CEE: employment rate growth 2023 | Statista

In the fourth quarter of 2023, Estonia recorded the highest increase in the employment rate among Central and Eastern European countries. On the other hand, Poland and Latvia noted a decrease in the employment rate.

Growth in the employment rate in Central and Eastern European countries from 1st quarter 2021 to 4th quarter 2023

Characteristic	Q1 '21	Q2 '21	Q3 '21	Q4 '21	Q1 '22	Q2 '22	Q3 '22	Q4 '22	Q1 '23	Q2 '23	Q3 '23	Q4 '23
Estonia	-3.4%	-0.1%	2.5%	1.7%	5.3%	5.6%	3.7%	3.7%	5%	3.4%	2.2%	2.2%
Lithuania	-2.6%	0.7%	3.8%	3%	4.1%	7%	5.7%	3.6%	1%	0.8%	1.9%	2.1%
Croatia	-2.1%	1.7%	1.7%	3.6%	3.7%	2%	2.3%	1.4%	2.4%	1.1%	1.9%	1.9%
Bulgaria	-2.5%	0.1%	1.9%	1.2%	1.6%	1.3%	1.2%	1%	2.3%	1.2%	-0.6%	1.2%
Euro area	-1.7%	2%	2.2%	2.1%	3%	2.6%	1.8%	1.5%	1.7%	1.4%	1.4%	1.2%
EU	-1.5%	1.9%	2.1%	2.1%	2.8%	2.4%	1.5%	1.3%	1.5%	1.2%	1.2%	1%
Slovenia	-0.9%	1.4%	2.5%	2.5%	3.2%	3.1%	2%	1.6%	1.8%	1.4%	1%	0.7%
Czechia	-1.6%	0.2%	0.6%	1.3%	1.5%	2.4%	1.7%	1.4%	1.3%	0.9%	0.5%	0.4%
Slovakia	-2.5%	-0.4%	0.2%	0.3%	2.1%	2.4%	1.5%	1.1%	0.5%	0.1%	0.2%	0.3%
Romania	-10.3%	-7.5%	-8.9%	1.5%	1.2%	-0.6%	-0.1%	0.1%	-1.2%	-1.9%	-0.6%	0.3%
Hungary	-1.6%	4%	2.4%	2.3%	3.2%	2.2%	1.4%	0.4%	0.1%	0.2%	0.3%	0.1%
Poland	0.2%	2.2%	2%	2.7%	1.8%	0.9%	-0.9%	-0.2%	0.6%	-0.1%	0.3%	-0.3%
Latvia	-7%	0.9%	-2.1%	-1.9%	4.3%	1.2%	3%	2.7%	1%	0.3%	-0.2%	-0.8%

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March 2024

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CEE

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Q1 2021 to Q4 2023

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Percentage change compared with the same quarter of the previous year based on non-seasonally adjusted data.

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