In the 3rd quarter of 2025, the employed population (5,332.1 thousand people) increased by 1.6% (83.8 thousand) from the previous quarter and by 3.7% (191.2 thousand) from one year before.
The share of the employed population who has teleworked, that is who has worked from home using information and communication technologies, was 19.4% (1,036.4 thousand people), 1.5 percentage points (pp) less than in the 2nd quarter of 2025 and 0.2 pp more than in the 3rd quarter of 2024.
The unemployed population, estimated at 326.6 thousand people, has decreased by 0.9% (2.9 thousand) from the previous quarter and by 2.4% (8.1 thousand) from a year earlier.
The unemployment rate stood at 5.8%, down 0.1 pp from the previous quarter and down 0.3 pp from the 3rd quarter of 2024.
The labour underutilisation covered 573.9 thousand people, a value practically identical to the previous quarter and lower by 2.0% (11.5 thousand) from a year before. The labour underutilisation rate (9.9%) was down in the quarterly (0.2 pp) and in the year-on-year (0.5 pp) comparison.
The inactive population aged 16 and over (3,703.6 thousand) has decreased by 1.3% (49.4 thousand) from the previous quarter and by 1.1% (39.5 thousand) in the year-on-year comparison.
