Labour Participation Rate, Total (As % of Total Population Ages 15+) rose 4.01% to 59.2% in Hungary in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, Labour Participation Rate, Total (As % of Total Population Ages 15+) in Hungary reached an all time high of 59.2% in 2021 and an all time low of 47.6% in 1997. When compared to Hungary's main peers, Labour Participation Rate, Total (As % of Total Population Ages 15+) in Austria amounted to 60.8%, 59.7% in Czechia, 57.0% in Poland and 60.4% in Slovakia in 2021.
Hungary has been ranked 95th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Labour Participation Rate, Total (As % of Total Population Ages 15+), 48 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Labour Participation Rate, Total (As % of Total Population Ages 15+) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Austria | % | 60.7% | 61.2% | 61.2% | 61.4% | 61.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Czechia | % | 59.4% | 59.9% | 60.2% | 60.6% | 60.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 60.2% | 61.0% | 61.2% | 61.3% | 61.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | % | 54.8% | 55.7% | 56.3% | 56.7% | 57.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | 49.0% | 49.5% | 49.8% | 49.9% | 49.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | 56.2% | 56.2% | 56.4% | 56.3% | 56.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | 62.6% | 62.8% | 62.8% | 62.9% | 62.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovakia | % | 59.6% | 60.0% | 60.0% | 59.8% | 59.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | % | 68.2% | 68.6% | 68.4% | 68.5% | 68.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | % | 56.3% | 56.3% | 56.3% | 56.3% | 56.3% |
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