The rate, which covers unemployment among those between the ages of 15 and 74, was close to the average for the previous twelve months.
In absolute terms, there were 178,200 unemployed, 5,100 more than in the previous month, but 10,300 fewer than in the same period a year earlier.
The unemployment rate in the 15-24 age group fell 0.6 percentage point to 10.7 percent from a year earlier. The unemployed in this age group account for more than one-fifth of all jobless, KSH noted.
The unemployment rate in the 25-54 age group edged down 0.1 percentage point to 3.4 percent, and the rate in the 55-74 age group dropped 0.7 percentage point to 2.7 percent.
Out-of-work Hungarians spent about 15.1 months on average looking for employment during the period. 40.4 percent of the unemployed had been seeking work for at least one year.
The employment rate was 60.4 percent, slightly up from 60.3 percent in the previous period and 59.7 percent a year earlier.
The number of employed included 136,600 Hungarians in fostered work programmes and 104,600 working abroad.
KSH defines “employed” in line with International Labour Organisation standards as anybody who worked one or more hour a week or was temporarily absent from their job during the survey week. The data also include those employed in public work schemes and those working abroad for less than one year.