What is the unemployment rate in Budapest?
Eurostat reports 1.85% for 2022, for the Budapest greater-city area.
Budapest Unemployment Rate: 1.85% (Greater City, 2022)
The unemployment rate in Budapest was 1.85% in 2022, counting the Budapest greater-city area as Eurostat defines it.
Updated September 2026. We last refreshed these figures from Eurostat on 1 September 2026. Each figure shows its own year.
These figures are for the Budapest greater-city area: the area Eurostat uses when a city's urban centre stretches beyond its administrative boundary. Figures for the municipality alone or the wider metro area can differ.
Unemployment and jobs in Budapest
Unemployment is the share of the labour force without work, as reported to Eurostat. National definitions and sources can differ, and the registered-unemployment rate a national agency publishes may differ too. Jobs are counted where people work, so a city with many commuters can have more jobs than residents.
Unemployment rate
1.85%
Jobs located in the area
1,219,426jobs
Source: Eurostat, Labour market - cities and greater cities · year 2022
About this data
- Labour market - cities and greater cities (urb_clma)
- exact Eurostat query; Eurostat update 31 August 2026; retrieved 1 September 2026.
- Unemployment rate (EC1020I), 2022, unit: percent. Share of the labour force without a job; national definitions can differ.
- Total employment/jobs (workplace based) (EC2020V), 2022, unit: jobs. Jobs located in the area, not the number of employed residents or job openings.
- Area
- the Budapest greater-city area, as defined by Eurostat (Eurostat provider code HU001C). Eurostat does not state which boundary year this area uses.
- Treatment
- Values are shown as published, with digit grouping; counts, euro amounts and lengths drop a decimal part that is all zeros. Each figure keeps its own year, so this is not a like-for-like comparison or ranking.
Budapest unemployment rate FAQ
Why is this different from the national unemployment rate?
This is the share of the labour force without work in the Budapest greater-city area. A city's rate usually differs from the national rate. National agencies also often publish a registered-unemployment rate, which counts people signed up at job centres and can be higher, and they may report a different area or month.
How many jobs are there in Budapest?
Eurostat counts 1,219,426 jobs located in the area in 2022. Jobs are counted where people work, so they include commuters who live elsewhere.
About this page's data
These figures come from Eurostat's City Statistics, the EU's official statistics for cities. They describe the Budapest greater-city area, as Eurostat defines it (Eurostat provider code HU001C). Eurostat does not state which boundary year this area uses.
Missing figures stay missing. We never fill a gap with a regional or national average.
Source: Eurostat. Cities of Europe selected and reformatted these figures; Eurostat is not responsible for this presentation. Read the methodology, the full source list and our corrections log.