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23.03.2020
Labour Force survey 4th quarter 2019

This release contains data received through the Labour Force Survey conducted in the fourth quarter 2019 and the observation period was from October to December 2019. The surveying was done in 2 062 households on the territory of Montenegro. The survey collected data about demographic characteristics for members of the households (5 832 persons were surveyed) and data about economic activity for persons aged 15 and more (5 086 persons).

According to the data for the fourth quarter of 2019, there were 283.1 thousands of active populations in Montenegro, out of which there were 238.1 thousands of employed persons or 84.1% and 45.0 thousands of unemployed or 15.9%. The number of persons in employment in comparison with the previous quarter has decreased 6.3% and in comparison with the same quarter of previous year has increased 0.3%. The number of unemployed in comparison with the previous quarter has decreased 1.5% and in comparison with the same quarter of previous year has decreased 0.9%. There were 216.6 thousands of inactive populations. The number of inactive in comparison with the previous quarter has increased 8.3% and in comparison with the same quarter of previous year has decreased 0.2%. 

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