| Total | Males and females | 15-24 | Labour force, thousands | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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, % | | 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, % | | 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, % | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 488.3 | 484.2 | 479.6 | 494.1 | 491.5 | 488.2 | 485.4 | 482.4 | 478.6 | 473.7 | 469.6 | 466.5 | 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, % | | 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, % | | 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, % | | 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 |
| 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 |
| 16 until pension age | Labour force, thousands | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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, % | | 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, % | | 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, % | | 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 |
| Males | 15-24 | Labour force, thousands | | 51.1 | 48.7 | 45.2 | 50.8 | 49.3 | 41.7 | 45.1 | 45.3 | 41.4 | 41.3 | 43.4 | 43.2 | 41.2 | 37.3 | 37.8 | 36.1 | 32.2 | 30.1 | 31.5 | 30.7 | 31.9 | 31.4 | 28.9 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 42.9 | 40.5 | 35.9 | 39.2 | 39.9 | 35.6 | 37.1 | 34.4 | 34.7 | 37.2 | 38.1 | 37.8 | 28.2 | 24.0 | 28.8 | 27.9 | 26.5 | 24.3 | 27.1 | 25.8 | 27.5 | 27.6 | 25.9 |
| ..unemployed, thousands | | 8.2 | 8.3 | 9.3 | 11.6 | 9.3 | 6.1 | 8.0 | 10.9 | 6.7 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 13.0 | 13.3 | 9.0 | 8.2 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.0 |
| Inactive, thousands | | 48.0 | 50.1 | 54.4 | 52.3 | 53.6 | 61.1 | 58.0 | 58.3 | 62.5 | 62.0 | 57.9 | 56.4 | 55.2 | 55.7 | 51.4 | 49.0 | 48.3 | 45.7 | 39.7 | 38.4 | 34.8 | 33.6 | 35.5 |
| Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 99.1 | 98.9 | 99.6 | 103.1 | 102.9 | 102.8 | 103.0 | 103.6 | 103.9 | 103.3 | 101.3 | 99.6 | 96.5 | 92.9 | 89.2 | 85.1 | 80.5 | 75.8 | 71.2 | 69.1 | 66.7 | 65.0 | 64.4 |
| Labour force participation rate, % | | 51.5 | 49.3 | 45.4 | 49.3 | 47.9 | 40.6 | 43.7 | 43.8 | 39.8 | 40.0 | 42.8 | 43.4 | 42.7 | 40.1 | 42.4 | 42.4 | 40.0 | 39.8 | 44.2 | 44.4 | 47.8 | 48.3 | 44.8 |
| Employment rate, % | | 43.3 | 40.9 | 36.1 | 38.0 | 38.8 | 34.6 | 36.0 | 33.2 | 33.4 | 36.0 | 37.6 | 37.9 | 29.3 | 25.8 | 32.3 | 32.7 | 32.9 | 32.1 | 38.1 | 37.3 | 41.2 | 42.4 | 40.1 |
| Unemployment rate, % | | 16.0 | 17.0 | 20.6 | 22.9 | 19.0 | 14.7 | 17.6 | 24.0 | 16.1 | 10.0 | 12.2 | 12.6 | 31.6 | 35.7 | 23.8 | 22.8 | 17.8 | 19.3 | 13.8 | 15.8 | 13.9 | 12.3 | 10.5 |
| 25-49 | Labour force, thousands | | 220.5 | 215.9 | 212.2 | 220.1 | 218.2 | 215.2 | 214.6 | 212.5 | 212.1 | 221.4 | 220.3 | 218.4 | 215.6 | 215.5 | 216.0 | 214.1 | 213.8 | 215.6 | 217.3 | 220.7 | 221.5 | 223.0 | 222.2 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 199.3 | 193.1 | 184.0 | 187.2 | 190.4 | 192.2 | 195.0 | 192.2 | 194.4 | 208.9 | 211.2 | 208.9 | 182.0 | 177.6 | 191.4 | 193.5 | 196.5 | 200.8 | 206.0 | 207.5 | 210.5 | 214.1 | 215.9 |
| ..unemployed, thousands | | 21.2 | 22.8 | 28.2 | 32.9 | 27.8 | 23.0 | 19.6 | 20.3 | 17.7 | 12.5 | 9.1 | 9.5 | 33.6 | 37.9 | 24.7 | 20.6 | 17.3 | 14.7 | 11.3 | 13.2 | 11.0 | 8.9 | 6.4 |
| Inactive, thousands | | 15.4 | 18.0 | 19.6 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 25.7 | 25.3 | 26.2 | 25.1 | 13.9 | 13.6 | 14.4 | 17.1 | 17.0 | 15.3 | 16.4 | 16.6 | 15.7 | 15.3 | 14.3 | 14.0 | 14.7 | 16.8 |
| Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 235.9 | 233.9 | 231.8 | 243.1 | 242.2 | 240.9 | 239.9 | 238.7 | 237.2 | 235.3 | 233.9 | 232.8 | 232.7 | 232.4 | 231.4 | 230.5 | 230.4 | 231.3 | 232.6 | 235.0 | 235.5 | 237.8 | 239.0 |
| Labour force participation rate, % | | 93.5 | 92.3 | 91.6 | 90.5 | 90.1 | 89.3 | 89.5 | 89.0 | 89.4 | 94.1 | 94.2 | 93.8 | 92.6 | 92.7 | 93.4 | 92.9 | 92.8 | 93.2 | 93.4 | 93.9 | 94.0 | 93.8 | 93.0 |
| Employment rate, % | | 84.5 | 82.6 | 79.4 | 77.0 | 78.6 | 79.8 | 81.3 | 80.5 | 82.0 | 88.8 | 90.3 | 89.7 | 78.2 | 76.4 | 82.7 | 83.9 | 85.3 | 86.8 | 88.6 | 88.3 | 89.4 | 90.1 | 90.3 |
| Unemployment rate, % | | 9.6 | 10.5 | 13.3 | 15.0 | 12.7 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 9.5 | 8.3 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 15.6 | 17.6 | 11.4 | 9.6 | 8.1 | 6.8 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 2.9 |
| 50-74 | Labour force, thousands | | 82.8 | 82.0 | 82.5 | 81.9 | 80.3 | 82.9 | 82.6 | 81.0 | 81.5 | 88.9 | 90.2 | 93.0 | 92.8 | 91.1 | 94.4 | 97.1 | 100.2 | 101.6 | 101.0 | 104.4 | 106.7 | 107.5 | 109.7 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 76.6 | 75.7 | 74.3 | 70.5 | 69.5 | 70.0 | 73.2 | 74.5 | 75.2 | 83.6 | 85.6 | 87.6 | 81.1 | 76.0 | 82.6 | 88.0 | 91.8 | 94.9 | 94.8 | 96.1 | 99.8 | 100.7 | 104.4 |
| ..unemployed, thousands | | 6.3 | 6.4 | 8.2 | 11.4 | 10.8 | 12.9 | 9.4 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 11.7 | 15.1 | 11.8 | 9.1 | 8.4 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 8.3 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 5.3 |
| Inactive, thousands | | 70.1 | 71.3 | 70.7 | 76.6 | 78.8 | 76.5 | 76.6 | 77.9 | 77.4 | 70.7 | 69.7 | 67.2 | 68.8 | 72.3 | 70.6 | 69.3 | 67.2 | 66.6 | 68.2 | 65.0 | 63.0 | 63.6 | 64.4 |
| Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 152.9 | 153.3 | 153.2 | 158.5 | 159.2 | 159.4 | 159.1 | 158.9 | 158.9 | 159.6 | 159.9 | 160.3 | 161.6 | 163.4 | 165.0 | 166.4 | 167.4 | 168.2 | 169.1 | 169.5 | 169.7 | 171.1 | 174.0 |
| Labour force participation rate, % | | 54.2 | 53.5 | 53.8 | 51.7 | 50.5 | 52.0 | 51.9 | 51.0 | 51.3 | 55.7 | 56.4 | 58.1 | 57.4 | 55.8 | 57.2 | 58.3 | 59.9 | 60.4 | 59.7 | 61.6 | 62.9 | 62.8 | 63.0 |
| Employment rate, % | | 50.1 | 49.4 | 48.5 | 44.5 | 43.7 | 43.9 | 46.0 | 46.9 | 47.3 | 52.4 | 53.5 | 54.7 | 50.2 | 46.5 | 50.0 | 52.9 | 54.8 | 56.4 | 56.0 | 56.7 | 58.8 | 58.8 | 60.0 |
| Unemployment rate, % | | 7.6 | 7.8 | 9.9 | 13.9 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 11.4 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 5.9 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 12.6 | 16.6 | 12.5 | 9.3 | 8.4 | 6.7 | 6.1 | 8.0 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 4.8 |
| 15-74 | Labour force, thousands | | 354.4 | 346.7 | 339.9 | 352.8 | 347.9 | 339.8 | 342.2 | 338.8 | 334.9 | 351.6 | 353.9 | 354.7 | 349.6 | 343.8 | 348.2 | 347.3 | 346.2 | 347.3 | 349.8 | 355.8 | 360.1 | 362.0 | 360.8 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 318.8 | 309.3 | 294.2 | 296.8 | 299.9 | 297.8 | 305.3 | 301.1 | 304.3 | 329.7 | 334.9 | 334.3 | 291.3 | 277.6 | 302.7 | 309.4 | 314.7 | 320.0 | 327.9 | 329.4 | 337.8 | 342.4 | 346.1 |
| ..unemployed, thousands | | 35.6 | 37.4 | 45.7 | 56.0 | 48.0 | 42.0 | 36.9 | 37.7 | 30.7 | 21.9 | 19.1 | 20.4 | 58.3 | 66.3 | 45.5 | 37.9 | 31.5 | 27.3 | 21.8 | 26.4 | 22.3 | 19.6 | 14.7 |
| Inactive, thousands | | 133.5 | 139.4 | 144.7 | 151.9 | 156.4 | 163.3 | 159.8 | 162.3 | 165.0 | 146.6 | 141.2 | 138.0 | 141.2 | 144.9 | 137.4 | 134.8 | 132.1 | 128.0 | 123.2 | 117.8 | 111.9 | 111.9 | 116.7 |
| Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 487.9 | 486.1 | 484.6 | 504.7 | 504.3 | 503.1 | 502.0 | 501.2 | 499.9 | 498.2 | 495.1 | 492.7 | 490.7 | 488.8 | 485.6 | 482.1 | 478.3 | 475.3 | 472.9 | 473.6 | 472.0 | 473.9 | 477.4 |
| Labour force participation rate, % | | 72.6 | 71.3 | 70.1 | 69.9 | 69.0 | 67.5 | 68.2 | 67.6 | 67.0 | 70.6 | 71.5 | 72.0 | 71.2 | 70.3 | 71.7 | 72.0 | 72.4 | 73.1 | 74.0 | 75.1 | 76.3 | 76.4 | 75.6 |
| Employment rate, % | | 65.3 | 63.6 | 60.7 | 58.8 | 59.5 | 59.2 | 60.8 | 60.1 | 60.9 | 66.2 | 67.6 | 67.9 | 59.4 | 56.8 | 62.3 | 64.2 | 65.8 | 67.3 | 69.3 | 69.6 | 71.6 | 72.3 | 72.5 |
| Unemployment rate, % | | 10.1 | 10.8 | 13.4 | 15.9 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 10.8 | 11.1 | 9.2 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 16.7 | 19.3 | 13.1 | 10.9 | 9.1 | 7.9 | 6.2 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 4.1 |
| 16 until pension age | Labour force, thousands | | 341.0 | 333.3 | 328.2 | 340.2 | 335.7 | 327.6 | 326.8 | 323.5 | 319.5 | 334.9 | 339.9 | 340.9 | 335.5 | 330.8 | 333.9 | 331.1 | 329.6 | 328.8 | 332.6 | 335.8 | 339.7 | 341.0 | 338.7 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 305.5 | 296.3 | 283.1 | 284.8 | 288.4 | 286.5 | 290.1 | 286.4 | 289.3 | 313.5 | 321.4 | 320.9 | 277.3 | 265.1 | 289.2 | 293.9 | 299.0 | 302.0 | 311.2 | 309.9 | 317.9 | 322.8 | 324.9 |
| ..unemployed, thousands | | 35.6 | 37.0 | 45.1 | 55.3 | 47.2 | 41.1 | 36.7 | 37.1 | 30.2 | 21.5 | 18.5 | 20.0 | 58.2 | 65.7 | 44.7 | 37.3 | 30.6 | 26.7 | 21.4 | 25.8 | 21.8 | 18.2 | 13.8 |
| Inactive, thousands | | 73.8 | 76.9 | 86.7 | 92.6 | 94.3 | 101.7 | 103.6 | 105.4 | 107.4 | 91.8 | 87.1 | 83.7 | 90.7 | 92.2 | 86.0 | 83.8 | 81.6 | 78.8 | 72.2 | 66.5 | 63.5 | 63.1 | 66.2 |
| Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 414.8 | 410.1 | 414.9 | 432.7 | 430.0 | 429.3 | 430.3 | 429.0 | 426.9 | 426.7 | 427.0 | 424.6 | 426.1 | 423.0 | 419.8 | 414.9 | 411.2 | 407.6 | 404.8 | 402.3 | 403.2 | 404.1 | 404.9 |
| Labour force participation rate, % | | 82.2 | 81.3 | 79.1 | 78.6 | 78.1 | 76.3 | 75.9 | 75.4 | 74.8 | 78.5 | 79.6 | 80.3 | 78.7 | 78.2 | 79.5 | 79.8 | 80.1 | 80.7 | 82.2 | 83.5 | 84.2 | 84.4 | 83.7 |
| Employment rate, % | | 73.6 | 72.2 | 68.2 | 65.8 | 67.1 | 66.7 | 67.4 | 66.8 | 67.8 | 73.5 | 75.3 | 75.6 | 65.1 | 62.7 | 68.9 | 70.8 | 72.7 | 74.1 | 76.9 | 77.0 | 78.8 | 79.9 | 80.2 |
| Unemployment rate, % | | 10.4 | 11.1 | 13.8 | 16.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 11.2 | 11.5 | 9.4 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 17.3 | 19.9 | 13.4 | 11.2 | 9.3 | 8.1 | 6.4 | 7.7 | 6.4 | 5.3 | 4.1 |
| Females | 15-24 | Labour force, thousands | | 36.9 | 36.9 | 33.0 | 36.0 | 33.4 | 26.7 | 31.1 | 28.6 | 30.2 | 29.5 | 30.7 | 34.8 | 30.9 | 29.9 | 30.5 | 29.8 | 28.8 | 26.3 | 25.3 | 26.3 | 26.8 | 27.8 | 26.5 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 32.3 | 31.6 | 26.9 | 27.7 | 25.3 | 20.6 | 23.1 | 21.8 | 26.0 | 25.1 | 28.5 | 30.9 | 24.2 | 21.1 | 24.2 | 24.3 | 23.2 | 23.7 | 22.2 | 23.5 | 24.1 | 24.6 | 23.4 |
| ..unemployed, thousands | | 4.6 | 5.2 | 6.1 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 6.1 | 8.0 | 6.8 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 6.8 | 8.8 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| Inactive, thousands | | 58.7 | 58.6 | 63.2 | 61.2 | 63.7 | 70.2 | 66.1 | 69.1 | 67.7 | 67.6 | 64.9 | 59.1 | 60.0 | 57.7 | 53.5 | 50.4 | 46.9 | 44.9 | 41.8 | 39.0 | 36.4 | 33.9 | 35.1 |
| Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 95.6 | 95.5 | 96.3 | 97.2 | 97.1 | 96.9 | 97.1 | 97.6 | 97.9 | 97.1 | 95.6 | 93.9 | 90.9 | 87.5 | 84.0 | 80.2 | 75.7 | 71.2 | 67.1 | 65.3 | 63.2 | 61.7 | 61.5 |
| Labour force participation rate, % | | 38.6 | 38.6 | 34.3 | 37.1 | 34.4 | 27.5 | 32.0 | 29.3 | 30.8 | 30.4 | 32.1 | 37.1 | 34.0 | 34.1 | 36.3 | 37.1 | 38.1 | 36.9 | 37.7 | 40.2 | 42.4 | 45.0 | 43.0 |
| Employment rate, % | | 33.8 | 33.1 | 28.0 | 28.5 | 26.0 | 21.3 | 23.8 | 22.4 | 26.6 | 25.8 | 29.8 | 32.9 | 26.6 | 24.1 | 28.8 | 30.3 | 30.6 | 33.2 | 33.1 | 36.0 | 38.1 | 39.9 | 38.0 |
| Unemployment rate, % | | 12.4 | 14.2 | 18.5 | 23.0 | 24.4 | 22.8 | 25.7 | 23.6 | 13.8 | 15.1 | 7.2 | 11.3 | 21.8 | 29.5 | 20.6 | 18.5 | 19.7 | 10.0 | 12.2 | 10.6 | 10.0 | 11.4 | 11.7 |
| 25-49 | Labour force, thousands | | 215.7 | 210.7 | 208.0 | 210.9 | 207.5 | 200.5 | 202.0 | 200.9 | 199.7 | 202.5 | 195.3 | 194.2 | 192.9 | 193.6 | 191.6 | 187.5 | 185.0 | 181.8 | 182.8 | 180.5 | 185.2 | 183.3 | 182.1 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 193.2 | 190.6 | 184.5 | 183.2 | 182.8 | 181.1 | 185.2 | 184.4 | 185.6 | 190.9 | 186.7 | 184.2 | 174.1 | 168.9 | 168.9 | 170.3 | 170.0 | 168.0 | 172.4 | 170.3 | 175.2 | 173.9 | 173.2 |
| ..unemployed, thousands | | 22.5 | 20.1 | 23.5 | 27.7 | 24.7 | 19.5 | 16.8 | 16.5 | 14.1 | 11.6 | 8.6 | 10.0 | 18.8 | 24.7 | 22.7 | 17.2 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 10.5 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 9.4 | 8.9 |
| Inactive, thousands | | 36.7 | 39.6 | 39.8 | 40.1 | 41.7 | 46.8 | 43.6 | 42.9 | 41.7 | 35.9 | 40.4 | 39.6 | 39.3 | 36.9 | 36.6 | 38.4 | 40.0 | 42.9 | 41.8 | 44.8 | 39.5 | 41.3 | 41.6 |
| Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 252.3 | 250.3 | 247.8 | 251.0 | 249.3 | 247.4 | 245.6 | 243.7 | 241.4 | 238.4 | 235.7 | 233.7 | 232.2 | 230.5 | 228.1 | 226.0 | 225.0 | 224.7 | 224.7 | 225.3 | 224.7 | 224.6 | 223.7 |
| Labour force participation rate, % | | 85.5 | 84.2 | 83.9 | 84.0 | 83.3 | 81.1 | 82.3 | 82.4 | 82.7 | 84.9 | 82.8 | 83.1 | 83.1 | 84.0 | 84.0 | 83.0 | 82.2 | 80.9 | 81.4 | 80.1 | 82.4 | 81.6 | 81.4 |
| Employment rate, % | | 76.5 | 76.2 | 74.5 | 73.0 | 73.3 | 73.2 | 75.4 | 75.7 | 76.9 | 80.1 | 79.2 | 78.8 | 75.0 | 73.3 | 74.0 | 75.4 | 75.5 | 74.8 | 76.7 | 75.6 | 78.0 | 77.4 | 77.4 |
| Unemployment rate, % | | 10.4 | 9.5 | 11.3 | 13.2 | 11.9 | 9.7 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 7.1 | 5.7 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 9.8 | 12.8 | 11.8 | 9.2 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
| 50-74 | Labour force, thousands | | 76.1 | 78.3 | 78.8 | 85.6 | 89.0 | 97.4 | 97.2 | 101.5 | 104.5 | 109.0 | 109.4 | 110.2 | 113.6 | 114.6 | 117.8 | 118.9 | 120.0 | 118.9 | 125.3 | 128.8 | 126.8 | 129.3 | 133.2 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 73.0 | 74.9 | 73.6 | 77.6 | 81.7 | 90.4 | 89.3 | 94.5 | 99.7 | 106.0 | 107.5 | 106.6 | 104.4 | 100.5 | 107.4 | 110.9 | 113.5 | 113.1 | 118.4 | 121.5 | 121.5 | 123.8 | 128.7 |
| ..unemployed, thousands | | 3.1 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 8.0 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 9.2 | 14.1 | 10.4 | 7.9 | 6.5 | 5.8 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 4.5 |
| Inactive, thousands | | 143.8 | 140.9 | 139.3 | 136.7 | 132.6 | 123.8 | 123.8 | 118.4 | 115.7 | 111.1 | 110.5 | 109.6 | 107.0 | 107.0 | 104.5 | 103.7 | 101.4 | 101.2 | 93.7 | 89.2 | 89.6 | 87.1 | 85.1 |
| Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 219.9 | 219.2 | 218.1 | 222.3 | 221.6 | 221.2 | 221.0 | 219.9 | 220.2 | 220.1 | 219.9 | 219.7 | 220.6 | 221.6 | 222.3 | 222.6 | 221.4 | 220.2 | 219.0 | 218.0 | 216.3 | 216.4 | 218.3 |
| Labour force participation rate, % | | 34.6 | 35.7 | 36.1 | 38.5 | 40.2 | 44.0 | 44.0 | 46.2 | 47.4 | 49.5 | 49.7 | 50.1 | 51.5 | 51.7 | 53.0 | 53.4 | 54.2 | 54.0 | 57.2 | 59.1 | 58.6 | 59.7 | 61.0 |
| Employment rate, % | | 33.2 | 34.2 | 33.8 | 34.9 | 36.9 | 40.9 | 40.4 | 43.0 | 45.3 | 48.2 | 48.9 | 48.5 | 47.3 | 45.3 | 48.3 | 49.8 | 51.3 | 51.4 | 54.1 | 55.7 | 56.2 | 57.2 | 58.9 |
| Unemployment rate, % | | 4.0 | 4.3 | 6.6 | 9.4 | 8.2 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 6.9 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 8.1 | 12.3 | 8.8 | 6.7 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.4 |
| 15-74 | Labour force, thousands | | 328.6 | 326.0 | 319.9 | 332.5 | 330.0 | 324.7 | 330.3 | 331.0 | 334.4 | 341.0 | 335.3 | 339.1 | 337.4 | 338.1 | 339.8 | 336.1 | 333.8 | 327.1 | 333.4 | 335.6 | 338.8 | 340.4 | 341.8 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 298.5 | 297.2 | 285.1 | 288.5 | 289.8 | 292.1 | 297.6 | 300.8 | 311.3 | 322.0 | 322.7 | 321.7 | 302.6 | 290.4 | 300.5 | 305.5 | 306.6 | 304.8 | 312.9 | 315.3 | 320.8 | 322.3 | 325.2 |
| ..unemployed, thousands | | 30.2 | 28.7 | 34.8 | 44.1 | 40.2 | 32.6 | 32.6 | 30.2 | 23.1 | 19.0 | 12.6 | 17.4 | 34.8 | 47.7 | 39.3 | 30.6 | 27.2 | 22.3 | 20.5 | 20.4 | 18.0 | 18.1 | 16.6 |
| Inactive, thousands | | 239.2 | 239.1 | 242.3 | 237.9 | 238.1 | 240.8 | 233.5 | 230.3 | 225.1 | 214.6 | 215.8 | 208.3 | 206.2 | 201.6 | 194.6 | 192.6 | 188.2 | 189.0 | 177.4 | 173.0 | 165.4 | 162.4 | 161.8 |