Of the total persons who were unemployed in the 1st quarter of 2024, 52.8% (195.1 thousand) remained in that state in the 2nd quarter of 2024, 28.5% (105.3 thousand) moved into employment and 18.7% (69.2 thousand) moved into inactivity.
In the same period, 31.3% (52.8 thousand) of unemployed men and 26.2% (52.5 thousand) of unemployed women moved into employment.
From the 1st quarter of 2024 to the 2nd quarter of 2024, 35.3% (87.3 thousand) of the short-term unemployed and 18.1% (24.5 thousand) of those inactives belonging to the “potential workforce” moved into employment.
At the same time, 9.3% (65.9 thousand) of those who were self-employed and 25.0% (92.3 thousand) of those who were unemployed in the previous quarter became employees.
Of the total of employees who, in the 1st quarter of 2024, had a temporary work contract or other contractual arrangement, 23.7% (166.9 thousand) moved into a permanent work contract in the 2nd quarter of 2024.
Of the total of workers who were part-time workers in the 1st quarter of 2024, 18.0% (77.4 thousand) changed to full-time work in the 2nd quarter of 2024.
The percentage of persons who remained employed between the 1st quarter of 2024 and the 2nd quarter of 2024, but changed jobs, stood at 3.2% (159.2 thousand).
In the same period, 3.8% (185.3 thousand) of those who remained employed continued to have two or more jobs and 2.1% (102.2 thousand) moved from one job to two jobs or more, with a corresponding increase of 0.4 p.p. and of 0.2 p.p. in relation to the previous quarter, respectively.
Of the total persons aged 16 to 34 who, in the 1st quarter of 2024,were not in employment, education or training (NEET), 20.9% (44.4 thousand) moved into employment, while 17.6% (37.6 thousand) started to attend education or training in the 2nd quarter of 2024. In both cases, there was an increase of 0.8 pp and of 2.6 pp compared to the previous quarter, respectively.
