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ATTITUDES TOWARDS LABOUR MARKET
REGULATION IN HUNGARY
Table 31. Number of employed persons of the population aged 15-74 (in thousands of persons)
NUTS1, NUTS2 2000 2006 2007 2008
Central Hungary 64.4 66.7 62.1 60.2
Central Transdanubia 22.7 30.1 24.6 28.4
Western Transdanubia 19.0 26.1 22.8 22.1
Southern Transdanubia 30.4 34.7 37.2 38.6
Transdanubia 72.1 90.9 84.6 89.1
Northern Hungary 48.0 52.3 59.4 63.3
Northern Great Plain 51.5 65.1 63.2 69.7
Southern Great Plain 27.7 41.8 42.6 46.9
Great Plain and North 127.2 159.2 165.2 179.9
Country total 263.7 316.8 311.9 329.2
Without Central Hungary 199.3 250.1 249.8 269.0
Source: Labour Force Survey, HCSO
The rate of unemployment was 17% in
Somogy County at the end of the 2007, while
the national average was 10%. In Figure 2, the
South Transdanubian region where Somogy
County is situated is marked in red. The
figure shows that – in terms of unemployment
– the NUTS3 region is one of the most
problematic in Hungary and is in the least
favorable situation in the relatively more
developed West. The position of Somogy is
the 4th worst in the country in this respect.
Furthermore, one third of unemployment
cases lasts more than one year, which again is
a very unfavorable condition (Summary of the
Results, 2008).
Figure 2. Unemployment rate of population aged 15-74, 2008
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