Males and females | 15-24 | Labour force, thousands | | 108.7 | 105.2 | 107.0 | 107.1 | 102.2 | 105.3 | 94.9 | 90.5 | 87.9 | 85.6 | 78.3 | 86.8 | 82.7 | 68.4 | 76.2 | 73.9 | 71.6 | 70.8 | 74.1 | 78.1 | 72.1 | 67.1 | 68.3 | 65.9 | 61.0 | 56.4 | 56.7 | 56.9 | 58.7 | 59.2 | 55.3 |
..employed, thousands | | 107.0 | 103.3 | 103.2 | 99.1 | 90.8 | 93.0 | 81.2 | 75.9 | 75.2 | 72.1 | 62.8 | 66.9 | 65.2 | 56.2 | 60.2 | 56.3 | 60.7 | 62.3 | 66.6 | 68.7 | 52.4 | 45.0 | 53.0 | 52.1 | 49.6 | 48.0 | 49.3 | 49.3 | 51.6 | 52.2 | 49.2 |
..unemployed, thousands | | .. | .. | 3.8 | 8.1 | 11.4 | 12.3 | 13.7 | 14.6 | 12.7 | 13.5 | 15.4 | 19.9 | 17.5 | 12.2 | 15.9 | 17.6 | 10.8 | 8.6 | 7.5 | 9.4 | 19.8 | 22.1 | 15.3 | 13.7 | 11.4 | 8.4 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 6.1 |
Inactive, thousands | | 107.0 | 110.2 | 108.6 | 107.0 | 105.4 | 98.2 | 104.6 | 106.2 | 106.8 | 108.7 | 117.6 | 113.4 | 117.4 | 131.3 | 124.0 | 127.3 | 130.2 | 129.6 | 122.8 | 115.5 | 115.2 | 113.3 | 104.9 | 99.4 | 95.2 | 90.5 | 81.6 | 77.5 | 71.3 | 67.5 | 70.6 |
Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 215.7 | 215.4 | 215.6 | 214.1 | 207.7 | 203.5 | 199.5 | 196.7 | 194.7 | 194.4 | 195.9 | 200.3 | 200.1 | 199.7 | 200.2 | 201.3 | 201.7 | 200.4 | 196.9 | 193.5 | 187.3 | 180.5 | 173.2 | 165.3 | 156.2 | 147.0 | 138.3 | 134.4 | 129.9 | 126.8 | 125.9 |
Labour force participation rate, % | | 50.4 | 48.8 | 49.6 | 50.0 | 49.2 | 51.7 | 47.6 | 46.0 | 45.2 | 44.1 | 40.0 | 43.4 | 41.3 | 34.3 | 38.0 | 36.7 | 35.5 | 35.3 | 37.6 | 40.3 | 38.5 | 37.2 | 39.4 | 39.9 | 39.1 | 38.4 | 41.0 | 42.4 | 45.2 | 46.7 | 43.9 |
Employment rate, % | | 49.6 | 48.0 | 47.9 | 46.3 | 43.7 | 45.7 | 40.7 | 38.6 | 38.6 | 37.1 | 32.1 | 33.4 | 32.6 | 28.1 | 30.1 | 28.0 | 30.1 | 31.1 | 33.8 | 35.5 | 28.0 | 25.0 | 30.6 | 31.5 | 31.8 | 32.6 | 35.7 | 36.7 | 39.7 | 41.2 | 39.1 |
Unemployment rate, % | | .. | .. | 3.6 | 7.5 | 11.2 | 11.7 | 14.4 | 16.1 | 14.5 | 15.8 | 19.7 | 23.0 | 21.1 | 17.9 | 20.9 | 23.9 | 15.1 | 12.1 | 10.1 | 12.0 | 27.4 | 32.9 | 22.4 | 20.9 | 18.7 | 15.0 | 13.1 | 13.4 | 12.1 | 11.8 | 11.1 |
25-49 | Labour force, thousands | | 512.2 | 503.4 | 497.6 | 486.9 | 467.9 | 456.2 | 448.4 | 440.0 | 436.2 | 426.6 | 420.2 | 431.0 | 425.7 | 415.7 | 416.6 | 413.4 | 411.8 | 423.9 | 415.6 | 412.6 | 408.5 | 409.1 | 407.6 | 401.6 | 398.8 | 397.4 | 400.1 | 401.2 | 406.7 | 406.4 | 404.3 |
..employed, thousands | | 510.0 | 501.0 | 491.4 | 470.1 | 437.7 | 421.6 | 404.9 | 397.6 | 392.5 | 383.8 | 368.6 | 370.3 | 373.2 | 373.3 | 380.2 | 376.6 | 380.0 | 399.8 | 397.9 | 393.1 | 356.0 | 346.5 | 360.3 | 363.8 | 366.4 | 368.8 | 378.4 | 377.7 | 385.8 | 388.1 | 389.0 |
..unemployed, thousands | | .. | .. | 6.1 | 16.8 | 30.2 | 34.6 | 43.5 | 42.4 | 43.7 | 42.9 | 51.7 | 60.7 | 52.5 | 42.5 | 36.4 | 36.7 | 31.8 | 24.1 | 17.7 | 19.5 | 52.5 | 62.6 | 47.3 | 37.8 | 32.3 | 28.6 | 21.7 | 23.4 | 21.0 | 18.3 | 15.3 |
Inactive, thousands | | 33.4 | 41.0 | 43.7 | 45.9 | 47.4 | 48.8 | 49.6 | 53.7 | 52.1 | 57.6 | 59.3 | 63.1 | 65.7 | 72.5 | 68.8 | 69.1 | 66.8 | 49.8 | 54.0 | 54.0 | 56.5 | 53.9 | 51.9 | 54.9 | 56.6 | 58.6 | 57.1 | 59.1 | 53.5 | 56.0 | 58.4 |
Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 545.5 | 544.4 | 541.3 | 532.8 | 515.4 | 505.0 | 498.0 | 493.7 | 488.3 | 484.2 | 479.6 | 494.1 | 491.5 | 488.2 | 485.4 | 482.4 | 478.6 | 473.7 | 469.6 | 466.6 | 464.9 | 463.0 | 459.5 | 456.5 | 455.4 | 456.0 | 457.2 | 460.3 | 460.2 | 462.4 | 462.7 |
Labour force participation rate, % | | 93.9 | 92.5 | 91.9 | 91.4 | 90.8 | 90.3 | 90.0 | 89.1 | 89.3 | 88.1 | 87.6 | 87.2 | 86.6 | 85.1 | 85.8 | 85.7 | 86.0 | 89.5 | 88.5 | 88.4 | 87.9 | 88.4 | 88.7 | 88.0 | 87.6 | 87.1 | 87.5 | 87.2 | 88.4 | 87.9 | 87.4 |
Employment rate, % | | 93.5 | 92.0 | 90.8 | 88.2 | 84.9 | 83.5 | 81.3 | 80.5 | 80.4 | 79.3 | 76.8 | 75.0 | 75.9 | 76.5 | 78.3 | 78.1 | 79.4 | 84.4 | 84.7 | 84.3 | 76.6 | 74.8 | 78.4 | 79.7 | 80.5 | 80.9 | 82.8 | 82.1 | 83.8 | 83.9 | 84.1 |
Unemployment rate, % | | .. | .. | 1.2 | 3.5 | 6.5 | 7.6 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 12.3 | 14.1 | 12.3 | 10.2 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 7.7 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 12.8 | 15.3 | 11.6 | 9.4 | 8.1 | 7.2 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
50-74 | Labour force, thousands | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 158.9 | 160.4 | 161.3 | 167.5 | 169.4 | 180.3 | 179.7 | 182.5 | 186.0 | 197.9 | 199.6 | 203.2 | 206.4 | 205.7 | 212.1 | 215.9 | 220.2 | 220.6 | 226.3 | 233.3 | 233.4 | 236.8 | 242.9 |
..employed, thousands | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 149.6 | 150.6 | 147.9 | 148.0 | 151.2 | 160.4 | 162.5 | 169.0 | 174.9 | 189.6 | 193.1 | 194.2 | 185.5 | 176.5 | 189.9 | 198.9 | 205.3 | 208.0 | 213.2 | 217.6 | 221.2 | 224.5 | 233.0 |
..unemployed, thousands | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9.4 | 9.8 | 13.4 | 19.4 | 18.2 | 19.9 | 17.2 | 13.5 | 11.1 | 8.3 | 6.5 | 9.0 | 20.9 | 29.2 | 22.2 | 17.0 | 15.0 | 12.6 | 13.1 | 15.7 | 12.2 | 12.4 | 9.8 |
Inactive, thousands | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 213.9 | 212.2 | 210.0 | 213.3 | 211.4 | 200.3 | 200.4 | 196.2 | 193.1 | 181.8 | 180.2 | 176.8 | 175.8 | 179.3 | 175.1 | 173.1 | 168.5 | 167.8 | 161.9 | 154.2 | 152.6 | 150.7 | 149.5 |
Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 372.8 | 372.6 | 371.3 | 380.8 | 380.8 | 380.6 | 380.1 | 378.8 | 379.1 | 379.7 | 379.7 | 380.0 | 382.1 | 385.0 | 387.3 | 389.0 | 388.8 | 388.4 | 388.2 | 387.5 | 386.0 | 387.6 | 392.4 |
Labour force participation rate, % | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 42.6 | 43.0 | 43.4 | 44.0 | 44.5 | 47.4 | 47.3 | 48.2 | 49.1 | 52.1 | 52.6 | 53.5 | 54.0 | 53.4 | 54.8 | 55.5 | 56.6 | 56.8 | 58.3 | 60.2 | 60.5 | 61.1 | 61.9 |
Employment rate, % | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 40.1 | 40.4 | 39.8 | 38.9 | 39.7 | 42.2 | 42.8 | 44.6 | 46.1 | 49.9 | 50.8 | 51.1 | 48.5 | 45.8 | 49.0 | 51.1 | 52.8 | 53.6 | 54.9 | 56.2 | 57.3 | 57.9 | 59.4 |
Unemployment rate, % | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5.9 | 6.1 | 8.3 | 11.6 | 10.7 | 11.0 | 9.6 | 7.4 | 6.0 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 10.1 | 14.2 | 10.5 | 7.9 | 6.8 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.0 |
50-69 | Labour force, thousands | | 221.7 | 222.6 | 214.1 | 196.5 | 177.9 | 169.4 | 158.2 | 157.2 | 154.7 | 156.4 | 157.3 | 162.7 | 163.4 | 174.1 | 173.1 | 176.2 | 180.5 | 192.3 | 194.2 | 197.1 | 199.3 | 197.4 | 202.0 | 207.6 | 211.7 | 212.3 | 218.7 | 224.2 | 225.2 | 227.5 | 231.1 |
..employed, thousands | | 220.9 | 221.5 | 212.0 | 192.2 | 170.4 | 160.8 | 147.3 | 145.8 | 145.3 | 146.6 | 143.9 | 143.2 | 145.4 | 154.2 | 156.1 | 162.8 | 169.4 | 184.2 | 187.8 | 188.3 | 178.4 | 168.5 | 180.4 | 190.9 | 196.8 | 199.8 | 205.7 | 208.7 | 213.0 | 215.5 | 221.5 |
..unemployed, thousands | | .. | .. | .. | 4.3 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 10.9 | 11.4 | 9.4 | 9.8 | 13.4 | 19.4 | 18.1 | 19.9 | 17.1 | 13.4 | 11.1 | 8.1 | 6.5 | 8.9 | 20.9 | 28.9 | 21.7 | 16.7 | 14.9 | 12.5 | 12.9 | 15.5 | 12.1 | 12.0 | 9.6 |
Inactive, thousands | | 113.4 | 119.2 | 131.1 | 151.9 | 166.0 | 166.9 | 170.2 | 164.2 | 162.9 | 158.7 | 154.9 | 156.8 | 154.6 | 143.2 | 143.6 | 141.0 | 138.5 | 128.1 | 126.1 | 122.2 | 120.2 | 122.6 | 119.8 | 114.5 | 112.4 | 115.3 | 112.5 | 109.1 | 108.1 | 105.8 | 103.2 |
Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 335.1 | 341.7 | 345.2 | 348.5 | 343.9 | 336.3 | 328.4 | 321.5 | 317.5 | 315.1 | 312.2 | 319.5 | 318.0 | 317.3 | 316.7 | 317.1 | 319.1 | 320.4 | 320.4 | 319.4 | 319.5 | 320.0 | 321.8 | 322.1 | 324.1 | 327.7 | 331.1 | 333.3 | 333.3 | 333.3 | 334.3 |
Labour force participation rate, % | | 66.2 | 65.1 | 62.0 | 56.4 | 51.7 | 50.4 | 48.2 | 48.9 | 48.7 | 49.6 | 50.4 | 50.9 | 51.4 | 54.9 | 54.7 | 55.6 | 56.6 | 60.0 | 60.6 | 61.7 | 62.4 | 61.7 | 62.8 | 64.4 | 65.3 | 64.8 | 66.0 | 67.3 | 67.6 | 68.3 | 69.1 |
Employment rate, % | | 65.9 | 64.8 | 61.4 | 55.2 | 49.5 | 47.8 | 44.8 | 45.4 | 45.8 | 46.5 | 46.1 | 44.8 | 45.7 | 48.6 | 49.3 | 51.3 | 53.1 | 57.5 | 58.6 | 59.0 | 55.9 | 52.6 | 56.0 | 59.3 | 60.7 | 61.0 | 62.1 | 62.6 | 63.9 | 64.7 | 66.3 |
Unemployment rate, % | | .. | .. | .. | 2.2 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 8.5 | 12.0 | 11.1 | 11.4 | 9.9 | 7.6 | 6.2 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 10.5 | 14.6 | 10.7 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.9 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 4.1 |
75 and older | Inactive, thousands | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 68.9 | 70.5 | 71.9 | 75.8 | 78.1 | 81.0 | 84.1 | 87.3 | 90.5 | 93.8 | 96.8 | 100.0 | 101.7 | 103.2 | 105.6 | 108.8 | 113.0 | 116.4 | 119.8 | 122.3 | 125.9 | 127.2 | 126.4 |
Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 68.9 | 70.5 | 71.9 | 75.8 | 78.1 | 81.0 | 84.1 | 87.3 | 90.5 | 93.8 | 96.8 | 100.0 | 101.7 | 103.2 | 105.6 | 108.8 | 113.0 | 116.4 | 119.8 | 122.3 | 125.9 | 127.2 | 126.4 |
15-74 | Labour force, thousands | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 683.0 | 672.6 | 659.8 | 685.3 | 677.8 | 664.5 | 672.5 | 669.8 | 669.3 | 692.7 | 689.2 | 693.9 | 687.0 | 681.9 | 688.0 | 683.4 | 680.0 | 674.4 | 683.1 | 691.4 | 698.8 | 702.4 | 702.6 |
..employed, thousands | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 617.2 | 606.5 | 579.3 | 585.3 | 589.6 | 589.9 | 602.9 | 601.9 | 615.6 | 651.7 | 657.6 | 656.0 | 593.9 | 568.0 | 603.2 | 614.9 | 621.3 | 624.8 | 640.9 | 644.6 | 658.6 | 664.7 | 671.3 |
..unemployed, thousands | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 65.8 | 66.1 | 80.5 | 100.0 | 88.2 | 74.6 | 69.5 | 67.9 | 53.8 | 41.0 | 31.6 | 37.8 | 93.1 | 113.9 | 84.8 | 68.5 | 58.7 | 49.6 | 42.3 | 46.7 | 40.3 | 37.7 | 31.3 |
Inactive, thousands | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 372.8 | 378.5 | 387.0 | 389.8 | 394.5 | 404.1 | 393.3 | 392.7 | 390.1 | 361.2 | 357.0 | 346.2 | 347.4 | 346.6 | 331.9 | 327.4 | 320.3 | 316.9 | 300.5 | 290.8 | 277.3 | 274.3 | 278.4 |
Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 055.8 | 1 051.1 | 1 046.8 | 1 075.1 | 1 072.3 | 1 068.6 | 1 065.8 | 1 062.5 | 1 059.4 | 1 053.9 | 1 046.3 | 1 040.1 | 1 034.4 | 1 028.4 | 1 019.9 | 1 010.8 | 1 000.4 | 991.3 | 983.7 | 982.2 | 976.2 | 976.7 | 981.0 |
Labour force participation rate, % | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 64.7 | 64.0 | 63.0 | 63.7 | 63.2 | 62.2 | 63.1 | 63.0 | 63.2 | 65.7 | 65.9 | 66.7 | 66.4 | 66.3 | 67.5 | 67.6 | 68.0 | 68.0 | 69.4 | 70.4 | 71.6 | 71.9 | 71.6 |
Employment rate, % | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 58.5 | 57.7 | 55.3 | 54.4 | 55.0 | 55.2 | 56.6 | 56.7 | 58.1 | 61.8 | 62.9 | 63.1 | 57.4 | 55.2 | 59.1 | 60.8 | 62.1 | 63.0 | 65.2 | 65.6 | 67.5 | 68.1 | 68.4 |
Unemployment rate, % | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9.6 | 9.8 | 12.2 | 14.6 | 13.0 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 10.1 | 8.0 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 13.5 | 16.7 | 12.3 | 10.0 | 8.6 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 4.4 |
15 and older | Labour force, thousands | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 683.0 | 672.6 | 659.8 | 685.3 | 677.8 | 664.5 | 672.5 | 669.8 | 669.3 | 692.7 | 689.2 | 693.9 | 687.0 | 681.9 | 688.0 | 683.4 | 680.0 | 674.4 | 683.1 | 691.4 | 698.8 | 702.4 | 702.6 |
..employed, thousands | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 617.2 | 606.5 | 579.3 | 585.3 | 589.6 | 589.9 | 602.9 | 601.9 | 615.6 | 651.7 | 657.6 | 656.0 | 593.9 | 568.0 | 603.2 | 614.9 | 621.3 | 624.8 | 640.9 | 644.6 | 658.6 | 664.7 | 671.3 |
..unemployed, thousands | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 65.8 | 66.1 | 80.5 | 100.0 | 88.2 | 74.6 | 69.5 | 67.9 | 53.8 | 41.0 | 31.6 | 37.8 | 93.1 | 113.9 | 84.8 | 68.5 | 58.7 | 49.6 | 42.3 | 46.7 | 40.3 | 37.7 | 31.3 |
Inactive, thousands | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 441.7 | 449.0 | 458.9 | 465.6 | 472.6 | 485.1 | 477.4 | 479.9 | 480.6 | 455.0 | 453.8 | 446.2 | 449.1 | 449.8 | 437.6 | 436.2 | 433.3 | 433.4 | 420.4 | 413.1 | 403.2 | 401.5 | 404.8 |
Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 124.7 | 1 121.6 | 1 118.7 | 1 150.9 | 1 150.5 | 1 149.6 | 1 149.9 | 1 149.8 | 1 149.9 | 1 147.6 | 1 143.1 | 1 140.0 | 1 136.1 | 1 131.7 | 1 125.6 | 1 119.6 | 1 113.4 | 1 107.8 | 1 103.5 | 1 104.5 | 1 102.0 | 1 103.9 | 1 107.4 |
Labour force participation rate, % | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 60.7 | 60.0 | 59.0 | 59.5 | 58.9 | 57.8 | 58.5 | 58.3 | 58.2 | 60.4 | 60.3 | 60.9 | 60.5 | 60.3 | 61.1 | 61.0 | 61.1 | 60.9 | 61.9 | 62.6 | 63.4 | 63.6 | 63.4 |
Employment rate, % | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 54.9 | 54.1 | 51.8 | 50.9 | 51.3 | 51.3 | 52.4 | 52.3 | 53.5 | 56.8 | 57.5 | 57.5 | 52.3 | 50.2 | 53.6 | 54.9 | 55.8 | 56.4 | 58.1 | 58.4 | 59.8 | 60.2 | 60.6 |
Unemployment rate, % | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9.6 | 9.8 | 12.2 | 14.6 | 13.0 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 10.1 | 8.0 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 13.5 | 16.7 | 12.3 | 10.0 | 8.6 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 4.4 |
16 until pension age | Labour force, thousands | | 744.2 | 733.0 | 726.4 | 712.5 | 684.3 | 668.6 | 654.8 | 639.6 | 639.4 | 628.4 | 619.8 | 641.1 | 631.2 | 617.9 | 621.1 | 620.1 | 622.5 | 643.3 | 645.3 | 654.2 | 645.3 | 641.6 | 647.0 | 638.4 | 635.8 | 631.1 | 637.1 | 641.5 | 651.9 | 653.6 | 648.2 |
..employed, thousands | | 740.2 | 728.1 | 715.1 | 685.0 | 637.0 | 615.5 | 589.1 | 573.3 | 574.1 | 563.2 | 541.1 | 543.7 | 545.8 | 545.3 | 552.8 | 553.6 | 569.8 | 603.4 | 614.2 | 617.5 | 554.1 | 529.8 | 564.4 | 571.7 | 578.4 | 582.8 | 596.2 | 596.2 | 612.8 | 618.1 | 618.5 |
..unemployed, thousands | | 4.0 | 4.9 | 11.3 | 27.4 | 47.4 | 53.1 | 65.7 | 66.3 | 65.2 | 65.2 | 78.7 | 97.3 | 85.4 | 72.6 | 68.2 | 66.5 | 52.7 | 39.9 | 31.1 | 36.7 | 91.2 | 111.8 | 82.6 | 66.7 | 57.4 | 48.3 | 40.8 | 45.3 | 39.1 | 35.5 | 29.6 |
Inactive, thousands | | 132.9 | 146.2 | 149.6 | 156.6 | 153.9 | 151.1 | 161.2 | 163.4 | 171.7 | 175.2 | 196.0 | 199.6 | 208.8 | 225.5 | 222.0 | 225.9 | 227.1 | 204.0 | 204.8 | 195.0 | 201.3 | 199.6 | 193.0 | 188.5 | 186.0 | 187.0 | 174.0 | 169.1 | 156.7 | 153.1 | 155.0 |
Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 877.1 | 879.2 | 876.0 | 869.1 | 838.3 | 819.7 | 816.0 | 803.0 | 811.0 | 803.6 | 815.7 | 840.6 | 839.9 | 843.4 | 843.1 | 846.0 | 849.7 | 847.3 | 850.2 | 849.2 | 846.6 | 841.1 | 839.9 | 826.9 | 821.9 | 818.1 | 811.1 | 810.6 | 808.6 | 806.7 | 803.2 |
Labour force participation rate, % | | 84.9 | 83.4 | 82.9 | 82.0 | 81.6 | 81.6 | 80.2 | 79.7 | 78.8 | 78.2 | 76.0 | 76.3 | 75.1 | 73.3 | 73.7 | 73.3 | 73.3 | 75.9 | 75.9 | 77.0 | 76.2 | 76.3 | 77.0 | 77.2 | 77.4 | 77.1 | 78.5 | 79.1 | 80.6 | 81.0 | 80.7 |
Employment rate, % | | 84.4 | 82.8 | 81.6 | 78.8 | 76.0 | 75.1 | 72.2 | 71.4 | 70.8 | 70.1 | 66.3 | 64.7 | 65.0 | 64.7 | 65.6 | 65.4 | 67.1 | 71.2 | 72.2 | 72.7 | 65.4 | 63.0 | 67.2 | 69.1 | 70.4 | 71.2 | 73.5 | 73.6 | 75.8 | 76.6 | 77.0 |
Unemployment rate, % | | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 3.8 | 6.9 | 7.9 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 12.7 | 15.2 | 13.5 | 11.7 | 11.0 | 10.7 | 8.5 | 6.2 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 14.1 | 17.4 | 12.8 | 10.4 | 9.0 | 7.7 | 6.4 | 7.1 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 4.6 |
15-64 | Labour force, thousands | | 819.2 | 809.0 | 797.4 | 771.1 | 733.1 | 717.3 | 691.7 | 676.4 | 669.8 | 658.7 | 643.8 | 667.6 | 659.8 | 644.4 | 651.4 | 647.0 | 647.0 | 666.6 | 663.8 | 669.6 | 665.7 | 661.5 | 665.4 | 658.5 | 654.6 | 648.4 | 654.3 | 658.1 | 665.2 | 666.4 | 664.5 |
..employed, thousands | | 814.7 | 803.9 | 785.4 | 742.3 | 684.2 | 661.9 | 624.3 | 608.7 | 604.1 | 593.0 | 563.8 | 568.4 | 572.8 | 570.4 | 582.1 | 579.7 | 593.7 | 626.1 | 632.3 | 632.2 | 573.5 | 548.2 | 581.5 | 591.0 | 596.6 | 599.5 | 613.1 | 612.3 | 625.6 | 630.2 | 634.1 |
..unemployed, thousands | | 4.5 | 5.2 | 12.0 | 28.8 | 48.9 | 55.4 | 67.4 | 67.7 | 65.7 | 65.8 | 80.0 | 99.2 | 87.0 | 74.0 | 69.3 | 67.3 | 53.3 | 40.4 | 31.5 | 37.4 | 92.2 | 113.3 | 83.9 | 67.5 | 58.0 | 48.8 | 41.2 | 45.9 | 39.5 | 36.2 | 30.4 |
Inactive, thousands | | 218.8 | 229.8 | 238.5 | 255.5 | 262.9 | 255.0 | 261.0 | 261.0 | 256.0 | 260.3 | 271.8 | 275.1 | 279.9 | 291.5 | 280.6 | 281.5 | 277.8 | 253.2 | 247.1 | 236.8 | 237.4 | 237.7 | 228.1 | 226.5 | 220.7 | 217.7 | 202.9 | 196.0 | 182.4 | 179.1 | 181.0 |
Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 1 038.0 | 1 038.9 | 1 035.9 | 1 026.6 | 996.0 | 972.3 | 952.7 | 937.4 | 925.9 | 919.1 | 915.6 | 942.7 | 939.8 | 935.9 | 932.0 | 928.5 | 924.8 | 919.8 | 911.0 | 906.4 | 903.1 | 899.2 | 893.6 | 885.0 | 875.3 | 866.0 | 857.1 | 854.2 | 847.6 | 845.5 | 845.5 |
Labour force participation rate, % | | 78.9 | 77.9 | 77.0 | 75.1 | 73.6 | 73.8 | 72.6 | 72.2 | 72.3 | 71.7 | 70.3 | 70.8 | 70.2 | 68.9 | 69.9 | 69.7 | 70.0 | 72.5 | 72.9 | 73.9 | 73.7 | 73.6 | 74.5 | 74.4 | 74.8 | 74.9 | 76.3 | 77.1 | 78.5 | 78.8 | 78.6 |
Employment rate, % | | 78.5 | 77.4 | 75.8 | 72.3 | 68.7 | 68.1 | 65.5 | 64.9 | 65.2 | 64.5 | 61.6 | 60.3 | 61.0 | 60.9 | 62.5 | 62.4 | 64.2 | 68.1 | 69.4 | 69.8 | 63.5 | 61.0 | 65.1 | 66.8 | 68.2 | 69.2 | 71.5 | 71.7 | 73.8 | 74.5 | 75.0 |
Unemployment rate, % | | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 3.7 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 9.7 | 10.0 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 12.4 | 14.9 | 13.2 | 11.5 | 10.6 | 10.4 | 8.2 | 6.1 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 13.9 | 17.1 | 12.6 | 10.2 | 8.9 | 7.5 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 4.6 |
15-69 | Labour force, thousands | | 842.6 | 831.2 | 818.7 | 790.5 | 748.0 | 730.9 | 701.4 | 687.7 | 678.8 | 668.6 | 655.8 | 680.5 | 671.9 | 658.2 | 665.9 | 663.5 | 663.9 | 687.1 | 683.9 | 687.8 | 679.9 | 673.6 | 677.9 | 675.1 | 671.5 | 666.1 | 675.5 | 682.3 | 690.6 | 693.1 | 690.8 |
..employed, thousands | | 837.9 | 825.8 | 806.6 | 761.4 | 698.9 | 675.4 | 633.4 | 619.3 | 613.0 | 602.5 | 575.3 | 580.4 | 583.8 | 583.6 | 596.5 | 595.7 | 610.1 | 646.3 | 652.3 | 650.0 | 586.8 | 560.0 | 593.6 | 606.9 | 612.9 | 616.6 | 633.4 | 635.8 | 650.4 | 655.8 | 659.7 |
..unemployed, thousands | | 4.7 | 5.4 | 12.1 | 29.2 | 49.1 | 55.5 | 68.1 | 68.4 | 65.8 | 66.1 | 80.5 | 100.0 | 88.1 | 74.6 | 69.4 | 67.8 | 53.8 | 40.8 | 31.6 | 37.7 | 93.1 | 113.6 | 84.3 | 68.2 | 58.6 | 49.5 | 42.1 | 46.5 | 40.2 | 37.3 | 31.0 |
Inactive, thousands | | 253.8 | 270.4 | 283.4 | 304.8 | 318.9 | 313.9 | 324.5 | 324.2 | 321.7 | 325.0 | 331.9 | 333.3 | 337.7 | 347.0 | 336.5 | 337.4 | 335.5 | 307.5 | 303.0 | 291.7 | 291.8 | 289.9 | 276.6 | 268.8 | 264.2 | 264.5 | 251.1 | 245.7 | 232.8 | 229.3 | 232.1 |
Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 1 096.4 | 1 101.5 | 1 102.1 | 1 095.3 | 1 067.0 | 1 044.8 | 1 025.9 | 1 011.9 | 1 000.5 | 993.6 | 987.7 | 1 013.8 | 1 009.5 | 1 005.2 | 1 002.4 | 1 000.8 | 999.4 | 994.6 | 986.9 | 979.5 | 971.7 | 963.4 | 954.5 | 943.9 | 935.7 | 930.6 | 926.6 | 928.0 | 923.4 | 922.5 | 922.9 |
Labour force participation rate, % | | 76.9 | 75.5 | 74.3 | 72.2 | 70.1 | 70.0 | 68.4 | 68.0 | 67.8 | 67.3 | 66.4 | 67.1 | 66.6 | 65.5 | 66.4 | 66.3 | 66.4 | 69.1 | 69.3 | 70.2 | 70.0 | 69.9 | 71.0 | 71.5 | 71.8 | 71.6 | 72.9 | 73.5 | 74.8 | 75.1 | 74.8 |
Employment rate, % | | 76.4 | 75.0 | 73.2 | 69.5 | 65.5 | 64.6 | 61.7 | 61.2 | 61.3 | 60.6 | 58.2 | 57.3 | 57.8 | 58.1 | 59.5 | 59.5 | 61.0 | 65.0 | 66.1 | 66.4 | 60.4 | 58.1 | 62.2 | 64.3 | 65.5 | 66.3 | 68.4 | 68.5 | 70.4 | 71.1 | 71.5 |
Unemployment rate, % | | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 3.7 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 12.3 | 14.7 | 13.1 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 8.1 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 13.7 | 16.9 | 12.4 | 10.1 | 8.7 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 4.5 |
25-54 | Labour force, thousands | | 602.4 | 596.4 | 588.9 | 576.8 | 552.7 | 533.2 | 518.8 | 506.8 | 499.7 | 490.8 | 487.5 | 502.8 | 500.2 | 491.5 | 491.3 | 488.4 | 486.8 | 503.1 | 496.3 | 492.1 | 488.8 | 489.9 | 488.3 | 482.4 | 480.0 | 476.2 | 480.0 | 479.3 | 482.0 | 481.3 | 478.6 |
..employed, thousands | | 600.0 | 593.3 | 581.4 | 557.9 | 517.9 | 494.1 | 470.0 | 458.6 | 451.8 | 443.2 | 428.5 | 432.4 | 438.5 | 437.8 | 444.5 | 443.6 | 449.2 | 475.1 | 475.6 | 468.2 | 426.1 | 415.8 | 432.3 | 436.6 | 440.3 | 442.1 | 453.4 | 450.8 | 456.7 | 458.9 | 459.5 |
..unemployed, thousands | | 2.5 | 3.1 | 7.5 | 19.0 | 34.8 | 39.0 | 48.8 | 48.2 | 47.9 | 47.6 | 59.0 | 70.3 | 61.7 | 53.7 | 46.8 | 44.8 | 37.7 | 28.0 | 20.7 | 23.9 | 62.7 | 74.1 | 56.0 | 45.9 | 39.7 | 34.1 | 26.6 | 28.4 | 25.3 | 22.4 | 19.0 |
Inactive, thousands | | 41.7 | 49.6 | 54.1 | 59.0 | 60.0 | 61.5 | 61.7 | 64.4 | 62.3 | 68.2 | 71.1 | 78.1 | 82.3 | 89.5 | 87.3 | 86.9 | 83.9 | 63.7 | 66.1 | 67.1 | 69.4 | 66.4 | 64.4 | 67.6 | 68.5 | 71.8 | 67.6 | 68.3 | 62.8 | 64.1 | 67.3 |
Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 644.1 | 646.0 | 643.0 | 635.8 | 612.6 | 594.7 | 580.6 | 571.1 | 562.0 | 559.0 | 558.5 | 580.9 | 582.5 | 581.0 | 578.7 | 575.3 | 570.8 | 566.8 | 562.4 | 559.2 | 558.1 | 556.3 | 552.7 | 550.1 | 548.5 | 548.0 | 547.6 | 547.5 | 544.9 | 545.3 | 545.8 |
Labour force participation rate, % | | 93.5 | 92.3 | 91.6 | 90.7 | 90.2 | 89.7 | 89.4 | 88.7 | 88.9 | 87.8 | 87.3 | 86.6 | 85.9 | 84.6 | 84.9 | 84.9 | 85.3 | 88.8 | 88.3 | 88.0 | 87.6 | 88.1 | 88.3 | 87.7 | 87.5 | 86.9 | 87.7 | 87.5 | 88.5 | 88.3 | 87.7 |
Employment rate, % | | 93.1 | 91.8 | 90.4 | 87.7 | 84.5 | 83.1 | 81.0 | 80.3 | 80.4 | 79.3 | 76.7 | 74.4 | 75.3 | 75.4 | 76.8 | 77.1 | 78.7 | 83.8 | 84.6 | 83.7 | 76.3 | 74.7 | 78.2 | 79.4 | 80.3 | 80.7 | 82.8 | 82.3 | 83.8 | 84.1 | 84.2 |
Unemployment rate, % | | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 12.1 | 14.0 | 12.3 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 9.2 | 7.7 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 12.8 | 15.1 | 11.5 | 9.5 | 8.3 | 7.2 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 4.0 |
55-64 | Labour force, thousands | | 108.0 | 107.5 | 101.5 | 87.1 | 78.2 | 78.8 | 78.0 | 79.1 | 82.2 | 82.3 | 78.1 | 78.0 | 76.9 | 84.5 | 83.9 | 84.7 | 88.6 | 92.6 | 93.5 | 99.5 | 104.8 | 104.4 | 108.9 | 110.2 | 113.5 | 115.7 | 117.5 | 122.0 | 124.4 | 125.9 | 130.6 |
..employed, thousands | | 107.7 | 107.2 | 100.9 | 85.3 | 75.5 | 74.8 | 73.1 | 74.2 | 77.1 | 77.6 | 72.5 | 69.1 | 69.1 | 76.4 | 77.4 | 79.8 | 83.8 | 88.8 | 90.1 | 95.4 | 95.0 | 87.4 | 96.2 | 102.3 | 106.7 | 109.4 | 110.4 | 112.1 | 117.3 | 119.1 | 125.4 |
..unemployed, thousands | | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2.7 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 9.0 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 6.5 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 9.8 | 17.0 | 12.6 | 7.9 | 6.9 | 6.3 | 7.1 | 9.8 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 5.3 |
Inactive, thousands | | 70.1 | 70.0 | 75.9 | 89.5 | 97.4 | 95.3 | 94.7 | 90.4 | 87.0 | 83.4 | 83.1 | 83.5 | 80.3 | 70.7 | 69.2 | 67.3 | 63.6 | 59.9 | 58.2 | 54.2 | 52.8 | 58.0 | 58.8 | 59.4 | 57.0 | 55.4 | 53.7 | 50.3 | 48.3 | 47.5 | 43.2 |
Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 178.2 | 177.5 | 177.4 | 176.7 | 175.7 | 174.1 | 172.6 | 169.5 | 169.2 | 165.7 | 161.2 | 161.5 | 157.2 | 155.2 | 153.1 | 152.0 | 152.3 | 152.5 | 151.7 | 153.7 | 157.6 | 162.5 | 167.6 | 169.6 | 170.6 | 171.1 | 171.2 | 172.2 | 172.8 | 173.4 | 173.8 |