This release contains data received through the Labour Force Survey conducted in the 2017 and the observation period was from January to December 2017. The interviewing was done in 8 980 households on the territory of Montenegro. There were collected data about demographic characteristics for all members of the households (26 806 persons were surveyed) and in addition also data about economic activity for persons aged 15 and more (22 767 persons).

 

According to the data for four quarter in the 2017, there were 273.2 thousands of active population in Montenegro, out of which there were 229.3 thousands of employed persons or 83.9% and 43.9 thousands of unemployed or 16.1%. The number of persons in employment in comparison with the previous year has increased by 2.3% and the number of unemployed has decreased by 9.1%.

 

There were 226.6 thousands of inactive population and in comparison with the previous year this number has decreased by 0.3%. The activity rate for the 2017 is 54.7%, the employment rate is 45.9%, unemployment rate is 16.1% and the inactivity rate is 45.3%.