MAY 2022 9 Labour underutilisation rate Employment rate • The employed population (4,900.9 thousand people) increased by 0.4% (21.9 thousand) compared to the previous quarter and 4.7% (219.3 thousand) compared to the same period in 2021. It contributed the most to the year-on-year rate of change: » The employment in services; » Employees with indefinite employment contracts; » Full-time contracts employment; More information is available at: Employment statistics – 1st quarter of 2022 11 May 2022 • Around 10.4% of the employed population (510.2 thousand people) always or almost always worked from home, using information and communication technologies (remote working), which corresponds to the second-lowest figure recorded in this series since it began in the 2nd quarter of 2020; 56.4% 0.0% 48.0% 51.0% 54.0% 57.0% 60.0% 63.0% 1Q2013 1Q2014 1Q2015 1Q2016 1Q2017 1Q2018 1Q2019 1Q2020 1Q2021 1Q2022 11.5% 0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% 30.0% 1Q2013 1Q2014 1Q2015 1Q2016 1Q2017 1Q2018 1Q2019 1Q2020 1Q2021 1Q2022 • The labour underutilisation covered 618.2 thousand people, corresponding to: » -1.9% (11.9 thousand) compared to the previous quarter; » -17.2% (-128.2 thousand) vis-à-vis the same period of 2021; • The labour underutilisation rate, estimated at 11.5%, decreased by 0.2 p.p. from the previous quarter and 2.6 p.p. from the same quarter of 2021; • The inactive population aged 16 and over (3,593.1 thousand people): » It decreased by 0.5% (19.0 thousand) compared to the previous quarter; » It decreased by 4.3% (159.8 thousand) vis-à-vis the same quarter of 2021.
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