First Release

Year: LVIII.

Zagreb, 19 February 2021

RAD-2021-2-1/1

ISSN 1334-0557

PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENT, BY ACTIVITIES, JANUARY 2021

In January 2021, the total number of persons in employment in the Republic of Croatia was 1 515 288, out of which 709 733 were women. Compared to December 2020, the total number of persons in employment decreased by 0.8% and the number of employed women by 0.9%. Compared to the same month of the previous year, the total number of persons in employment decreased by 0.3% in January 2021 and the number of employed women by 0.7%.

In January 2021, the total number of persons in paid employment in legal entities in the Republic of Croatia amounted to 1 314 114, out of which 626 007 were women. Compared to December 2020, the number of persons in paid employment in legal entities as well as the number of employed women decreased by 0.8%. The number of persons in paid employment in legal entities in January 2021, as compared to the same month of the previous year, decreased by 0.2% and the number of employed women by 0.6%.

In January 2021, as compared to the previous month, the number of persons in employment in trade and crafts and free lances decreased by 1.1% and the number of employed women by 1.3%. The total number of employed insured persons – private farmers decreased by 0.2% and the number of women by 0.3%.

The total number of unemployed persons increased by 3.4% and the number of unemployed women by 3.3% in January 2021, as compared to December 2020. The total registered unemployment rate in January 2021 was 9.8% and for women it was 11.3%.

Detailed data by activities can be downloaded on the link Statistics In Line.

1 LABOUR FORCE OF REPUBLIC OF CROATIA, ACCORDING TO ADMINISTRATIVE SOURCES AND BY SEX

	XII 2020		I 2021		Indices
	XII 2020		I 2021		I 2021 XII 2020		I 2021 I 2020
	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women
Active population (labour force)	1 687 542	803 730	1 680 633	800 442	99,6	99,6	101,3	101,2
Total persons in employment	1 527 697	715 913	1 515 288	709 733	99,2	99,1	99,7	99,3
Persons in paid employment in legal entities¹⁾	1 324 502	631 155	1 314 114	626 007	99,2	99,2	99,8	99,4
Persons in employment in crafts and trades and free lances²⁾	183 981	78 573	181 993	77 562	98,9	98,7	99,2	98,5
Employed insured persons – private farmers²⁾	19 214	6 185	19 181	6 164	99,8	99,7	100,0	99,3
Unemployed persons³⁾	159 845	87 817	165 345	90 709	103,4	103,3	118,2	118,5
Registered unemployment rate⁴⁾, %	9,5	10,9	9,8	11,3

1) The results of processing data from JOPPD forms. The data for December 2020 and January 2021 are provisional.
2) The data were taken over from the records of active insured persons kept at the Croatian Institute for Pension Insurance.
3) The data were taken over from the Croatian Employment Service.
4) The registered unemployment rate is calculated as the ratio of unemployed persons to the total active population (labour force).

2 INDICES OF CHANGE IN NUMBER OF PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENT IN LEGAL ENTITIES, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007.¹⁾ AND BY SEX, JANUARY 2021

	Number of persons in paid employment, January 2021²⁾		Indices
	Number of persons in paid employment, January 2021²⁾		I 2021 XII 2020		I 2021 I 2020
	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women
Total	1 314 114	626 007	99,2	99,2	99,8	99,4
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing	25 253	7 236	99,9	98,9	101,3	102,4
B Mining and quarrying	3 920	496	98,3	98,8	96,8	98,8
C Manufacturing	224 760	79 655	99,7	99,7	99,2	99,9
D Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	14 456	3 183	98,4	98,6	101,7	102,2
E Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	25 425	5 460	99,9	101,1	99,6	101,4
F Construction	99 176	9 802	98,0	98,2	106,6	103,7
G Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	201 964	112 120	99,9	99,8	98,9	98,5
H Transportation and storage	72 021	16 956	100,1	99,5	98,4	98,2
I Accommodation and food service activities	62 378	32 930	94,6	94,0	85,0	83,7
J Information and communication	45 795	16 593	95,5	95,8	104,9	103,8
K Financial and insurance activities	37 540	25 877	100,2	100,0	99,0	98,9
L Real estate activities	8 201	3 895	90,7	88,1	90,0	88,3
M Professional, scientific and technical activities	63 851	31 162	99,1	98,6	102,2	100,5
N Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	48 412	21 170	101,7	102,1	97,6	97,1
O Javna uprava i obrana; obvezno socijalno osiguranje	112 801	56 084	101,4	101,4	100,7	100,6
P Education	119 937	95 110	99,3	99,3	103,3	103,7
Q Human health and social work activities	102 400	80 112	98,8	98,8	101,6	101,6
R Arts, entertainment and recreation	25 620	14 553	98,5	98,3	95,9	96,1
S Other service activities	20 204	13 613	100,4	101,3	102,9	105,0

1) Activity sections T (Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods – and services – producing activities of households for own use) and U (Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies) as well as their divisions are not presented in this First Release since they were not covered by the survey.
2) Provisional data.

G-1 PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENT IN LEGAL ENTITIES, JANUARY 2020 – JANUARY 2021

G-2 PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENT, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007., JANUARY 2021

NKD 2007. activity sections
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing
B	Mining and quarrying
C	Manufacturing
D	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
E	Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities
F	Construction
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
H	Transportation and storage
I	Accommodation and food service activities
J	Information and communication
K	Financial and insurance activities
L	Real estate activities
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities
N	Administrative and support service activities
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
P	Education
Q	Human health and social work activities
R	Arts, entertainment and recreation
S	Other service activities

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Data sources

Data on persons in employment in legal entities were gathered by processing data from the Report on Income, Income Tax and Surtax as well as Contributions for Mandatory Insurances (JOPPD form), which has been in effect since 1 January 2014.

All persons or entities that are the payers of income for which the income tax regulations prescribe the obligation of accounting and paying deduction tax are under the obligation to submit the JOPPD form.

Data on persons in employment in crafts and trades and free lances are processed according to the records on pension insurance beneficiaries obtained from the Croatian Institute for Pension Insurance.

The Croatian Institute for Pension Insurance provides data on employed insured persons − private farmers.

Data on the number of unemployed persons are obtained from the Croatian Employment Service.

Coverage and comparability

The survey on persons in paid employment in legal entities includes all persons who have signed a work contract, regardless of the type of work contract and whether they work full-time or less than full-time.

The survey on persons in crafts and trades and free lances includes owners and employees registered with the Croatian Institute for Pension Insurance.

Definitions

Persons in paid employment are all persons who have signed a work contract with an employer for a fixed or an unspecified period of time, irrespective of the type of ownership and of whether they work full-time or less than full-time.

Registered unemployment rate is calculated as a ratio of the number of unemployed persons to the total active population (labour force).

Abbreviations

NKD 2007.	National Classification of Activities, 2007 version

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