First Release

Year: LXII.
Zagreb, 30 July 2025
RAD-2025-2-6/2
ISSN 1334-0557

PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENT, BY SEX AND BY COUNTIES,
SECOND 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 June 2025, the largest number of persons in employment was in the City of Zagreb, 380 436, which accounted for 21.7% 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, 18 901, which accounted for 1.1% 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, 186 586, which accounted for 22.9%, and the lowest in the County of Lika-Senj, 8 558, which accounted for 1.0% of the total number of employed women in the Republic of Croatia.

In June 2025 compared to June 2024, the number of persons in employment in legal entities increased in 15 counties, with the largest increase being recorded in the County of Zagreb, of 1.1%. The number of employed women in legal entities increased in 17 counties, with the largest increase being recorded in the County of Vukovar-Srijem, of 2.8%.

For the period from April to June 2025, compared to the same period of the previous year, the number of persons in employment in legal entities increased in 18 counties, with the largest increase being recorded in the County of Slavonski Brod-Posavina, of 1.9%. 3 counties had a decrease in the number of persons in employment, with the largest decrease, of 1.1%, being recorded in the County of Varaždin.

The number of employed women in legal entities increased in 18 counties, ranging from 0.4% in the County of Primorje-Gorski kotar to 4.2% in the County of Slavonski Brod-Posavina. A decrease in the number of employed women was recorded in 3 counties, ranging from 0.1% in the City of Zagreb to 1.6% in the County of Varaždin.

The highest registered unemployment rate in June 2025 was recorded in the County of Osijek-Baranja, of 9.4%, which was 5.6 percentage points higher than the registered unemployment rate in the Republic of Croatia. The lowest one was recorded in the County of Istria, of 1.1%, which was 2.7 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 11.6%, which was 7.2 percentage points higher than the registered unemployment rate for women in the Republic of Croatia. The lowest one was recorded in the County of Istria, of 1.2%, which was 3.2 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)
IV V VI IV V VI IV V VI IV V VI
Republic of Croatia 1 783 463 1 804 841 1 821 179 1 701 966 1 731 610 1 751 143  81 497  73 231  70 036 4,6 4,1 3,8
Women  833 738  843 354  852 660  790 512  804 581  815 205  43 226  38 773  37 455 5,2 4,6 4,4
Zagreb  149 444  149 953  150 097  145 236  145 950  146 077  4 208  4 003  4 020 2,8 2,7 2,7
Women  67 649  67 836  67 904  65 563  65 842  65 874  2 086  1 994  2 030 3,1 2,9 3,0
Krapina-Zagorje  56 279  55 773  56 222  54 779  54 311  54 743  1 500  1 462  1 479 2,7 2,6 2,6
Women  25 110  25 005  25 113  24 345  24 258  24 356   765   747   757 3,0 3,0 3,0
Sisak-Moslavina  59 096  59 202  59 176  54 629  55 014  55 096  4 467  4 188  4 080 7,6 7,1 6,9
Women  26 815  26 876  26 905  24 482  24 684  24 779  2 333  2 192  2 126 8,7 8,2 7,9
Karlovac   47 338  47 692  47 545  45 876  46 392  46 300  1 462  1 300  1 245 3,1 2,7 2,6
Women  21 654  21 885  21 867  20 888  21 222  21 204   766   663   663 3,5 3,0 3,0
Varaždin   75 171  74 994  74 911  73 001  72 938  72 865  2 170  2 056  2 046 2,9 2,7 2,7
Women  34 010  33 894  33 920  32 813  32 761  32 756  1 197  1 133  1 164 3,5 3,3 3,4
Koprivnica-Križevci   42 554  42 463  42 538  41 271  41 369  41 457  1 283  1 094  1 081 3,0 2,6 2,5
Women  18 988  18 951  19 013  18 364  18 409  18 472   624   542   541 3,3 2,9 2,8
Bjelovar-Bilogora   40 160  40 295  40 205  38 223  38 521  38 553  1 937  1 774  1 652 4,8 4,4 4,1
Women  18 383  18 399  18 386  17 360  17 463  17 540  1 023   936   846 5,6 5,1 4,6
Primorje-Gorski Kotar  126 900  129 746  131 844  122 505  125 740  128 060  4 395  4 006  3 784 3,5 3,1 2,9
Women  59 884  61 134  62 324  57 546  58 996  60 276  2 338  2 138  2 048 3,9 3,5 3,3
Lika-Senj  18 566  18 968  19 674  17 592  18 122  18 901   974   846   773 5,2 4,5 3,9
Women  8 358  8 542  8 939  7 871  8 133  8 558   487   409   381 5,8 4,8 4,3
Virovitica-Podravina  27 903  27 930  27 551  25 159  25 313  25 046  2 744  2 617  2 505 9,8 9,4 9,1
Women  12 870  12 773  12 609  11 368  11 340  11 250  1 502  1 433  1 359 11,7 11,2 10,8
Požega-Slavonia  24 523  24 554  24 513  23 028  23 263  23 293  1 495  1 291  1 220 6,1 5,3 5,0
Women  11 169  11 145  11 148  10 370  10 459  10 493   799   686   655 7,2 6,2 5,9
Slavonski Brod-Posavina  53 031  53 460  53 219  49 236  49 921  49 652  3 795  3 539  3 567 7,2 6,6 6,7
Women  22 629  22 785  22 700  20 494  20 781  20 685  2 135  2 004  2 015 9,4 8,8 8,9
Zadar  70 837  73 107  75 049  68 250  70 929  73 061  2 587  2 178  1 988 3,7 3,0 2,6
Women  33 202  34 268  35 386  31 791  33 122  34 337  1 411  1 146  1 049 4,2 3,3 3,0
Osijek-Baranja  112 845  113 217  113 292  101 529  102 430  102 670  11 316  10 787  10 622 10,0 9,5 9,4
Women  53 316  53 356  53 471  46 731  47 101  47 266  6 585  6 255  6 205 12,4 11,7 11,6
Šibenik-Knin  40 147  41 302  42 325  37 238  38 883  40 253  2 909  2 419  2 072 7,2 5,9 4,9
Women  18 818  19 351  19 960  17 427  18 236  18 997  1 391  1 115   963 7,4 5,8 4,8
Vukovar-Srijem  55 216  55 290  55 854  51 207  51 718  52 322  4 009  3 572  3 532 7,3 6,5 6,3
Women  25 043  25 084  25 418  22 819  23 077  23 431  2 224  2 007  1 987 8,9 8,0 7,8
Split-Dalmatia  190 940  195 510  200 084  177 541  184 497  190 122  13 399  11 013  9 962 7,0 5,6 5,0
Women  91 756  93 581  95 979  84 712  87 889  90 783  7 044  5 692  5 196 7,7 6,1 5,4
Istria  102 352  107 090  111 016  100 406  105 669  109 831  1 946  1 421  1 185 1,9 1,3 1,1
Women  46 988  49 394  51 372  46 013  48 692  50 763   975   702   609 2,1 1,4 1,2
Dubrovnik-Neretva  55 028  58 262  59 955  51 863  55 753  57 853  3 165  2 509  2 102 5,8 4,3 3,5
Women  25 353  26 926  27 729  23 688  25 595  26 584  1 665  1 331  1 145 6,6 4,9 4,1
Međimurje  45 900  45 787  45 675  44 011  44 027  43 911  1 889  1 760  1 764 4,1 3,8 3,9
Women  20 968  20 877  20 921  20 004  19 953  19 993   964   924   928 4,6 4,4 4,4
City of Zagreb  388 665  389 640  389 793  378 818  380 244  380 436  9 847  9 396  9 357 2,5 2,4 2,4
Women  190 581  191 099  191 374  185 669  186 375  186 586  4 912  4 724  4 788 2,6 2,5 2,5

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)
IV V VI IV ‒ VI IV 2025
IV 2024		 V 2025
V 2024		 VI 2025
VI 2024		 IV ‒ VI 2025
IV ‒ VI 2024
Republic of Croatia 1 468 293 1 489 145 1 499 127 1 485 522 100,7 100,8 100,1 100,6
Women  694 159  704 222  710 324  702 902 101,3 101,3 100,6 101,0
Zagreb  131 116  131 712  131 809  131 546 101,4 101,4 101,1 101,3
Women  59 678  59 914  59 953  59 848 101,2 101,2 100,8 101,1
Krapina-Zagorje  47 445  46 937  47 393  47 258 101,4 99,9 100,8 100,7
Women  21 698  21 603  21 712  21 671 101,8 100,9 101,1 101,3
Sisak-Moslavina  47 342  47 719  47 788  47 616 101,2 101,3 100,9 101,1
Women  21 463  21 667  21 753  21 628 103,0 102,8 102,4 102,7
Karlovac   39 921  40 394  40 327  40 214 101,4 101,3 100,2 101,0
Women  18 194  18 491  18 494  18 393 101,7 101,9 100,5 101,3
Varaždin   63 854  63 777  63 726  63 786 99,2 98,9 98,8 98,9
Women  29 022  28 955  28 958  28 978 98,6 98,3 98,2 98,4
Koprivnica-Križevci   35 366  35 445  35 537  35 449 101,3 100,9 100,6 100,9
Women  15 923  15 973  16 037  15 978 101,8 101,0 100,7 101,1
Bjelovar-Bilogora   32 558  32 848  32 885  32 764 100,9 101,2 100,1 100,7
Women  15 018  15 135  15 211  15 121 102,6 102,6 101,7 102,3
Primorje-Gorski Kotar  103 343  105 468  106 444  105 085 100,6 101,2 100,2 100,6
Women  49 950  50 919  51 537  50 802 100,2 100,8 100,0 100,4
Lika-Senj  14 555  14 842  15 337  14 911 103,1 101,6 100,5 101,7
Women  6 616  6 759  7 032  6 802 103,7 102,1 101,5 102,4
Virovitica-Podravina  19 875  20 034  19 770  19 893 101,1 100,6 99,0 100,2
Women  9 267  9 248  9 128  9 214 105,1 103,0 101,2 103,1
Požega-Slavonia  19 342  19 549  19 576  19 489 101,2 100,7 99,7 100,5
Women  8 953  9 039  9 074  9 022 103,0 102,0 101,0 102,0
Slavonski Brod-Posavina  41 532  42 121  41 824  41 826 102,5 102,5 100,6 101,9
Women  17 340  17 566  17 465  17 457 105,7 104,8 102,1 104,2
Zadar  55 726  57 312  58 044  57 027 101,3 102,2 100,9 101,5
Women  26 907  27 730  28 244  27 627 101,6 102,2 101,3 101,7
Osijek-Baranja  87 718  88 574  88 720  88 337 100,9 100,9 100,1 100,6
Women  40 869  41 227  41 375  41 157 102,9 102,5 101,3 102,2
Šibenik-Knin  30 174  31 146  31 634  30 985 101,7 102,5 100,6 101,6
Women  14 710  15 215  15 551  15 159 102,6 102,7 100,7 102,0
Vukovar-Srijem  42 484  42 968  43 511  42 988 101,8 101,3 100,7 101,3
Women  19 347  19 599  19 920  19 622 105,5 104,0 102,8 104,1
Split-Dalmatia  148 022  152 400  154 860  151 761 101,0 101,4 99,9 100,8
Women  73 118  75 123  76 522  74 921 102,0 101,8 100,7 101,5
Istria  80 154  83 997  86 756  83 636 100,0 100,9 100,3 100,4
Women  37 984  39 955  41 376  39 772 100,0 101,1 100,4 100,5
Dubrovnik-Neretva  42 542  45 491  46 923  44 985 101,5 102,2 101,0 101,6
Women  20 372  21 833  22 539  21 581 101,5 102,6 101,5 101,9
Međimurje  39 640  39 640  39 532  39 604 99,5 99,4 98,9 99,3
Women  18 107  18 058  18 098  18 088 99,8 99,3 99,4 99,5
City of Zagreb  345 016  346 165  346 090  345 757 100,0 99,9 99,5 99,8
Women  169 429  170 020  170 123  169 857 100,0 100,1 99,8 99,9
Non-residents   568   606   641   605 99,3 108,2 107,6 105,0
Women   194   193   222   203 111,5 104,9 119,4 111,9

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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