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24.09.2020
Labour Force survey 2nd quarter 2020

This release contains data received through the Labour Force Survey conducted in the second quarter 2020 and the observation period was from April to June 2020. The interviewing was done in 2 056 households on the territory of Montenegro. There were collected data about demographic characteristics for all members of the households (5 910 persons were surveyed) and in addition also data about economic activity for persons aged 15 and more (5 113 persons).

According to the data for the second quarter of 2020, there were 267.3 thousand of active populations in Montenegro, out of which there were 226.6 thousand of employed persons or 84.8% and 40.7 thousand of unemployed or 15.2%. The number of persons in employment in comparison with the previous quarter has decreased 4.1% and in comparison with the same quarter of previous year has decreased 8.6%. The number of unemployed in comparison with the previous quarter has decreased 11.9% and in comparison with the same quarter of previous year has decreased 1.9%.

There were 233.5 thousand of inactive populations. The number of inactive in comparison with the previous quarter has increased 7.2% and in comparison with the same quarter of previous year has increased 10.5%.

The activity rate for the second quarter 2020 is 53.4%, the employment rate is 45.2%, the unemployment rate is 15.2% and the inactivity rate is 46.6%.

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