June 2024 (definitive estimates):

• The active population (5,392.5 thousand people) decreased from the previous month (0.5%) and from three months before (0.6%), having increased from a year earlier (0.9%).

• The employed population (5,048.0 thousand) decreased from May (0.5%) and from March 2024 (0.4%), having increased from June 2023 (0.8%).

• The unemployed population (344.5 thousand) decreased from the previous month (0.7%) and from three months before (2.6%), having increased from a year earlier (2.7%).

• The unemployment rate stood at 6.4%, the same value as in May, down 0.1 percentage points (pp) from March 2024 and up 0.1 pp from June 2023.

• The inactive population (2,525.4 thousand) increased from the three periods under comparison: 1.4%, 2.0% and 0.6%.

• The labour underutilisation rate was estimated at 11.0%, the same value as in the previous month, but down by 0.2 pp from three months before and by 0.6 pp from a year earlier.

July 2024 (provisional estimates):

• The active population (5,373.0 thousand) decreased from June (0.4%) and April 2024 (0.7%), having increased from July 2023 (0.5%).

• The employed population (5,041.2 thousand) decreased from the previous month (0.1%) and from three months before (0.5%), having increased from a year earlier (0.5%).

• The unemployed population (331.8 thousand) decreased from the three periods under comparison: 3.7%, 4.6% and 0.6%, respectively.

• The unemployment rate stood at 6.2%, down 0.2 pp both from April and June of 2024 and equal to July 2023.

• The inactive population (2,552.9 thousand) increased from the three periods under comparison: 1.1%, 2.5% and 1.6%, respectively.

• The labour underutilisation rate stood at 10.9%, down 0.1 pp both from April and June of 2024 and down 0.6 pp from July 2023.