First Release

Year: LXII.
Zagreb, 29 October 2025
RAD-2025-2-6/3
ISSN 1334-0557

PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENT, BY SEX AND BY COUNTIES,
THIRD 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 September 2025, the largest number of persons in employment was in the City of Zagreb, 378 504, which accounted for 21.6% 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, 19 346, 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, 185 312, which accounted for 22.7%, and the lowest in the County of Lika-Senj, 8 666, which accounted for 1.1% of the total number of employed women in the Republic of Croatia.

In September 2025 compared to September 2024, the number of persons in employment in legal entities increased in 11 counties, with the largest increase being recorded in the County of Zadar, of 1.2%. The number of employed women in legal entities increased in 17 counties, with the largest increase being recorded in the County of Slavonski Brod-Posavina, of 2.2%.

For the period from July to September 2025, compared to the same period of the previous year, the number of persons in employment in legal entities increased in 10 counties, with the largest increase being recorded in the County of Slavonski Brod-Posavina, of 1.1%. Nine counties recorded a decrease in the number of persons in employment, with the largest one, of 1.5%, being recorded in the County of Varaždin. The number of persons in employment in legal entities in the counties of Karlovac and Split-Dalmatia remained unchanged.

The number of employed women in legal entities increased in 17 counties, ranging from 0.2% in the County of Karlovac to 2.3% in the County of Slavonski Brod-Posavina. A decrease in the number of employed women was recorded in three counties, ranging from 0.1% in the City of Zagreb to 1.5% in the County of Varaždin. The number of employed women in legal entities remained unchanged in the County of Koprivnica-Križevci.

The highest registered unemployment rate in September 2025 was recorded in the County of Osijek-Baranja, of 9.5%, which was 5.4 percentage points higher than the registered unemployment rate in the Republic of Croatia. The lowest one was recorded in the County of Istria, of 1.2%, which was 2.9 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 11.7%, which was 7.1 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 1.4%, 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)
VII VIII IX VII VIII IX VII VIII IX VII VIII IX
Republic of Croatia 1 844 126 1 844 476 1 830 947 1 770 943 1 768 981 1 756 388  73 183  75 495  74 559 4,0 4,1 4,1
Women  863 478  863 002  855 275  823 637  821 958  815 572  39 841  41 044  39 703 4,6 4,8 4,6
Zagreb  150 629  150 769  150 793  146 303  146 291  146 452  4 326  4 478  4 341 2,9 3,0 2,9
Women  68 151  68 037  67 764  65 912  65 705  65 567  2 239  2 332  2 197 3,3 3,4 3,2
Krapina-Zagorje  56 345  56 228  56 155  54 751  54 610  54 602  1 594  1 618  1 553 2,8 2,9 2,8
Women  25 182  25 149  25 060  24 357  24 300  24 273   825   849   787 3,3 3,4 3,1
Sisak-Moslavina  59 325  59 081  58 677  55 125  54 769  54 459  4 200  4 312  4 218 7,1 7,3 7,2
Women  26 977  26 840  26 631  24 766  24 565  24 450  2 211  2 275  2 181 8,2 8,5 8,2
Karlovac   47 755  47 694  47 636  46 416  46 241  46 174  1 339  1 453  1 462 2,8 3,0 3,1
Women  21 990  21 968  21 859  21 258  21 170  21 062   732   798   797 3,3 3,6 3,6
Varaždin   75 224  74 860  74 474  73 098  72 637  72 291  2 126  2 223  2 183 2,8 3,0 2,9
Women  34 068  33 910  33 794  32 878  32 634  32 570  1 190  1 276  1 224 3,5 3,8 3,6
Koprivnica-Križevci   42 547  42 568  42 313  41 343  41 190  41 018  1 204  1 378  1 295 2,8 3,2 3,1
Women  19 000  19 033  18 930  18 384  18 331  18 266   616   702   664 3,2 3,7 3,5
Bjelovar-Bilogora   40 529  40 446  40 453  38 799  38 613  38 564  1 730  1 833  1 889 4,3 4,5 4,7
Women  18 564  18 559  18 518  17 651  17 590  17 548   913   969   970 4,9 5,2 5,2
Primorje-Gorski Kotar  134 479  134 943  133 088  130 535  130 875  129 022  3 944  4 068  4 066 2,9 3,0 3,1
Women  63 642  63 853  62 843  61 470  61 609  60 637  2 172  2 244  2 206 3,4 3,5 3,5
Lika-Senj  20 349  20 739  20 169  19 571  19 933  19 346   778   806   823 3,8 3,9 4,1
Women  9 207  9 380  9 084  8 803  8 954  8 666   404   426   418 4,4 4,5 4,6
Virovitica-Podravina  27 946  27 854  28 084  25 266  25 138  25 463  2 680  2 716  2 621 9,6 9,8 9,3
Women  12 833  12 735  12 777  11 377  11 253  11 358  1 456  1 482  1 419 11,3 11,6 11,1
Požega-Slavonia  24 951  24 835  24 710  23 599  23 433  23 350  1 352  1 402  1 360 5,4 5,6 5,5
Women  11 345  11 284  11 195  10 625  10 533  10 487   720   751   708 6,3 6,7 6,3
Slavonski Brod-Posavina  53 811  53 950  53 464  50 102  50 176  49 963  3 709  3 774  3 501 6,9 7,0 6,5
Women  22 989  23 046  22 776  20 898  20 923  20 804  2 091  2 123  1 972 9,1 9,2 8,7
Zadar  77 144  77 276  75 711  75 046  75 149  73 570  2 098  2 127  2 141 2,7 2,8 2,8
Women  36 375  36 338  35 559  35 211  35 174  34 416  1 164  1 164  1 143 3,2 3,2 3,2
Osijek-Baranja  113 706  113 527  113 366  103 033  102 647  102 588  10 673  10 880  10 778 9,4 9,6 9,5
Women  53 792  53 540  53 315  47 503  47 165  47 076  6 289  6 375  6 239 11,7 11,9 11,7
Šibenik-Knin  43 895  44 028  43 387  41 855  41 917  41 149  2 040  2 111  2 238 4,6 4,8 5,2
Women  20 659  20 690  20 348  19 668  19 671  19 300   991  1 019  1 048 4,8 4,9 5,2
Vukovar-Srijem  56 225  56 069  55 804  52 528  52 282  52 180  3 697  3 787  3 624 6,6 6,8 6,5
Women  25 537  25 455  25 325  23 452  23 337  23 319  2 085  2 118  2 006 8,2 8,3 7,9
Split-Dalmatia  205 829  206 195  203 495  195 144  195 172  192 649  10 685  11 023  10 846 5,2 5,3 5,3
Women  98 650  98 571  97 003  92 877  92 686  91 449  5 773  5 885  5 554 5,9 6,0 5,7
Istria  114 247  115 111  113 089  112 976  113 826  111 680  1 271  1 285  1 409 1,1 1,1 1,2
Women  52 983  53 411  52 486  52 324  52 737  51 747   659   674   739 1,2 1,3 1,4
Dubrovnik-Neretva  61 639  62 361  61 428  59 505  60 158  59 211  2 134  2 203  2 217 3,5 3,5 3,6
Women  28 506  28 884  28 488  27 316  27 646  27 280  1 190  1 238  1 208 4,2 4,3 4,2
Međimurje  46 004  45 848  45 401  44 153  43 889  43 516  1 851  1 959  1 885 4,0 4,3 4,2
Women  21 124  20 993  20 778  20 096  19 905  19 769  1 028  1 088  1 009 4,9 5,2 4,9
City of Zagreb  390 905  389 465  388 613  381 153  379 406  378 504  9 752  10 059  10 109 2,5 2,6 2,6
Women  191 680  191 104  190 526  186 587  185 848  185 312  5 093  5 256  5 214 2,7 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)
VII VIII IX VII ‒ IX VII 2025
VII 2024		 VIII 2025
VIII 2024		 IX 2025
IX 2024		 VII ‒ IX 2025
VII ‒ IX 2024
Republic of Croatia 1 514 675 1 513 908 1 509 590 1 512 724 100,0 100,0 99,9 100,0
Women  716 605  715 631  713 371  715 202 100,3 100,7 100,7 100,5
Zagreb  132 037  132 003  132 109  132 050 100,9 101,0 101,1 101,0
Women  60 014  59 795  59 641  59 817 100,8 101,2 101,1 101,0
Krapina-Zagorje  47 399  47 250  47 208  47 286 100,4 100,5 100,4 100,4
Women  21 703  21 637  21 602  21 647 100,5 101,0 101,0 100,8
Sisak-Moslavina  47 837  47 498  47 194  47 510 100,2 99,7 99,0 99,6
Women  21 756  21 582  21 487  21 608 101,1 100,9 100,6 100,9
Karlovac   40 402  40 250  40 161  40 271 100,0 99,9 99,9 100,0
Women  18 539  18 464  18 349  18 451 100,2 100,4 100,1 100,2
Varaždin   63 949  63 486  63 132  63 522 98,8 98,2 98,4 98,5
Women  29 076  28 831  28 760  28 889 98,4 98,3 99,3 98,6
Koprivnica-Križevci   35 457  35 319  35 124  35 300 100,0 99,9 99,4 99,7
Women  15 967  15 917  15 843  15 909 99,8 100,3 100,0 100,0
Bjelovar-Bilogora   33 165  32 999  32 957  33 040 99,7 99,9 99,6 99,7
Women  15 350  15 290  15 257  15 299 101,0 101,7 101,3 101,3
Primorje-Gorski Kotar  108 369  108 884  108 445  108 566 100,3 100,4 100,3 100,3
Women  52 375  52 599  52 342  52 439 100,1 100,6 100,4 100,4
Lika-Senj  15 900  16 319  16 132  16 117 100,3 100,9 100,1 100,5
Women  7 226  7 407  7 325  7 319 100,3 101,3 100,4 100,7
Virovitica-Podravina  19 967  19 868  20 135  19 990 98,5 98,8 100,0 99,1
Women  9 244  9 154  9 238  9 212 100,1 100,3 101,1 100,5
Požega-Slavonia  19 874  19 714  19 629  19 739 100,3 100,2 100,1 100,2
Women  9 205  9 123  9 089  9 139 101,1 101,9 101,5 101,5
Slavonski Brod-Posavina  42 244  42 340  42 097  42 227 100,9 101,4 101,0 101,1
Women  17 665  17 715  17 602  17 661 101,7 102,8 102,2 102,3
Zadar  59 456  59 737  59 695  59 629 100,7 100,6 101,2 100,8
Women  28 840  28 924  28 880  28 881 101,1 101,6 102,1 101,6
Osijek-Baranja  89 082  88 767  88 716  88 855 99,9 99,8 99,7 99,8
Women  41 606  41 309  41 260  41 392 100,9 100,8 100,8 100,9
Šibenik-Knin  32 881  33 014  32 963  32 953 100,8 100,6 100,9 100,8
Women  16 056  16 121  16 084  16 087 100,4 100,6 100,9 100,6
Vukovar-Srijem  43 655  43 452  43 366  43 491 100,0 99,9 99,5 99,8
Women  19 916  19 823  19 832  19 857 101,2 101,8 101,4 101,5
Split-Dalmatia  158 413  158 625  158 441  158 493 99,9 100,1 100,1 100,0
Women  77 817  77 731  77 677  77 742 100,2 100,6 100,8 100,5
Istria  89 183  90 158  89 665  89 669 100,4 100,8 100,9 100,7
Women  42 610  43 080  42 815  42 835 100,6 101,3 101,4 101,1
Dubrovnik-Neretva  48 239  48 951  48 497  48 562 100,5 101,1 100,6 100,8
Women  23 076  23 426  23 290  23 264 100,9 101,9 101,8 101,5
Međimurje  39 763  39 516  39 123  39 467 99,4 99,2 98,2 98,9
Women  18 201  18 016  17 866  18 028 99,9 100,1 99,4 99,8
City of Zagreb  346 761  345 129  344 164  345 351 99,5 99,3 99,2 99,3
Women  170 139  169 465  168 916  169 507 99,7 100,0 100,0 99,9
Non-residents   642   629   637   636 100,9 92,2 95,4 96,1
Women   224   222   216   221 110,9 100,5 96,4 102,3

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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