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24.03.2015
Labour Force Survey 4th Quarter 2014
This release contains data received through the Labour Force Survey conducted in the fourth quarter 2014, and the observation period was from October to December 2014. The surveying was done in 2 076 households on the territory of Montenegro. The survey collected data about demographic characteristics for members of the households (6 268 persons were surveyed), and data about economic activity for persons aged 15 and more (5 237 persons, which makes 1.2% of the total number of interwied persons aged 15 and more).
According to data for fourth quarter in the 2014 labor force in Montenegro consist of 263.2 thousands of active population. From that number there were: 215.6 thousand employees and 47.6 thousands unemployed. The number of employees in comparison with the previous quarter has decreased 3.4% and the number of unemployed has increased 8.9% . The activity rate for the fourth quarter 2014 is 52.6%, the employment rate is 43.1% and unemployment rate is 18.1%. Measures of the activity of the population for 15-64 age group are: the activity rate is 61.5%, the employment rate is 50.3% and the unemployment rate is 18.3%.
