| Males and females | Restricted and not restricted ability to work total | Labour force, thousands | | 563.7 | 586.4 | 588.3 | 591.2 | 601.6 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 509.3 | 555.3 | 560.4 | 523.2 | 533.4 |
| ..unemployed, thousands | | 54.4 | 31.0 | 27.9 | 68.1 | 68.2 |
| Inactive persons, thousands | | 150.4 | 120.4 | 119.9 | 123.0 | 124.7 |
| Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 714.2 | 706.7 | 708.1 | 714.2 | 726.3 |
| Labour force participation rate, % | | 78.9 | 83.0 | 83.1 | 82.8 | 82.8 |
| Employment rate, % | | 71.3 | 78.6 | 79.1 | 73.3 | 73.4 |
| Unemployment rate, % | | 9.7 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 11.5 | 11.3 |
| Ability to work is restricted | Labour force, thousands | | 31.2 | 36.3 | 41.1 | 44.2 | 43.5 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 24.8 | 31.6 | 35.9 | 33.4 | 30.4 |
| ..unemployed, thousands | | 6.4 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 10.8 | 13.1 |
| Inactive persons, thousands | | 60.2 | 57.2 | 63.1 | 61.6 | 58.3 |
| Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 91.4 | 93.5 | 104.2 | 105.7 | 101.8 |
| Labour force participation rate, % | | 34.1 | 38.8 | 39.4 | 41.8 | 42.7 |
| Employment rate, % | | 27.1 | 33.8 | 34.5 | 31.6 | 29.9 |
| Unemployment rate, % | | 20.5 | 12.9 | 12.5 | 24.4 | 30.1 |
| ..ability to work is considerably restricted | Labour force, thousands | | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 7.4 | 8.6 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 4.4 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| ..unemployed, thousands | | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 4.0 |
| Inactive persons, thousands | | 42.1 | 40.2 | 40.5 | 40.8 | 41.6 |
| Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 48.1 | 46.3 | 46.6 | 48.2 | 50.2 |
| Labour force participation rate, % | | 12.5 | 13.2 | 13.1 | 15.3 | 17.2 |
| Employment rate, % | | 9.0 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 9.7 | 9.3 |
| Unemployment rate, % | | 27.7 | 14.6 | 13.5 | 36.5 | 45.8 |
| ..ability to work is to some extent restricted | Labour force, thousands | | 25.2 | 30.2 | 35.0 | 36.8 | 34.8 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 20.5 | 26.4 | 30.6 | 28.7 | 25.7 |
| ..unemployed, thousands | | 4.7 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 8.1 | 9.1 |
| Inactive persons, thousands | | 18.1 | 17.1 | 22.7 | 20.7 | 16.7 |
| Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 43.3 | 47.2 | 57.6 | 57.5 | 51.6 |
| Labour force participation rate, % | | 58.2 | 63.9 | 60.7 | 64.0 | 67.5 |
| Employment rate, % | | 47.2 | 55.8 | 53.2 | 49.9 | 49.9 |
| Unemployment rate, % | | 18.8 | 12.6 | 12.3 | 22.0 | 26.2 |
| Ability to work is not restricted | Labour force, thousands | | 532.5 | 550.0 | 547.2 | 547.1 | 558.1 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 484.5 | 523.7 | 524.5 | 489.8 | 503.0 |
| ..unemployed, thousands | | 48.0 | 26.3 | 22.7 | 57.3 | 55.1 |
| Inactive persons, thousands | | 90.2 | 63.2 | 56.7 | 61.4 | 66.4 |
| Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 622.7 | 613.2 | 603.9 | 608.5 | 624.5 |
| Labour force participation rate, % | | 85.5 | 89.7 | 90.6 | 89.9 | 89.4 |
| Employment rate, % | | 77.8 | 85.4 | 86.8 | 80.5 | 80.5 |
| Unemployment rate, % | | 9.0 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 10.5 | 9.9 |
| Males | Restricted and not restricted ability to work total | Labour force, thousands | | 283.8 | 288.5 | 294.6 | 293.2 | 299.2 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 254.1 | 271.9 | 280.2 | 253.1 | 263.2 |
| ..unemployed, thousands | | 29.7 | 16.6 | 14.4 | 40.0 | 36.0 |
| Inactive persons, thousands | | 50.9 | 44.7 | 40.3 | 45.0 | 45.6 |
| Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 334.8 | 333.2 | 334.9 | 338.2 | 344.7 |
| Labour force participation rate, % | | 84.8 | 86.6 | 88.0 | 86.7 | 86.8 |
| Employment rate, % | | 75.9 | 81.6 | 83.7 | 74.9 | 76.3 |
| Unemployment rate, % | | 10.5 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 13.7 | 12.0 |
| Ability to work is restricted | Labour force, thousands | | 14.8 | 17.2 | 19.5 | 20.9 | 17.7 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 11.5 | 15.1 | 16.9 | 14.8 | 11.3 |
| ..unemployed, thousands | | 3.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 6.1 | 6.4 |
| Inactive persons, thousands | | 28.0 | 29.4 | 28.8 | 29.8 | 25.9 |
| Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 42.8 | 46.6 | 48.3 | 50.8 | 43.5 |
| Labour force participation rate, % | | 34.6 | 36.9 | 40.4 | 41.2 | 40.6 |
| Employment rate, % | | 26.8 | 32.5 | 34.9 | 29.2 | 25.9 |
| Unemployment rate, % | | 22.5 | 12.0 | 13.7 | 29.2 | 36.1 |
| ..ability to work is considerably restricted | Labour force, thousands | | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.9 | .. |
| Inactive persons, thousands | | 21.2 | 21.9 | 20.7 | 22.0 | 19.4 |
| Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 24.1 | 24.5 | 23.8 | 26.0 | 22.4 |
| Labour force participation rate, % | | 11.9 | 10.4 | 13.0 | 15.3 | 13.6 |
| Employment rate, % | | 9.6 | 8.9 | 11.4 | 11.0 | .. |
| ..ability to work is to some extent restricted | Labour force, thousands | | 12.0 | 14.7 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 14.6 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 9.2 | 13.0 | 14.1 | 12.0 | 10.6 |
| ..unemployed, thousands | | 2.8 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 5.0 | 4.1 |
| Inactive persons, thousands | | 6.8 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 6.5 |
| Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 18.7 | 22.1 | 24.6 | 24.8 | 21.1 |
| Labour force participation rate, % | | 63.9 | 66.4 | 67.0 | 68.3 | 69.2 |
| Employment rate, % | | 49.0 | 58.7 | 57.6 | 48.2 | 50.0 |
| Unemployment rate, % | | 23.2 | 11.6 | 14.1 | 29.4 | 27.8 |
| Ability to work is not restricted | Labour force, thousands | | 269.0 | 271.3 | 275.1 | 272.2 | 281.5 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 242.6 | 256.7 | 263.4 | 238.3 | 251.9 |
| ..unemployed, thousands | | 26.4 | 14.6 | 11.7 | 33.9 | 29.7 |
| Inactive persons, thousands | | 22.9 | 15.4 | 11.5 | 15.1 | 19.7 |
| Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 292.0 | 286.7 | 286.6 | 287.4 | 301.2 |
| Labour force participation rate, % | | 92.1 | 94.6 | 96.0 | 94.7 | 93.5 |
| Employment rate, % | | 83.1 | 89.6 | 91.9 | 82.9 | 83.6 |
| Unemployment rate, % | | 9.8 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 12.5 | 10.5 |
| Females | Restricted and not restricted ability to work total | Labour force, thousands | | 279.9 | 297.8 | 293.7 | 298.0 | 302.4 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 255.2 | 283.5 | 280.2 | 270.0 | 270.2 |
| ..unemployed, thousands | | 24.7 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 28.0 | 32.2 |
| Inactive persons, thousands | | 99.5 | 75.6 | 79.5 | 78.0 | 79.2 |
| Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 379.4 | 373.5 | 373.2 | 376.0 | 381.6 |
| Labour force participation rate, % | | 73.8 | 79.7 | 78.7 | 79.3 | 79.3 |
| Employment rate, % | | 67.3 | 75.9 | 75.1 | 71.8 | 70.8 |
| Unemployment rate, % | | 8.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 9.4 | 10.6 |
| Ability to work is restricted | Labour force, thousands | | 16.4 | 19.1 | 21.5 | 23.2 | 25.8 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 13.3 | 16.5 | 19.1 | 18.6 | 19.1 |
| ..unemployed, thousands | | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 6.7 |
| Inactive persons, thousands | | 32.2 | 27.8 | 34.3 | 31.7 | 32.5 |
| Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 48.6 | 46.9 | 55.8 | 55.0 | 58.3 |
| Labour force participation rate, % | | 33.7 | 40.7 | 38.5 | 42.3 | 44.3 |
| Employment rate, % | | 27.4 | 35.1 | 34.1 | 33.8 | 32.8 |
| Unemployment rate, % | | 18.8 | 13.8 | 11.4 | 20.1 | 25.9 |
| ..ability to work is considerably restricted | Labour force, thousands | | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 5.6 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 2.0 | 3.1 | 2.6 | .. | 4.0 |
| Inactive persons, thousands | | 20.9 | 18.2 | 19.8 | 18.9 | 22.2 |
| Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 24.0 | 21.8 | 22.8 | 22.2 | 27.8 |
| Labour force participation rate, % | | 13.1 | 16.4 | 13.2 | 15.2 | 20.1 |
| Employment rate, % | | 8.5 | 14.0 | 11.2 | .. | 14.2 |
| ..ability to work is to some extent restricted | Labour force, thousands | | 13.2 | 15.5 | 18.5 | 19.8 | 20.2 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 11.3 | 13.4 | 16.5 | 16.7 | 15.2 |
| ..unemployed, thousands | | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 5.0 |
| Inactive persons, thousands | | 11.3 | 9.6 | 14.6 | 12.9 | 10.2 |
| Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 24.6 | 25.2 | 33.1 | 32.7 | 30.5 |
| Labour force participation rate, % | | 53.9 | 61.7 | 55.9 | 60.7 | 66.4 |
| Employment rate, % | | 45.9 | 53.4 | 49.9 | 51.2 | 49.8 |
| Unemployment rate, % | | 14.9 | 13.5 | 10.8 | 15.6 | 25.0 |
| Ability to work is not restricted | Labour force, thousands | | 263.5 | 278.7 | 272.1 | 274.8 | 276.6 |
| ..employed, thousands | | 241.9 | 267.0 | 261.1 | 251.5 | 251.1 |
| ..unemployed, thousands | | 21.6 | 11.8 | 11.0 | 23.3 | 25.5 |
| Inactive persons, thousands | | 67.2 | 47.8 | 45.2 | 46.3 | 46.7 |
| Labour force and inactive total, thousands | | 330.8 | 326.6 | 317.3 | 321.1 | 323.3 |
| Labour force participation rate, % | | 79.7 | 85.4 | 85.8 | 85.6 | 85.6 |
| Employment rate, % | | 73.1 | 81.8 | 82.3 | 78.3 | 77.7 |
| Unemployment rate, % | | 8.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 8.5 | 9.2 |