August 2021:

• The active population (5,158.0 thousand) has decreased by 0.2% from the previous month and increased by 0.4% from three months before and by 2.5% from the same month of 2020.

• The employed population (4,832.9 thousand) has increased from the three comparison periods: 0.1%, 1.2% and 4.6%, respectively.

• The unemployed population (325.1 thousand) decreased by 4.3% from July, by 10.1% from May and by 21.1% from August of 2020.

• The unemployment rate stood at 6.3%, down 0.3 percentage points (pp) from the previous month, down 0.7 pp from three months before and down 1.9 pp from a year earlier.

• The inactive population (2,520.6 thousand) increased 0.3% from July and decreased 0.7% from May and 4.1% from August 2020.

• The labour underutilisation rate was estimated at 12.3%, having decreased by 0.3 pp from the previous month, by 0.5 pp from three months before and by 3.2 pp from a year earlier.

September 2021 :

• The active population (5,149.2 thousand) has decreased by 0.2% from the previous month and by 0.1% from three months before, having increased by 1.9% from a year earlier.

• The employed population (4,817.8 thousand) has decreased by 0.3% from August and has increased by 0.3% from June and by 3.7% from September 2020.

• The unemployed population (331.3 thousand) has increased by 1.9% from the previous month and decreased by 6.0% from three months before and by 18.2% from a year earlier.

• The unemployment rate stood at 6.4%, up 0.1 pp from the previous month, down 0.4 pp from three months before and down 1.6 pp from a year before.

• The inactive population (2,530.2 thousand) has increased from August 2021 (0.4%) and from June of the same year (0.3%), having decreased from September 2020 (3.1%).

• The labour underutilisation rate stood at 12.0%, down from the three comparison periods: by 0.3 pp, 0.8 pp and by 3.4 pp, respectively.