1st quarter | Males and females | 15-24 | Labour force, thousands | | 74.7 | 73.4 | 62.9 | 64.6 | 69.1 | 66.3 | 69.2 | 70.9 | 73.2 | 74.2 | 68.3 | 63.1 | 65.6 | 59.8 | 54.8 | 53.4 | 50.5 | 56.4 | 59.2 | 50.4 | 53.9 |
..employed, thousands | | 55.5 | 56.6 | 53.2 | 53.9 | 49.3 | 57.6 | 59.7 | 62.2 | 67.6 | 56.1 | 40.7 | 49.9 | 50.4 | 46.0 | 45.3 | 46.0 | 42.9 | 47.7 | 52.1 | 46.6 | 48.6 |
..unemployed, thousands | | 19.1 | 16.8 | 9.8 | 10.8 | 19.8 | 8.6 | 9.5 | 8.7 | 5.5 | 18.0 | 27.6 | 13.2 | 15.1 | 13.7 | 9.5 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 8.7 | 7.1 | 3.7 | 5.3 |
Inactive persons, thousands | | 125.6 | 126.7 | 136.8 | 135.6 | 132.2 | 135.5 | 131.2 | 126.1 | 120.4 | 113.2 | 112.1 | 110.0 | 99.7 | 96.5 | 92.2 | 84.9 | 83.9 | 73.5 | 67.5 | 75.6 | 72.0 |
Labour force and inactive persons total, thousands | | 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 | 126.0 |
Labour force participation rate, % | | 37.3 | 36.7 | 31.5 | 32.3 | 34.3 | 32.8 | 34.6 | 36.0 | 37.8 | 39.6 | 37.9 | 36.5 | 39.7 | 38.3 | 37.3 | 38.6 | 37.6 | 43.4 | 46.7 | 40.0 | 42.8 |
Employment rate, % | | 27.7 | 28.3 | 26.6 | 26.9 | 24.5 | 28.6 | 29.8 | 31.6 | 34.9 | 30.0 | 22.6 | 28.8 | 30.5 | 29.5 | 30.8 | 33.3 | 31.9 | 36.7 | 41.1 | 37.0 | 38.6 |
Unemployment rate, % | | 25.6 | 22.9 | 15.5 | 16.7 | 28.7 | 13.0 | 13.8 | 12.2 | 7.6 | 24.3 | 40.4 | 21.0 | 23.1 | 23.0 | 17.4 | 13.8 | 15.1 | 15.5 | 11.9 | 7.4 | 9.8 |
25-49 | Labour force, thousands | | 428.6 | 431.4 | 417.6 | 419.0 | 413.0 | 413.0 | 422.0 | 412.1 | 406.2 | 404.3 | 409.3 | 404.2 | 397.5 | 396.7 | 397.2 | 395.9 | 398.3 | 404.7 | 405.8 | 404.6 | 407.0 |
..employed, thousands | | 362.2 | 369.5 | 370.8 | 375.0 | 377.3 | 373.9 | 393.8 | 392.5 | 391.7 | 360.2 | 331.1 | 348.0 | 355.4 | 358.4 | 365.1 | 373.1 | 376.6 | 386.8 | 381.0 | 387.1 | 387.2 |
..unemployed, thousands | | 66.3 | 61.9 | 46.8 | 44.0 | 35.8 | 39.1 | 28.3 | 19.7 | 14.5 | 44.1 | 78.1 | 56.2 | 42.0 | 38.3 | 32.1 | 22.9 | 21.7 | 17.9 | 24.7 | 17.5 | 19.8 |
Inactive persons, thousands | | 65.5 | 60.0 | 70.7 | 66.5 | 69.4 | 65.6 | 51.7 | 57.5 | 60.4 | 60.6 | 53.7 | 55.2 | 59.0 | 58.7 | 58.8 | 61.3 | 62.0 | 55.5 | 56.6 | 58.1 | 53.8 |
Labour force and inactive persons total, thousands | | 494.1 | 491.5 | 488.2 | 485.4 | 482.4 | 478.6 | 473.7 | 469.6 | 466.6 | 464.9 | 463.0 | 459.4 | 456.5 | 455.4 | 456.0 | 457.2 | 460.3 | 460.2 | 462.4 | 462.7 | 460.8 |
Labour force participation rate, % | | 86.7 | 87.8 | 85.5 | 86.3 | 85.6 | 86.3 | 89.1 | 87.8 | 87.1 | 87.0 | 88.4 | 88.0 | 87.1 | 87.1 | 87.1 | 86.6 | 86.5 | 87.9 | 87.8 | 87.4 | 88.3 |
Employment rate, % | | 73.3 | 75.2 | 75.9 | 77.3 | 78.2 | 78.1 | 83.1 | 83.6 | 83.9 | 77.5 | 71.5 | 75.7 | 77.9 | 78.7 | 80.1 | 81.6 | 81.8 | 84.0 | 82.4 | 83.7 | 84.0 |
Unemployment rate, % | | 15.5 | 14.3 | 11.2 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 9.5 | 6.7 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 10.9 | 19.1 | 13.9 | 10.6 | 9.6 | 8.1 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 6.1 | 4.3 | 4.9 |
50-74 | Labour force, thousands | | 176.4 | 170.7 | 181.7 | 174.8 | 186.6 | 185.2 | 192.1 | 202.1 | 205.9 | 208.3 | 207.9 | 215.6 | 218.9 | 221.1 | 210.4 | 217.9 | 224.8 | 224.1 | 232.9 | 239.2 | 244.3 |
..employed, thousands | | 152.6 | 154.2 | 159.6 | 155.7 | 173.3 | 169.1 | 184.9 | 194.4 | 197.6 | 193.6 | 179.7 | 187.5 | 198.7 | 205.6 | 195.5 | 204.0 | 210.6 | 212.3 | 217.3 | 228.1 | 234.4 |
..unemployed, thousands | | 23.8 | 16.5 | 22.1 | 19.1 | 13.3 | 16.1 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 14.7 | 28.2 | 28.1 | 20.2 | 15.5 | 14.9 | 14.0 | 14.3 | 11.8 | 15.5 | 11.2 | 10.0 |
Inactive persons, thousands | | 204.4 | 210.0 | 198.9 | 205.3 | 192.2 | 193.9 | 187.6 | 177.6 | 174.1 | 173.8 | 177.1 | 171.7 | 170.1 | 167.7 | 177.9 | 170.3 | 162.7 | 161.9 | 154.7 | 153.1 | 153.1 |
Labour force and inactive persons total, thousands | | 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 | 397.4 |
Labour force participation rate, % | | 46.3 | 44.8 | 47.7 | 46.0 | 49.3 | 48.9 | 50.6 | 53.2 | 54.2 | 54.5 | 54.0 | 55.7 | 56.3 | 56.9 | 54.2 | 56.1 | 58.0 | 58.0 | 60.1 | 61.0 | 61.5 |
Employment rate, % | | 40.1 | 40.5 | 41.9 | 41.0 | 45.7 | 44.6 | 48.7 | 51.2 | 52.0 | 50.7 | 46.7 | 48.4 | 51.1 | 52.9 | 50.3 | 52.5 | 54.3 | 55.0 | 56.1 | 58.1 | 59.0 |
Unemployment rate, % | | 13.5 | 9.7 | 12.2 | 10.9 | 7.1 | 8.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 7.1 | 13.6 | 13.0 | 9.2 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 5.3 | 6.7 | 4.7 | 4.1 |
75 and older | Inactive persons, thousands | | 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 | 119.9 | 122.3 | 125.9 | 127.2 | 126.4 | 126.1 |
Labour force and inactive persons total, thousands | | 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 | 119.9 | 122.3 | 125.9 | 127.2 | 126.4 | 126.1 |
15-74 | Labour force, thousands | | 679.7 | 675.6 | 662.2 | 658.5 | 668.7 | 664.5 | 683.3 | 685.1 | 685.2 | 686.8 | 685.5 | 683.0 | 681.9 | 677.5 | 662.4 | 667.3 | 673.7 | 685.2 | 697.9 | 694.2 | 705.3 |
..employed, thousands | | 570.4 | 580.4 | 583.6 | 584.6 | 599.8 | 600.7 | 638.4 | 649.1 | 656.9 | 610.0 | 551.6 | 585.4 | 604.5 | 610.1 | 605.8 | 623.1 | 630.0 | 646.8 | 650.5 | 661.8 | 670.3 |
..unemployed, thousands | | 109.3 | 95.2 | 78.6 | 73.9 | 68.9 | 63.8 | 44.9 | 36.0 | 28.3 | 76.8 | 133.9 | 97.6 | 77.4 | 67.5 | 56.6 | 44.2 | 43.6 | 38.4 | 47.4 | 32.4 | 35.0 |
Inactive persons, thousands | | 395.5 | 396.7 | 406.4 | 407.3 | 393.8 | 394.9 | 370.5 | 361.2 | 354.9 | 347.6 | 342.9 | 337.0 | 328.9 | 322.8 | 328.9 | 316.4 | 308.6 | 291.0 | 278.9 | 286.8 | 278.9 |
Labour force and inactive persons total, thousands | | 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 | 1 028.5 | 1 019.9 | 1 010.8 | 1 000.4 | 991.3 | 983.7 | 982.2 | 976.2 | 976.7 | 981.0 | 984.2 |
Labour force participation rate, % | | 63.2 | 63.0 | 62.0 | 61.8 | 62.9 | 62.7 | 64.8 | 65.5 | 65.9 | 66.4 | 66.7 | 67.0 | 67.5 | 67.7 | 66.8 | 67.8 | 68.6 | 70.2 | 71.4 | 70.8 | 71.7 |
Employment rate, % | | 53.1 | 54.1 | 54.6 | 54.9 | 56.5 | 56.7 | 60.6 | 62.0 | 63.2 | 59.0 | 53.6 | 57.4 | 59.8 | 61.0 | 61.1 | 63.3 | 64.1 | 66.3 | 66.6 | 67.5 | 68.1 |
Unemployment rate, % | | 16.1 | 14.1 | 11.9 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.6 | 6.6 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 11.2 | 19.5 | 14.3 | 11.3 | 10.0 | 8.5 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 4.7 | 5.0 |
15 and older | Labour force, thousands | | 679.7 | 675.6 | 662.2 | 658.5 | 668.7 | 664.5 | 683.3 | 685.1 | 685.2 | 686.8 | 685.5 | 683.0 | 681.9 | 677.5 | 662.4 | 667.3 | 673.7 | 685.2 | 697.9 | 694.2 | 705.3 |
..employed, thousands | | 570.4 | 580.4 | 583.6 | 584.6 | 599.8 | 600.7 | 638.4 | 649.1 | 656.9 | 610.0 | 551.6 | 585.4 | 604.5 | 610.1 | 605.8 | 623.1 | 630.0 | 646.8 | 650.5 | 661.8 | 670.3 |
..unemployed, thousands | | 109.3 | 95.2 | 78.6 | 73.9 | 68.9 | 63.8 | 44.9 | 36.0 | 28.3 | 76.8 | 133.9 | 97.6 | 77.4 | 67.5 | 56.6 | 44.2 | 43.6 | 38.4 | 47.4 | 32.4 | 35.0 |
Inactive persons, thousands | | 471.2 | 474.9 | 487.4 | 491.4 | 481.1 | 485.4 | 464.3 | 458.0 | 454.8 | 449.3 | 446.2 | 442.6 | 437.7 | 435.8 | 445.4 | 436.4 | 430.8 | 416.9 | 406.0 | 413.2 | 405.0 |
Labour force and inactive persons total, thousands | | 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 | 1 103.6 | 1 104.5 | 1 102.0 | 1 103.9 | 1 107.4 | 1 110.3 |
Labour force participation rate, % | | 59.1 | 58.7 | 57.6 | 57.3 | 58.2 | 57.8 | 59.5 | 59.9 | 60.1 | 60.5 | 60.6 | 60.7 | 60.9 | 60.9 | 59.8 | 60.5 | 61.0 | 62.2 | 63.2 | 62.7 | 63.5 |
Employment rate, % | | 49.6 | 50.4 | 50.8 | 50.8 | 52.2 | 52.2 | 55.6 | 56.8 | 57.6 | 53.7 | 48.7 | 52.0 | 54.0 | 54.8 | 54.7 | 56.5 | 57.0 | 58.7 | 58.9 | 59.8 | 60.4 |
Unemployment rate, % | | 16.1 | 14.1 | 11.9 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.6 | 6.6 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 11.2 | 19.5 | 14.3 | 11.3 | 10.0 | 8.5 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 4.7 | 5.0 |
16 until pension age | Labour force, thousands | | 634.2 | 628.6 | 616.1 | 611.1 | 617.8 | 622.6 | 642.1 | 638.9 | 641.4 | 645.3 | 642.7 | 639.3 | 636.4 | 636.0 | 621.0 | 622.9 | 624.0 | 640.4 | 650.3 | 643.6 | 650.5 |
..employed, thousands | | 528.8 | 535.0 | 540.7 | 539.0 | 550.0 | 561.7 | 597.3 | 604.7 | 615.3 | 570.5 | 511.4 | 545.0 | 561.1 | 569.4 | 566.3 | 580.6 | 582.0 | 602.7 | 605.5 | 613.1 | 616.8 |
..unemployed, thousands | | 105.4 | 93.5 | 75.4 | 72.1 | 67.8 | 60.9 | 44.7 | 34.2 | 26.1 | 74.7 | 131.3 | 94.3 | 75.3 | 66.5 | 54.7 | 42.3 | 42.1 | 37.8 | 44.9 | 30.5 | 33.7 |
Inactive persons, thousands | | 207.0 | 211.2 | 227.2 | 231.3 | 229.0 | 231.0 | 201.6 | 212.4 | 206.7 | 201.5 | 199.6 | 200.4 | 190.1 | 187.7 | 198.1 | 188.3 | 183.5 | 166.7 | 154.7 | 160.8 | 156.4 |
Labour force and inactive persons total, thousands | | 841.2 | 839.8 | 843.3 | 842.4 | 846.8 | 853.7 | 843.7 | 851.3 | 848.1 | 846.7 | 842.2 | 839.6 | 826.5 | 823.7 | 819.1 | 811.3 | 807.5 | 807.1 | 805.0 | 804.4 | 806.9 |
Labour force participation rate, % | | 75.4 | 74.8 | 73.1 | 72.5 | 73.0 | 72.9 | 76.1 | 75.0 | 75.6 | 76.2 | 76.3 | 76.1 | 77.0 | 77.2 | 75.8 | 76.8 | 77.3 | 79.3 | 80.8 | 80.0 | 80.6 |
Employment rate, % | | 62.9 | 63.7 | 64.1 | 64.0 | 64.9 | 65.8 | 70.8 | 71.0 | 72.5 | 67.4 | 60.7 | 64.9 | 67.9 | 69.1 | 69.1 | 71.6 | 72.1 | 74.7 | 75.2 | 76.2 | 76.4 |
Unemployment rate, % | | 16.6 | 14.9 | 12.2 | 11.8 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 7.0 | 5.4 | 4.1 | 11.6 | 20.4 | 14.7 | 11.8 | 10.5 | 8.8 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 5.9 | 6.9 | 4.7 | 5.2 |
15-64 | Labour force, thousands | | 662.6 | 654.3 | 641.1 | 640.0 | 645.7 | 644.4 | 663.7 | 660.4 | 657.7 | 664.1 | 663.2 | 660.2 | 657.6 | 654.0 | 638.0 | 639.0 | 640.8 | 654.7 | 665.2 | 656.0 | 665.2 |
..employed, thousands | | 553.3 | 560.3 | 563.9 | 566.8 | 577.5 | 581.5 | 618.8 | 625.1 | 630.5 | 587.9 | 529.5 | 563.4 | 580.9 | 587.0 | 582.5 | 596.1 | 597.8 | 616.5 | 619.2 | 624.7 | 631.3 |
..unemployed, thousands | | 109.3 | 94.1 | 77.2 | 73.3 | 68.2 | 62.9 | 44.9 | 35.3 | 27.3 | 76.2 | 133.7 | 96.7 | 76.7 | 67.0 | 55.5 | 42.9 | 43.0 | 38.2 | 46.0 | 31.2 | 33.8 |
Inactive persons, thousands | | 280.1 | 285.4 | 294.9 | 292.0 | 282.8 | 280.4 | 256.1 | 250.6 | 248.6 | 239.1 | 236.0 | 233.4 | 227.4 | 221.3 | 228.0 | 218.1 | 213.4 | 192.9 | 180.3 | 189.6 | 178.8 |
Labour force and inactive persons total, thousands | | 942.7 | 939.8 | 935.9 | 932.0 | 928.5 | 924.8 | 919.8 | 911.0 | 906.4 | 903.2 | 899.2 | 893.6 | 885.0 | 875.3 | 866.0 | 857.1 | 854.2 | 847.6 | 845.5 | 845.5 | 844.0 |
Labour force participation rate, % | | 70.3 | 69.6 | 68.5 | 68.7 | 69.5 | 69.7 | 72.2 | 72.5 | 72.6 | 73.5 | 73.8 | 73.9 | 74.3 | 74.7 | 73.7 | 74.6 | 75.0 | 77.2 | 78.7 | 77.6 | 78.8 |
Employment rate, % | | 58.7 | 59.6 | 60.3 | 60.8 | 62.2 | 62.9 | 67.3 | 68.6 | 69.6 | 65.1 | 58.9 | 63.1 | 65.6 | 67.1 | 67.3 | 69.5 | 70.0 | 72.7 | 73.2 | 73.9 | 74.8 |
Unemployment rate, % | | 16.5 | 14.4 | 12.0 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 9.8 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 4.1 | 11.5 | 20.2 | 14.7 | 11.7 | 10.2 | 8.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 6.9 | 4.8 | 5.1 |
15-69 | Labour force, thousands | | 673.3 | 668.2 | 654.3 | 651.9 | 660.7 | 658.7 | 676.5 | 680.0 | 679.2 | 679.1 | 675.7 | 671.9 | 675.3 | 670.0 | 653.5 | 660.1 | 665.0 | 679.3 | 690.3 | 683.8 | 695.1 |
..employed, thousands | | 564.0 | 572.9 | 575.7 | 578.7 | 592.5 | 594.8 | 631.5 | 644.0 | 650.9 | 602.3 | 541.7 | 574.5 | 597.9 | 602.5 | 597.0 | 615.9 | 621.8 | 640.9 | 643.2 | 651.9 | 660.1 |
..unemployed, thousands | | 109.3 | 95.2 | 78.6 | 73.3 | 68.2 | 63.8 | 44.9 | 36.0 | 28.3 | 76.8 | 133.9 | 97.4 | 77.4 | 67.5 | 56.5 | 44.2 | 43.2 | 38.4 | 47.0 | 31.9 | 35.0 |
Inactive persons, thousands | | 340.5 | 341.4 | 350.9 | 350.4 | 340.2 | 340.7 | 318.1 | 307.0 | 300.3 | 292.7 | 287.7 | 282.6 | 268.6 | 265.7 | 277.1 | 266.6 | 263.0 | 244.1 | 232.2 | 239.1 | 226.4 |
Labour force and inactive persons total, thousands | | 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 | 921.5 |
Labour force participation rate, % | | 66.4 | 66.2 | 65.1 | 65.0 | 66.0 | 65.9 | 68.0 | 68.9 | 69.3 | 69.9 | 70.1 | 70.4 | 71.5 | 71.6 | 70.2 | 71.2 | 71.7 | 73.6 | 74.8 | 74.1 | 75.4 |
Employment rate, % | | 55.6 | 56.8 | 57.3 | 57.7 | 59.2 | 59.5 | 63.5 | 65.2 | 66.5 | 62.0 | 56.2 | 60.2 | 63.3 | 64.4 | 64.2 | 66.5 | 67.0 | 69.4 | 69.7 | 70.6 | 71.6 |
Unemployment rate, % | | 16.2 | 14.3 | 12.0 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.7 | 6.6 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 11.3 | 19.8 | 14.5 | 11.5 | 10.1 | 8.6 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 5.7 | 6.8 | 4.7 | 5.0 |
25-54 | Labour force, thousands | | 503.1 | 507.2 | 496.0 | 493.0 | 489.0 | 489.1 | 503.4 | 494.1 | 487.7 | 484.2 | 490.8 | 486.4 | 479.5 | 480.1 | 474.0 | 472.0 | 474.5 | 475.8 | 480.6 | 478.2 | 480.0 |
..employed, thousands | | 424.7 | 436.7 | 435.9 | 437.1 | 445.1 | 442.2 | 470.1 | 472.5 | 469.2 | 433.2 | 400.8 | 419.5 | 428.2 | 434.1 | 435.4 | 444.3 | 448.7 | 453.9 | 450.1 | 456.3 | 457.2 |
..unemployed, thousands | | 78.4 | 70.5 | 60.1 | 55.9 | 43.9 | 46.9 | 33.3 | 21.6 | 18.4 | 51.0 | 90.1 | 66.8 | 51.3 | 46.1 | 38.6 | 27.7 | 25.9 | 21.9 | 30.5 | 21.9 | 22.8 |
Inactive persons, thousands | | 77.8 | 75.3 | 85.0 | 85.7 | 86.2 | 81.7 | 63.4 | 68.2 | 71.5 | 73.9 | 65.4 | 66.3 | 70.5 | 68.4 | 73.9 | 75.7 | 73.0 | 69.0 | 64.8 | 67.6 | 64.6 |
Labour force and inactive persons total, thousands | | 580.9 | 582.5 | 581.0 | 578.7 | 575.3 | 570.8 | 566.8 | 562.3 | 559.2 | 558.1 | 556.3 | 552.7 | 550.1 | 548.5 | 547.9 | 547.6 | 547.5 | 544.9 | 545.3 | 545.8 | 544.6 |
Labour force participation rate, % | | 86.6 | 87.1 | 85.4 | 85.2 | 85.0 | 85.7 | 88.8 | 87.9 | 87.2 | 86.8 | 88.2 | 88.0 | 87.2 | 87.5 | 86.5 | 86.2 | 86.7 | 87.3 | 88.1 | 87.6 | 88.1 |
Employment rate, % | | 73.1 | 75.0 | 75.0 | 75.5 | 77.4 | 77.5 | 82.9 | 84.0 | 83.9 | 77.6 | 72.0 | 75.9 | 77.8 | 79.1 | 79.5 | 81.1 | 81.9 | 83.3 | 82.5 | 83.6 | 83.9 |
Unemployment rate, % | | 15.6 | 13.9 | 12.1 | 11.3 | 9.0 | 9.6 | 6.6 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 10.5 | 18.3 | 13.7 | 10.7 | 9.6 | 8.1 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 6.3 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
55-64 | Labour force, thousands | | 84.8 | 73.7 | 82.2 | 82.4 | 87.6 | 89.1 | 91.0 | 95.4 | 96.9 | 105.7 | 104.0 | 110.6 | 112.5 | 114.1 | 109.2 | 113.6 | 115.7 | 122.5 | 125.4 | 127.4 | 131.2 |
..employed, thousands | | 73.0 | 66.9 | 74.9 | 75.8 | 83.1 | 81.6 | 89.0 | 90.3 | 93.6 | 98.5 | 88.0 | 94.0 | 102.2 | 106.9 | 101.8 | 105.8 | 106.2 | 114.9 | 116.9 | 121.8 | 125.5 |
..unemployed, thousands | | 11.8 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 6.6 | 4.4 | 7.4 | .. | .. | .. | 7.2 | 16.0 | 16.6 | 10.3 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 9.5 | 7.6 | 8.5 | 5.6 | 5.7 |
Inactive persons, thousands | | 76.7 | 83.5 | 73.0 | 70.7 | 64.4 | 63.2 | 61.5 | 56.3 | 56.8 | 52.1 | 58.5 | 57.1 | 57.2 | 56.5 | 61.9 | 57.6 | 56.6 | 50.3 | 48.0 | 46.4 | 42.1 |
Labour force and inactive persons total, thousands | | 161.5 | 157.2 | 155.2 | 153.1 | 152.0 | 152.3 | 152.5 | 151.7 | 153.7 | 157.8 | 162.5 | 167.7 | 169.6 | 170.6 | 171.1 | 171.2 | 172.2 | 172.8 | 173.4 | 173.8 | 173.4 |
Labour force participation rate, % | | 52.5 | 46.9 | 52.9 | 53.8 | 57.6 | 58.5 | 59.7 | 62.9 | 63.1 | 67.0 | 64.0 | 66.0 | 66.3 | 66.9 | 63.8 | 66.4 | 67.2 | 70.9 | 72.3 | 73.3 | 75.7 |
Employment rate, % | | 45.2 | 42.6 | 48.2 | 49.5 | 54.7 | 53.6 | 58.3 | 59.5 | 60.9 | 62.5 | 54.2 | 56.0 | 60.3 | 62.7 | 59.5 | 61.8 | 61.7 | 66.5 | 67.4 | 70.1 | 72.4 |
Unemployment rate, % | | 13.9 | 9.2 | 8.9 | 8.0 | 5.1 | 8.3 | .. | .. | .. | 6.8 | 15.4 | 15.0 | 9.1 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 8.2 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
25-64 | Labour force, thousands | | 587.9 | 580.9 | 578.1 | 575.4 | 576.6 | 578.1 | 594.4 | 589.5 | 584.6 | 590.0 | 594.8 | 597.0 | 592.0 | 594.2 | 583.2 | 585.6 | 590.2 | 598.3 | 606.0 | 605.6 | 611.3 |
..employed, thousands | | 497.7 | 503.7 | 510.7 | 512.9 | 528.2 | 523.9 | 559.0 | 562.9 | 562.8 | 531.7 | 488.8 | 513.5 | 530.4 | 541.0 | 537.3 | 550.1 | 554.9 | 568.8 | 567.0 | 578.1 | 582.7 |
..unemployed, thousands | | 90.2 | 77.3 | 67.4 | 62.5 | 48.4 | 54.3 | 35.4 | 26.7 | 21.7 | 58.2 | 106.0 | 83.5 | 61.6 | 53.2 | 45.9 | 35.6 | 35.4 | 29.5 | 38.9 | 27.5 | 28.6 |
Inactive persons, thousands | | 154.5 | 158.8 | 158.0 | 156.4 | 150.6 | 144.9 | 124.9 | 124.5 | 128.2 | 126.0 | 123.9 | 123.3 | 127.7 | 124.9 | 135.8 | 133.2 | 129.5 | 119.3 | 112.8 | 114.0 | 106.8 |
Labour force and inactive persons total, thousands | | 742.4 | 739.7 | 736.2 | 731.8 | 727.2 | 723.0 | 719.3 | 714.0 | 712.8 | 715.9 | 718.8 | 720.4 | 719.7 | 719.1 | 719.0 | 718.9 | 719.7 | 717.6 | 718.8 | 719.6 | 718.0 |
Labour force participation rate, % | | 79.2 | 78.5 | 78.5 | 78.6 | 79.3 | 80.0 | 82.6 | 82.6 | 82.0 | 82.4 | 82.8 | 82.9 | 82.3 | 82.6 | 81.1 | 81.5 | 82.0 | 83.4 | 84.3 | 84.2 | 85.1 |
Employment rate, % | | 67.0 | 68.1 | 69.4 | 70.1 | 72.6 | 72.5 | 77.7 | 78.8 | 79.0 | 74.3 | 68.0 | 71.3 | 73.7 | 75.2 | 74.7 | 76.5 | 77.1 | 79.3 | 78.9 | 80.3 | 81.2 |
Unemployment rate, % | | 15.3 | 13.3 | 11.7 | 10.9 | 8.4 | 9.4 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 9.9 | 17.8 | 14.0 | 10.4 | 9.0 | 7.9 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 6.4 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
25 and older | Labour force, thousands | | 605.0 | 602.2 | 599.3 | 593.8 | 599.6 | 598.2 | 614.1 | 614.2 | 612.0 | 612.6 | 617.2 | 619.9 | 616.3 | 617.8 | 607.6 | 613.9 | 623.1 | 628.8 | 638.7 | 643.8 | 651.3 |
..employed, thousands | | 514.8 | 523.7 | 530.5 | 530.7 | 550.5 | 543.0 | 578.7 | 586.9 | 589.3 | 553.9 | 510.8 | 535.5 | 554.1 | 564.0 | 560.6 | 577.0 | 587.1 | 599.1 | 598.4 | 615.2 | 621.6 |
..unemployed, thousands | | 90.2 | 78.4 | 68.9 | 63.1 | 49.1 | 55.2 | 35.4 | 27.4 | 22.7 | 58.8 | 106.3 | 84.4 | 62.2 | 53.7 | 47.0 | 36.8 | 36.0 | 29.7 | 40.3 | 28.7 | 29.7 |
Inactive persons, thousands | | 345.6 | 348.2 | 350.5 | 355.8 | 348.9 | 349.9 | 333.1 | 331.9 | 334.4 | 336.1 | 334.0 | 332.5 | 338.0 | 339.4 | 353.2 | 351.5 | 346.9 | 343.3 | 338.5 | 337.6 | 333.0 |
Labour force and inactive persons total, thousands | | 950.6 | 950.4 | 949.9 | 949.7 | 948.5 | 948.2 | 947.2 | 946.1 | 946.5 | 948.7 | 951.2 | 952.4 | 954.3 | 957.1 | 960.8 | 965.3 | 970.1 | 972.1 | 977.1 | 981.5 | 984.3 |
Labour force participation rate, % | | 63.6 | 63.4 | 63.1 | 62.5 | 63.2 | 63.1 | 64.8 | 64.9 | 64.7 | 64.6 | 64.9 | 65.1 | 64.6 | 64.5 | 63.2 | 63.6 | 64.2 | 64.7 | 65.4 | 65.6 | 66.2 |
Employment rate, % | | 54.2 | 55.1 | 55.8 | 55.9 | 58.0 | 57.3 | 61.1 | 62.0 | 62.3 | 58.4 | 53.7 | 56.2 | 58.1 | 58.9 | 58.3 | 59.8 | 60.5 | 61.6 | 61.2 | 62.7 | 63.2 |
Unemployment rate, % | | 14.9 | 13.0 | 11.5 | 10.6 | 8.2 | 9.2 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 9.6 | 17.2 | 13.6 | 10.1 | 8.7 | 7.7 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 4.7 | 6.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
20-64 | Labour force, thousands | | 652.8 | 640.9 | 632.9 | 634.8 | 635.8 | 637.2 | 652.1 | 645.6 | 646.6 | 655.0 | 655.8 | 653.3 | 650.4 | 647.3 | 634.4 | 632.4 | 635.3 | 646.2 | 655.7 | 650.2 | 656.2 |
..employed, thousands | | 547.0 | 555.7 | 558.1 | 563.3 | 575.1 | 577.1 | 610.5 | 613.6 | 622.0 | 582.9 | 527.6 | 559.2 | 576.5 | 582.8 | 579.9 | 590.8 | 594.2 | 610.4 | 611.4 | 620.4 | 624.0 |
..unemployed, thousands | | 105.9 | 85.3 | 74.8 | 71.5 | 60.7 | 60.1 | 41.5 | 32.0 | 24.6 | 72.1 | 128.2 | 94.1 | 73.9 | 64.5 | 54.6 | 41.6 | 41.1 | 35.8 | 44.2 | 29.7 | 32.2 |
Inactive persons, thousands | | 187.9 | 196.8 | 201.2 | 194.7 | 190.0 | 184.9 | 166.0 | 167.0 | 165.8 | 161.1 | 163.7 | 167.0 | 165.9 | 164.0 | 170.3 | 164.9 | 158.9 | 141.8 | 129.7 | 134.2 | 124.9 |
Labour force and inactive persons total, thousands | | 840.7 | 837.7 | 834.1 | 829.4 | 825.8 | 822.1 | 818.1 | 812.5 | 812.4 | 816.1 | 819.5 | 820.4 | 816.4 | 811.3 | 804.7 | 797.3 | 794.2 | 788.0 | 785.4 | 784.3 | 781.1 |
Labour force participation rate, % | | 77.7 | 76.5 | 75.9 | 76.5 | 77.0 | 77.5 | 79.7 | 79.5 | 79.6 | 80.3 | 80.0 | 79.6 | 79.7 | 79.8 | 78.8 | 79.3 | 80.0 | 82.0 | 83.5 | 82.9 | 84.0 |
Employment rate, % | | 65.1 | 66.3 | 66.9 | 67.9 | 69.6 | 70.2 | 74.6 | 75.5 | 76.6 | 71.4 | 64.4 | 68.2 | 70.6 | 71.8 | 72.1 | 74.1 | 74.8 | 77.5 | 77.9 | 79.1 | 79.9 |
Unemployment rate, % | | 16.2 | 13.3 | 11.8 | 11.3 | 9.5 | 9.4 | 6.4 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 11.0 | 19.6 | 14.4 | 11.4 | 10.0 | 8.6 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 6.7 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
Males | 15-24 | Labour force, thousands | | 42.4 | 47.3 | 41.4 | 39.7 | 42.0 | 37.8 | 41.0 | 42.0 | 41.0 | 40.5 | 39.8 | 36.3 | 34.3 | 31.7 | 29.6 | 28.5 | 29.1 | 30.3 | 31.7 | 28.3 | 29.4 |
..employed, thousands | | 31.4 | 37.0 | 37.1 | 33.5 | 31.3 | 32.4 | 36.6 | 36.0 | 37.7 | 28.1 | 21.1 | 27.4 | 25.0 | 23.9 | 23.8 | 23.9 | 23.0 | 25.2 | 28.5 | 26.3 | 26.5 |
..unemployed, thousands | | 11.0 | 10.4 | 4.3 | 6.2 | 10.7 | .. | 4.4 | .. | .. | 12.4 | 18.7 | 8.9 | 9.3 | 7.8 | 5.8 | 4.6 | 6.0 | 5.1 | 3.2 | .. | .. |
Inactive persons, thousands | | 60.7 | 55.6 | 61.4 | 63.3 | 61.6 | 66.1 | 62.2 | 59.3 | 58.6 | 56.0 | 53.1 | 52.9 | 50.9 | 48.8 | 46.2 | 42.7 | 40.0 | 36.5 | 33.4 | 36.1 | 35.2 |
Labour force and inactive persons total, thousands | | 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 | 71.1 | 69.1 | 66.7 | 65.0 | 64.4 | 64.6 |
Labour force participation rate, % | | 41.1 | 46.0 | 40.3 | 38.5 | 40.5 | 36.4 | 39.7 | 41.4 | 41.1 | 42.0 | 42.8 | 40.7 | 40.3 | 39.4 | 39.0 | 40.0 | 42.1 | 45.4 | 48.7 | 43.9 | 45.6 |
Employment rate, % | | 30.4 | 35.9 | 36.1 | 32.5 | 30.2 | 31.2 | 35.5 | 35.6 | 37.9 | 29.1 | 22.7 | 30.7 | 29.3 | 29.7 | 31.3 | 33.6 | 33.4 | 37.7 | 43.8 | 40.8 | 41.0 |
Unemployment rate, % | | 25.9 | 21.9 | 10.4 | 15.6 | 25.4 | .. | 10.8 | .. | .. | 30.6 | 46.9 | 24.5 | 27.1 | 24.6 | 19.6 | 16.1 | 20.8 | 16.9 | 10.1 | .. | .. |
25-49 | Labour force, thousands | | 218.2 | 222.5 | 216.5 | 214.7 | 210.5 | 211.2 | 218.9 | 219.7 | 217.2 | 213.1 | 213.9 | 217.0 | 212.2 | 212.8 | 214.7 | 215.9 | 216.7 | 220.2 | 223.1 | 220.9 | 222.1 |
..employed, thousands | | 183.8 | 190.9 | 190.6 | 188.2 | 190.6 | 187.5 | 201.5 | 208.4 | 211.8 | 186.0 | 161.4 | 187.8 | 189.3 | 192.4 | 197.7 | 201.7 | 204.2 | 211.3 | 208.7 | 212.7 | 210.5 |
..unemployed, thousands | | 34.4 | 31.6 | 26.0 | 26.5 | 20.0 | 23.7 | 17.4 | 11.3 | 5.4 | 27.1 | 52.5 | 29.2 | 23.0 | 20.4 | 17.0 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 9.0 | 14.4 | 8.2 | 11.6 |
Inactive persons, thousands | | 24.9 | 19.7 | 24.3 | 25.1 | 28.2 | 26.0 | 16.4 | 14.2 | 15.6 | 19.6 | 18.6 | 14.3 | 18.3 | 17.6 | 16.6 | 16.7 | 18.3 | 15.3 | 14.7 | 18.1 | 16.7 |
Labour force and inactive persons total, thousands | | 243.1 | 242.2 | 240.9 | 239.9 | 238.7 | 237.2 | 235.3 | 233.9 | 232.8 | 232.7 | 232.5 | 231.4 | 230.5 | 230.4 | 231.3 | 232.6 | 235.0 | 235.5 | 237.8 | 239.0 | 238.8 |