Employment rate in Pest
The employment rate in Pest was 83.6% of people aged 20 to 64 in 2025.
Pest, 2025
83.6%
Change from 2024
−0.2percentage points
Hungary, 2025
81.1%
Position in 2025
32nd of 289
Employment rate in Pest over time
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% of people aged 20 to 64. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Pest | Hungary |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83.6% | 81.1% |
| 2024 | 83.8% | 81.1% |
| 2023 | 83.0% | 80.7% |
| 2022 | 82.7% | 80.3% |
| 2021 | 82.2%b (break in time series) | 78.9%b (break in time series) |
| 2020 | 77.6% | 75.2% |
| 2019 | 77.9% | 75.4% |
| 2018 | 76.5%b (break in time series) | 74.5%b (break in time series) |
| 2017 | 74.7% | 73.3% |
| 2016 | 73.7% | 71.5% |
| 2015 | 70.9% | 68.9% |
| 2014 | 69.5% | 66.7% |
| 2013 | 66.1% | 63.0% |
| 2012 | – | 61.6% |
| 2011 | – | 60.4% |
| 2010 | – | 59.9% |
| 2009 | – | 60.1% |
| 2008 | – | 61.5% |
| 2007 | – | 62.3% |
| 2006 | – | 62.6% |
| 2005 | – | 62.2%b (break in time series) |
| 2004 | – | 62.0% |
| 2003 | – | 62.4% |
| 2002 | – | 61.4% |
| 2001 | – | 61.1%b (break in time series) |
Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 83.8% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 70.9%, the figure has changed by +12.7 percentage points. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
- Among the 289 regions with data for 2025, Pest has the 32nd highest value.
- The figure for Hungary in 2025 was 81.1%.