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15.12.2020
Labour Force survey 3rd quarter 2020

This release contains data received through the Labour Force Survey conducted in the third quarter 2020 and the observation period was from July to September 2020. The interviewing was done in 2 027 households on the territory of Montenegro. There were collected data about demographic characteristics for all members of the households (5 673 persons were surveyed) and in addition also data about economic activity for persons aged 15 and more (4 953 persons).

According to the data for the third quarter of 2020, there were 266.0 thousand of active populations in Montenegro, out of which there were 215.5 thousand of employed persons or 81.0% and 50.6 thousand of unemployed or 19.0%. The number of persons in employment in comparison with the previous quarter has decreased 4.9% and in comparison with the same quarter of previous year has decreased 15.2%. The number of unemployed in comparison with the previous quarter has increased 24.3% and in comparison with the same quarter of previous year has increased 10.7%.  

There were 234.9 thousand of inactive populations. The number of inactive in comparison with the previous quarter has increased 0.6% and in comparison with the same quarter of previous year has increased 17.5%.

The activity rate for the third quarter 2020 is 53.1%, the employment rate is 43.0%, the unemployment rate is 19.0% and the inactivity rate is 46.9%.

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