The presented data concern the year 2024 or the last available year. In order to illustrate changes over time, selected issues are presented in a multi-year retrospective. The source of data used in the publication are resources from reporting and information systems made available to official statistics by external administrators. Moreover, in order to present phenomena not previously studied by official statistics, results from experimental studies are presented alongside official statistics.

In Q1 2025, there was an increase in the number of unemployed persons and a decrease in economically inactive persons compared to Q4 2024. Unemployed men looked for a job longer than women, and unemployed urban residents longer than rural residents.