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In 2019, the number of employed persons in the country totalled 1 million 378.4 thousand, that of the unemployed – 92 thousand and inactive persons (neither working nor seeking for a job) aged 15 and older – 897.9 thousand. The number of persons attributed to the labour force totalled 1 million 470.4 thousand; over the year, the labour force increased by 5.6 thousand persons (0.4 per cent).

In 2019, the activity rate of persons aged 15–74 accounted for 70 per cent. Over the year, the share of employed persons of this age increased by 0.6 percentage point and made up 65.6 per cent, the share of unemployed persons – 0.1 percentage point and made up 4.4 per cent. Over the year, the share of inactive persons aged 15–74 decreased by 0.7 percentage point and in 2019 accounted for 30 per cent.

Persons aged 15–74 by economic activity

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In 2019, 67.9 per cent of men aged 15–74 were employed, 5.1 per cent of men of the said age group were unemployed, and 27 per cent – economically inactive. Among women aged 15–74, the share of employed persons stood at 63.6 per cent, 3.7 per cent of women were unemployed, and 32.7 per cent – inactive.

In 2019, 62.7 per cent of young (aged 15–24) persons were inactive, 32.9 per cent – employed, 4.4 per cent – unemployed. In 2019, economically most active population – persons aged 30–34: 86.5 per cent of them were employed, and 5.2 per cent – unemployed.

Economic activity of persons aged 15 and older by age group, 2019

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Over a year, the labour force activity rate of population aged 15–64 increased by 0.7 percentage point (from 77.3 per cent in 2018 to 78 per cent in 2019). The male activity rate increased by 0.3 percentage point (from 78.9 per cent in 2018 to 79.2 per cent in 2019), the female – by 1.1 percentage points (from 75.8 per cent in 2018 to 76.9 per cent in 2019).

Over a year, the activity rate of population aged 15–24 increased by 0.8 percentage point (from 36.5 per cent in 2018 to 37.3 per cent in 2019), that of population aged 25–54 – by 0.7 percentage point (from 89.6 per cent in 2018 to 90.3 per cent in 2019), while that of population aged 55–64 decreased by 0.4 percentage point (from 73.8 per cent in 2018 to 73.4 per cent in 2019).

Labour force activity rate by age group

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In 2019, the share of inactive persons aged 15 years and older accounted for 37.9 per cent of the total population of this age. The proportion of inactive women of this age group exceeded that of men (42.7 and 32.2 per cent respectively). This difference among the economic activity of men and women aged 15 and older is probably due to longer life expectancy of women, their earlier retirement age and time of child-raising.

Share of inactive persons aged 15 years and older in the total population by sex

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In 2019, 8.6 per cent of persons aged 15–24 were not in employment, education or training. Over the year, the proportion of such persons increased by 0.6 percentage point. The share of men who were neither working, studying nor participating in trainings increased by 1.3 percentage points (from 8.4 in 2018 to 9.7 per cent in 2019), while that of women, compared to 2018, remained almost stable, and in 2019 accounted for 7.5 per cent.

Young people aged 15–29 years neither in employment nor in education and training

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For monitoring situation in the labour market, three additional statistical indicators have been developed:

• employed persons working part-time who wish to work additional hours and are available to do so;
• persons actively seeking employment but not ready to start working within the next two weeks;
• persons available for work but not actively seeking employment.

Population by status of economic activity

In 2019, the number of employed persons working part-time aged 15–74 totalled 99.4 thousand (7.2 per cent), though 10.4 thousand of them wished to work additional hours and were available to do so. Proportion of men wishing to work additional hours and available to do so accounted for 0.5 per cent, that of women – 1 per cent of the total employed persons aged 15–74.

In 2019, the number of inactive population aged 15–74 amounted to 626.7 thousand, of whom 13.4 thousand were actively seeking work but not ready to start working in the short term, and 8.9 thousand of persons who were ready to start working in the short term but not actively seeking employment.

Persons who are actively seeking work but not ready to start working, and persons available for work but not actively seeking employment shall be attributed to the potential additional labour force. In 2019, potential additional labour force stood at 1.5 per cent of the labour force aged 15–74.

Potential additional labour force (aged 15–74)

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Some trends have been observed in the analysis of economic activity of the population. In 2019, 73.1 per cent of the total number of employed persons were engaged in the private sector, 88.3 per cent – employees, and 11.1 per cent – self-employed. Differences among men and women are clear. Although persons of both genders prefer to be employees, the share of self-employed men exceeds that of women (14.4 and 7.8 per cent respectively), while in the public sector the situation is quite opposite – the proportion of women is twice bigger than that of men. Female lifelong learning rate is higher than male (8.5 and 5.5 per cent respectively), among the 18–24 aged population the share of women without the medium level of education and not in education is lower than that of men (2.8 and 5.2 per cent respectively), and the number of unemployed women is by 10.9 thousand lower than that of men.

Indicators of economic activity of the population by sex, 2019
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More detailed data are available in the table Main indicators of economic activity of the population (XLSX)

In 2019, the major share of the 15–74 aged inactive population indicated that they were not seeking employment because they were either retired (42.3 per cent) or in education (27 per cent). Men more frequently than women indicated that the main reason was own illness or disability (men – 21.3 per cent, women – 12 per cent).

Inactive persons aged 15–74 by the main reason for not seeking employment, 2019

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In 2019, in the EU, the activity rate of persons aged 15–64 accounted for 74 per cent. The highest activity rate among the population aged 15–64 was fixed in Sweden – 82.9 per cent, the Netherlands – 80.9, Germany – 79.2 per cent and Denmark – 79.1, while the lowest – in Italy – 65.7 per cent, Croatia – 66.5 and Greece – 68.4 per cent. In 2019, in Lithuania, the activity rate of the population aged 15–64 reached 78 per cent.

Labour force activity rate in the EU countries, 2019
Persons aged 15–64

Source: Eurostat’s database, 9 July 2020

Labour force activity rate in the EU countries by sex, 2019
Persons aged 15–64
Per cent

Source: Eurostat's database, 9 July 2020 

Potential additional labour force in the EU countries, 2019
Persons aged 15–74

  /  – data is not presented since the error of statistical estimate exceeds the accepted allowable value.
(  ) – insufficient accuracy of statistical estimate.

Source: Eurostat’s database, 9 July 2020

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Labour force by age group

Labour force activity rate by educational attainment

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