This release contains data received through the Labour Force Survey conducted in the 2014 and the observation period was from January to December 2014. The surveying was done in 8 213 households on the territory of Montenegro. The survey collected data about demographic characteristics for members of the households (25 337 persons were surveyed), and data about economic activity for persons aged 15 and more (21 101 persons).
According to data for four quarter in the 2014 labor force in Montenegro consist of 263.7 thousand of active population. From that number there were: 216.3 thousand persons in employment and 47.5 thousand unemployed persons. The number of persons in employment in comparison with the previous year has increased 7.1% and the number of unemployed persons has decreased 2.9%. The activity rate for the 2014 is 52.7%, the employment rate is 43.2% and unemployment rate is 18.0%. Measures of the activity of the population for 15-64 age groups are: the activity rate is 61.6%, the employment rate is 50.4% and the unemployment rate is 18.2%.
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