341  10 348  1 016   986   907 8,9 8,7 8,1
Slavonski Brod-Posavina  53 346  53 203  53 249  49 078  48 932  49 175  4 268  4 271  4 074 8,0 8,0 7,7
Women  22 825  22 760  22 646  20 444  20 363  20 373  2 381  2 397  2 273 10,4 10,5 10,0
Zadar  70 791  70 652  70 775  67 207  67 133  67 597  3 584  3 519  3 178 5,1 5,0 4,5
Women  33 424  33 278  33 235  31 390  31 280  31 452  2 034  1 998  1 783 6,1 6,0 5,4
Osijek-Baranja  114 252  113 522  113 556  102 000  101 260  101 642  12 252  12 262  11 914 10,7 10,8 10,5
Women  54 078  53 715  53 619  46 986  46 620  46 730  7 092  7 095  6 889 13,1 13,2 12,8
Šibenik-Knin  40 621  40 349  40 376  36 926  36 684  36 956  3 695  3 665  3 420 9,1 9,1 8,5
Women  19 162  18 946  18 963  17 363  17 146  17 304  1 799  1 800  1 659 9,4 9,5 8,7
Vukovar-Srijem  56 099  55 889  55 809  51 455  51 245  51 374  4 644  4 644  4 435 8,3 8,3 7,9
Women  25 435  25 401  25 291  22 870  22 825  22 836  2 565  2 576  2 455 10,1 10,1 9,7
Split-Dalmatia  193 351  192 511  192 464  176 137  175 749  176 752  17 214  16 762  15 712 8,9 8,7 8,2
Women  93 149  92 608  92 444  84 040  83 689  84 094  9 109  8 919  8 350 9,8 9,6 9,0
Istria  101 784  101 363  100 719  98 348  98 041  97 939  3 436  3 322  2 780 3,4 3,3 2,8
Women  46 732  46 545  46 182  44 998  44 827  44 781  1 734  1 718  1 401 3,7 3,7 3,0
Dubrovnik-Neretva  55 749  54 636  54 241  50 955  49 865  50 112  4 794  4 771  4 129 8,6 8,7 7,6
Women  25 938  25 414  25 093  23 475  22 943  22 944  2 463  2 471  2 149 9,5 9,7 8,6
Međimurje  45 935  45 930  46 134  43 892  43 923  44 173  2 043  2 007  1 961 4,4 4,4 4,3
Women  21 042  20 985  21 047  19 972  19 942  20 031  1 070  1 043  1 016 5,1 5,0 4,8
City of Zagreb  389 187  391 182  391 474  378 526  380 525  381 178  10 661  10 657  10 296 2,7 2,7 2,6
Women  191 000  191 221  191 397  185 662  185 891  186 249  5 338  5 330  5 148 2,8 2,8 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, 2025
County Persons in paid employment in legal entities1)2) Indices1)
I II III I ‒ III I 2025
I 2024		 II 2025
II 2024		 III 2025
III 2024		 I ‒ III 2025
I ‒ III 2024
Republic of Croatia 1 470 120 1 469 034 1 472 082 1 470 412 101,7 101,9 101,8 101,8
Women  695 253  693 246  694 247  694 249 102,1 102,2 102,1 102,1
Zagreb  130 513  131 233  131 631  131 126 101,9 102,2 102,1 102,1
Women  59 499  59 633  59 841  59 658 101,5 101,6 101,7 101,6
Krapina-Zagorje  47 320  47 480  47 552  47 451 101,7 101,8 101,8 101,8
Women  21 670  21 682  21 686  21 679 102,2 102,0 101,9 102,0
Sisak-Moslavina  47 611  47 403  47 463  47 492 102,5 102,1 102,1 102,2
Women  21 567  21 509  21 477  21 518 104,5 104,3 103,9 104,2
Karlovac   39 990  39 953  40 029  39 991 102,2 102,5 102,3 102,3
Women  18 299  18 227  18 248  18 258 103,5 103,5 103,2 103,4
Varaždin   64 130  64 247  64 341  64 239 100,8 101,7 100,4 101,0
Women  29 217  29 152  29 122  29 164 99,6 100,7 98,9 99,7
Koprivnica-Križevci   35 366  35 353  35 459  35 393 102,1 102,2 102,4 102,2
Women  15 919  15 895  15 963  15 926 102,5 102,3 102,7 102,5
Bjelovar-Bilogora   32 790  32 655  32 711  32 719 102,4 102,5 102,3 102,4
Women  15 046  15 012  15 052  15 037 103,6 103,7 103,8 103,7
Primorje-Gorski Kotar  103 331  103 611  103 727  103 556 101,5 101,9 101,8 101,8
Women  49 975  50 031  49 993  50 000 101,1 101,5 101,2 101,3
Lika-Senj  14 127  14 343  14 531  14 334 100,5 102,8 104,1 102,5
Women  6 402  6 490  6 591  6 494 100,2 102,5 104,3 102,3
Virovitica-Podravina  20 181  19 871  19 902  19 985 104,0 103,2 103,3 103,5
Women  9 398  9 232  9 264  9 298 108,4 107,5 107,8 107,9
Požega-Slavonia  19 352  19 248  19 287  19 296 101,6 101,4 101,5 101,5
Women  8 922  8 928  8 929  8 926 103,4 103,6 103,6 103,5
Slavonski Brod-Posavina  41 443  41 257  41 500  41 400 103,1 103,2 103,1 103,1
Women  17 325  17 231  17 242  17 266 106,5 106,7 106,4 106,5
Zadar  55 547  55 480  55 738  55 588 102,6 102,6 102,6 102,6
Women  26 862  26 751  26 859  26 824 102,8 102,6 102,7 102,7
Osijek-Baranja  88 427  87 612  87 915  87 985 102,0 101,7 101,6 101,8
Women  41 224  40 818  40 890  40 977 104,3 103,8 103,4 103,9
Šibenik-Knin  30 454  30 188  30 303  30 315 103,7 103,3 103,3 103,4
Women  14 886  14 669  14 768  14 774 105,4 104,6 104,9 104,9
Vukovar-Srijem  42 899  42 692  42 754  42 782 103,2 103,4 103,1 103,2
Women  19 451  19 411  19 404  19 422 106,1 106,7 106,5 106,4
Split-Dalmatia  148 442  148 013  148 568  148 341 102,2 102,2 102,3 102,2
Women  73 226  72 866  73 108  73 067 102,6 102,7 102,9 102,7
Istria  80 031  79 580  79 143  79 585 101,1 101,7 101,3 101,4
Women  37 913  37 694  37 461  37 689 100,8 101,6 101,3 101,2
Dubrovnik-Neretva  42 720  41 600  41 539  41 953 102,3 102,3 102,4 102,3
Women  20 536  19 986  19 906  20 143 102,4 102,7 102,9 102,6
Međimurje  39 566  39 566  39 809  39 647 99,9 99,8 100,2 99,9
Women  18 081  18 039  18 134  18 085 100,2 99,9 100,3 100,1
City of Zagreb  345 278  347 094  347 601  346 658 100,8 101,3 101,0 101,0
Women  169 626  169 799  170 119  169 848 100,5 100,7 100,6 100,6
Non-residents   602   555   579   579 83,4 80,2 100,0 87,1
Women   209   191   190   197 117,4 110,4 111,1 113,0

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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