June 2022:

• The active population (5,189.5 thousand) increased by 0.1% from May 2022 and by 0.4% from June 2021, having a near null relative change from March 2022.

• The employed population (4,879.8 thousand) increased from the previous month (0.1%) and from one year before (1.3%) and decreased from three months before (0.2%).

• The unemployed population (309.7 thousand) decreased by 0.4% from May, increased by 3.2% from March and decreased by 11.9% from June 2021.

• The unemployment rate stood at 6.0%, remained unchanged from the previous month, up 0.2 percentage points(pp) from three months before and down 0.8 pp from a year earlier.

• The inactive population (2,470.5 thousand) decreased by 0.2% from the previous month and from three months earlier and decreased by 1.6% from June 2021.

• The labour underutilisation rate was estimated at 11.6%, up 0.1 pp from the previous month, up 0.3 pp from three months before and down 1.1 pp from the same month of 2021.

July 2022:

• The active population (5,182.5 thousand) decreased by 0.1% from June, increased by 0.1% from July 2021, having a near null relative change from April 2022.

• The employed population (4,876.2 thousand) decreased from the previous month and from three months before (0.1% for both), having increased by 0.9% from a year earlier.

• The unemployed population (306.2 thousand) decreased by 1.1% from the previous month and by 10.2% from July 2021, having increased from April 2022 (0.6%).

• The unemployment rate stood at 5.9%, down 0.1 pp from the previous month, down 0.7 pp from one year before, but remained unchanged from three months before.

• The inactive population (2,478.0 thousand) increased from the previous month (0.3%) and from three months before (0.1%) and decreased from a year earlier (1.0%).

• The labour underutilisation rate stood at 11.5%, down 0.1 pp from the previous month, up 0.1 pp from three months before and down 0.9 pp from July 2021.