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In 2019, the number of employed persons in the country totalled 1 million 378.4 thousand. There were 680.9 thousand employed men and 697.5 thousand employed women. Over the year, the number of employed persons increased by 3.7 thousand (0.3 per cent) and reached its peak in the last ten years. 

In 2019, there were 94.8 thousand employed persons aged 15–24 in the whole economy; against 2018, this figure decreased by 3.5 thousand (3.6 per cent). Over the year, the number of employed persons aged 55–64 increased by 4.2 thousand (1.5 per cent) and in 2019 totalled 281.8 thousand.

Employed persons by sex

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In 2019, the employment rate of persons aged 15–64 stood at 73 per cent; over the year, it increased by 0.6 percentage point. In 2019, against 2018, the male employment rate (aged 15–64) stood at 73.5, the female one – at 72.5 per cent; over the year, these figures grew by 0.2 and 0.9 percentage point respectively.

In 2019, the youth (aged 15–24) employment rate stood at 32.9 per cent; over the year, it grew by 0.5 percentage point. Over the year, the employment rate of persons aged 55–64 remained almost stable and reached 68.4 per cent.

Employment rate by age group

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In 2019, the highest male employment rate was recorded in the age group 35–39 (89.6 per cent), the female – in the age group 45–49 (87.3 per cent). The employment rate of young men aged 15–24 accounted for 33.4 per cent, that of young women – 32.3 per cent. In 2019, 13.5 per cent of men aged 65 and older and 7.9 per cent of women of the same age were in employment.

Employment rate by age group and sex, 2019

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In 2019, employees accounted for 88.3 per cent of the total employed population, self-employed persons – 11.1, contributing family workers – 0.6 per cent. Self-employed men accounted for 14.4 per cent of all employed men, women – 7.8 per cent of all employed women. For structure of population employment, click here.

In 2019, the proportion of female employees exceeded that of male employees – 91.5 and 85.2 per cent respectively.

Share of employees in the total number of employed persons by sex

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Over the year, the largest growth in the number of employed persons was observed in the human health and social work activities (5.1 thousand), while the largest drop – in agriculture, forestry and fishing (10 thousand).

In 2019, the majority of persons worked in industry – 249 thousand (18.1 per cent of the total number of employed persons), trade – 230.2 thousand (16.7 per cent), and education – 135.1 thousand (9.8 per cent).

In 2019, the largest number of employed men was observed in the construction sector (90 per cent), as well as the transportation and storage sector (73.9 per cent), while women prevailed in the human health and social work activities and education (85.9 and 79 per cent respectively).

Share of employed persons by kind of economic activity and sex, 2019
Per cent

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In 2019, the biggest proportion of employed persons were professionals – 326.8 thousand (23.7 per cent of the total number of employed persons), craft and related trades workers – 194.1 thousand (14.1 per cent) and service and sales workers – 194 thousand (14.1 per cent). Apart from armed forces occupations, the lowest proportion fell within skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers – 56.7 thousand (4.1 per cent) and clerical support workers – 63.7 thousand (4.6 per cent). 127.7 thousand (9.3 per cent) of employed persons were managers.

In 2019, men accounted for the major share of plant and machine operators, and assemblers, as well as craft and related trades workers – 79.3 per cent in each sector, while the majority of women were employed as service and sales workers, as well as clerical support workers (73.6 and 69.1 per cent).

Share of employed persons by occupational group¹ and sex, 2019
Per cent

¹ Excluding armed forces occupational group.

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In 2019, 46.9 per cent of the total employed population had higher or advanced vocational education and training, 9.2 per cent – special upper secondary education, 5 per cent of employed population had lower secondary (with vocational qualification) or lower education.

Employed persons by educational attainment, 2019
Per cent

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Additional job

Apart from the main job, 66.8 thousand of the employed persons were employed in additional job. Most often, both men and women were employed in the service sector, as well as in agriculture, forestry and fishing, women – 83.4 and 12.5 per cent respectively, and men – 66.9 and 24.3 per cent.

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Employed persons by municipality, 2019
Thous./ – data is not presented since the error of statistical estimate exceeds the accepted allowable value.

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Employment rate of persons aged 15–64 by municipality, 2019
Per cent/ – data is not presented since the error of statistical estimate exceeds the accepted allowable value.

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In 2019, the highest employment rate of the population aged 15–64 was recorded in the Netherlands – 78.2 per cent, Sweden – 77.1 and Germany – 76.7 per cent, while the lowest – in Greece – 56.5 per cent, Italy – 59 and Croatia – 62.1 per cent. In 2019, total employment rate of the EU population aged 15–64 accounted for 69.2 per cent, in Lithuania it represented 73 per cent.

In 2019, the employment rate of the EU population aged 55–64 stood at 60 per cent. The highest employment rate of the population of this age group was fixed in Sweden – 77.7 per cent, Germany – 72.7 and Estonia – 72.5 per cent, while the lowest – in Luxembourg – 43.1 per cent, Greece – 43.2 and Croatia – 43.9 per cent. In 2019, in Lithuania, the employment rate of the population aged 55–64 stood at 68.4 per cent.

Employment rate in the EU countries by sex, 2019
Per cent

Source: Eurostat's database, 9 July 2020 

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Employed persons by economic activity in regions and counties

Employed persons by atypical work

Employment rate by educational attainment

Employed persons by employment status and working time duration

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