2.1.3. Economic activity of population of working age by sex*

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Period, quarters Employed Unemployed Economically active Economically inactive Population of working age Activity rate Unemployment rate Employment rate
persons, thousands %
Total
2009 Q1 3 816.1 403.0 4 219.1 2 197.0 6 416.1 65.8 9.6 59.5
Q2 3 845.5 399.3 4 244.8 2 165.9 6 410.7 66.2 9.4 60.0
Q3 3 837.7 429.8 4 267.5 2 143.2 6 410.7 66.6 10.1 59.9
Q4 3 826.4 434.3 4 260.7 2 144.1 6 404.8 66.5 10.2 59.7
2010 Q1 3 760.8 493.7 4 254.5 2 143.0 6 397.5 66.5 11.6 58.8
Q2 3 809.8 470.2 4 280.0 2 115.2 6 395.3 66.9 11.0 59.6
Q3 3 842.9 456.8 4 299.7 2 090.3 6 390.0 67.3 10.6 60.1
Q4 3 832.2 452.9 4 285.1 2 094.0 6 379.1 67.2 10.6 60.1
2011 Q1 3 766.9 491.2 4 258.0 2 106.9 6 364.9 66.9 11.5 59.2
Q2 3 832.0 457.7 4 289.7 2 073.5 6 363.3 67.4 10.7 60.2
Q3 3 869.1 455.4 4 324.5 2 023.3 6 347.8 68.1 10.5 61.0
Q4 3 863.9 453.7 4 317.6 2 016.4 6 334.0 68.2 10.5 61.0
2012 Q1 3 798.3 503.9 4 302.3 2 025.1 6 327.4 68.0 11.7 60.0
Q2 3 874.6 469.2 4 343.8 1 966.4 6 310.2 68.8 10.8 61.4
Q3 3 947.4 451.2 4 398.6 1 899.5 6 298.1 69.8 10.3 62.7
Q4 3 926.9 457.0 4 383.9 1 906.3 6 290.2 69.7 10.4 62.4
2013 Q1 3 841.9 492.7 4 334.6 1 951.4 6 286.0 69.0 11.4 61.1
Q2 3 963.6 437.8 4 401.3 1 867.6 6 268.9 70.2 9.9 63.2
Q3 4 016.8 426.8 4 443.6 1 805.6 6 249.2 71.1 9.6 64.3
Q4 4 032.8 395.4 4 428.2 1 802.0 6 230.2 71.1 8.9 64.7
2014 Q1 4 104.1 362.3 4 466.5 1 744.2 6 210.6 71.9 8.1 66.1
Q2 4 131.2 357.3 4 488.5 1 703.3 6 191.8 72.5 8.0 66.7
Q3 4 200.2 329.0 4 529.3 1 650.3 6 179.5 73.3 7.3 68.0
Q4 4 184.8 315.9 4 500.7 1 660.1 6 160.8 73.1 7.0 67.9
2015 Q1 4 184.8 346.4 4 531.2 1 740.7 6 271.9 72.2 7.6 66.7
Q2 4 266.6 308.8 4 575.4 1 687.6 6 263.1 73.1 6.7 68.1
Q3 4 328.6 290.6 4 619.3 1 643.2 6 262.4 73.8 6.3 69.1
Q4 4 323.1 279.5 4 602.6 1 640.3 6 242.9 73.7 6.1 69.2
2016 Q1 4 320.6 271.5 4 592.1 1 638.6 6 230.8 73.7 5.9 69.3
Q2 4 401.6 232.9 4 634.5 1 585.8 6 220.3 74.5 5.0 70.8
Q3 4 434.5 224.1 4 658.6 1 547.2 6 205.8 75.1 4.8 71.5
Q4 4 458.0 202.3 4 660.3 1 538.8 6 199.1 75.2 4.3 71.9
2017 Q1 4 442.8 206.0 4 648.8 1 669.1 6 317.9 73.6 4.4 70.3
Q2 4 481.8 195.0 4 676.8 1 613.6 6 290.4 74.3 4.2 71.2
Q3 4 515.3 186.8 4 702.1 1 564.4 6 266.5 75.0 4.0 72.1
Q4 4 517.3 174.6 4 691.9 1 559.2 6 251.1 75.1 3.7 72.3
2018 Q1 4 500.1 177.2 4 677.3 1 557.5 6 234.8 75.0 3.8 72.2
Q2 4 530.5 164.8 4 695.3 1 526.0 6 221.3 75.5 3.5 72.8
Q3 4 543.9 177.7 4 721.5 1 483.4 6 204.9 76.1 3.8 73.2
Q4 4 536.4 164.4 4 700.8 1 501.0 6 201.8 75.8 3.5 73.1
2019 Q1 4 564.0 164.1 4 728.1 1 612.3 6 340.4 74.6 3.5 72.0
Q2 4 566.1 154.5 4 720.6 1 613.5 6 334.0 74.5 3.3 72.1
Q3 4 575.8 160.5 4 736.3 1 587.4 6 323.7 74.9 3.4 72.4
Q4 4 567.9 152.3 4 720.2 1 590.1 6 310.3 74.8 3.2 72.4
2020 Q1 4 527.4 171.0 4 698.4 1 599.0 6 297.4 74.6 3.6 71.9
Q2 4 464.2 213.8 4 678.0 1 608.0 6 286.1 74.4 4.6 71.0
Q3 4 544.7 206.0 4 750.7 1 523.9 6 274.6 75.7 4.3 72.4
Q4 4 537.9 193.5 4 731.5 1 531.5 6 263.0 75.5 4.1 72.5
Of which:
male
2009 Q1 1 979.3 225.1 2 204.4 954.7 3 159.1 69.8 10.2 62.7
Q2 2 001.0 223.9 2 224.9 928.6 3 153.5 70.6 10.1 63.5
Q3 1 991.3 238.8 2 230.1 922.6 3 152.7 70.7 10.7 63.2
Q4 1 982.9 239.1 2 222.0 929.1 3 151.0 70.5 10.8 62.9
2010 Q1 1 920.4 282.9 2 203.3 947.0 3 150.2 69.9 12.8 61.0
Q2 1 957.2 266.8 2 224.1 925.7 3 149.8 70.6 12.0 62.1
Q3 1 984.5 248.7 2 233.2 911.4 3 144.6 71.0 11.1 63.1
Q4 1 975.0 247.7 2 222.7 914.6 3 137.3 70.8 11.1 63.0
2011 Q1 1 930.2 274.6 2 204.8 922.9 3 127.7 70.5 12.5 61.7
Q2 1 983.6 245.0 2 228.5 899.5 3 128.0 71.2 11.0 63.4
Q3 2 011.9 243.0 2 254.9 869.6 3 124.6 72.2 10.8 64.4
Q4 2 002.4 241.9 2 244.3 879.8 3 124.2 71.8 10.8 64.1
2012 Q1 1 960.1 279.2 2 239.3 888.6 3 127.9 71.6 12.5 62.7
Q2 2 000.3 264.8 2 265.2 855.0 3 120.2 72.6 11.7 64.1
Q3 2 039.7 249.5 2 289.2 828.1 3 117.3 73.4 10.9 65.4
Q4 2 039.4 249.8 2 289.2 822.1 3 111.3 73.6 10.9 65.5
2013 Q1 1 976.9 281.5 2 258.4 849.4 3 107.8 72.7 12.5 63.6
Q2 2 069.5 235.5 2 305.0 795.2 3 100.1 74.4 10.2 66.8
Q3 2 106.4 227.5 2 333.8 759.0 3 092.9 75.5 9.7 68.1
Q4 2 111.7 209.6 2 321.3 764.8 3 086.1 75.2 9.0 68.4
2014 Q1 2 149.8 191.7 2 341.5 737.2 3 078.7 76.1 8.2 69.8
Q2 2 169.5 190.5 2 360.1 709.8 3 069.9 76.9 8.1 70.7
Q3 2 210.6 171.0 2 381.6 683.9 3 065.5 77.7 7.2 72.1
Q4 2 195.3 169.1 2 364.4 692.9 3 057.3 77.3 7.2 71.8
2015 Q1 2 194.8 185.4 2 380.2 732.2 3 112.4 76.5 7.8 70.5
Q2 2 248.8 162.6 2 411.4 695.5 3 106.8 77.6 6.7 72.4
Q3 2 284.4 150.4 2 434.8 672.0 3 106.8 78.4 6.2 73.5
Q4 2 279.3 145.6 2 424.9 677.2 3 102.1 78.2 6.0 73.5
2016 Q1 2 273.0 146.2 2 419.2 674.4 3 093.7 78.2 6.0 73.5
Q2 2 313.2 130.7 2 443.9 643.8 3 087.8 79.1 5.3 74.9
Q3 2 329.0 121.1 2 450.2 629.1 3 079.2 79.6 4.9 75.6
Q4 2 342.7 109.2 2 451.9 628.4 3 080.3 79.6 4.5 76.1
2017 Q1 2 346.0 108.7 2 454.7 683.9 3 138.5 78.2 4.4 74.7
Q2 2 381.7 100.0 2 481.7 642.3 3 124.0 79.4 4.0 76.2
Q3 2 402.0 90.6 2 492.5 623.2 3 115.7 80.0 3.6 77.1
Q4 2 401.6 82.5 2 484.0 621.1 3 105.1 80.0 3.3 77.3
2018 Q1 2 389.4 88.0 2 477.5 621.5 3 099.0 79.9 3.6 77.1
Q2 2 401.1 88.1 2 489.2 604.8 3 094.1 80.5 3.5 77.6
Q3 2 411.4 85.6 2 497.0 592.2 3 089.2 80.8 3.4 78.1
Q4 2 404.5 90.0 2 494.5 593.1 3 087.6 80.8 3.6 77.9
2019 Q1 2 434.2 89.6 2 523.8 628.0 3 151.8 80.1 3.5 77.2
Q2 2 429.0 87.3 2 516.3 635.6 3 152.0 79.8 3.5 77.1
Q3 2 440.2 83.4 2 523.6 626.1 3 149.7 80.1 3.3 77.5
Q4 2 440.1 81.1 2 521.1 624.3 3 145.5 80.2 3.2 77.6
2020 Q1 2 414.8 91.4 2 506.2 634.5 3 140.6 79.8 3.6 76.9
Q2 2 385.2 111.8 2 497.0 639.7 3 136.7 79.6 4.5 76.0
Q3 2 431.3 108.7 2 540.0 593.0 3 133.0 81.1 4.3 77.6
Q4 2 432.6 102.0 2 534.7 594.5 3 129.1 81.0 4.0 77.7
female
2009 Q1 1 836.8 177.9 2 014.7 1 242.2 3 257.0 61.9 8.8 56.4
Q2 1 844.5 175.5 2 019.9 1 237.3 3 257.2 62.0 8.7 56.6
Q3 1 846.4 191.0 2 037.4 1 220.6 3 258.0 62.5 9.4 56.7
Q4 1 843.6 195.2 2 038.7 1 215.0 3 253.8 62.7 9.6 56.7
2010 Q1 1 840.4 210.8 2 051.2 1 196.0 3 247.2 63.2 10.3 56.7
Q2 1 852.6 203.4 2 055.9 1 189.6 3 245.5 63.3 9.9 57.1
Q3 1 858.4 208.1 2 066.5 1 178.9 3 245.3 63.7 10.1 57.3
Q4 1 857.2 205.2 2 062.4 1 179.3 3 241.7 63.6 10.0 57.3
2011 Q1 1 836.7 216.6 2 053.3 1 183.9 3 237.2 63.4 10.5 56.7
Q2 1 848.5 212.7 2 061.2 1 174.1 3 235.3 63.7 10.3 57.1
Q3 1 857.2 212.4 2 069.5 1 153.7 3 223.2 64.2 10.3 57.6
Q4 1 861.5 211.8 2 073.3 1 136.6 3 209.9 64.6 10.2 58.0
2012 Q1 1 838.2 224.7 2 062.9 1 136.5 3 199.5 64.5 10.9 57.5
Q2 1 874.3 204.4 2 078.7 1 111.4 3 190.1 65.2 9.8 58.8
Q3 1 907.8 201.7 2 109.5 1 071.4 3 180.9 66.3 9.6 60.0
Q4 1 887.5 207.3 2 094.8 1 084.1 3 178.9 65.9 9.9 59.4
2013 Q1 1 865.0 211.2 2 076.2 1 101.9 3 178.2 65.3 10.2 58.7
Q2 1 894.1 202.3 2 096.4 1 072.4 3 168.7 66.2 9.6 59.8
Q3 1 910.5 199.3 2 109.8 1 046.6 3 156.4 66.8 9.4 60.5
Q4 1 921.1 185.8 2 106.9 1 037.2 3 144.1 67.0 8.8 61.1
2014 Q1 1 954.4 170.6 2 125.0 1 006.9 3 131.9 67.8 8.0 62.4
Q2 1 961.6 166.7 2 128.4 993.5 3 121.9 68.2 7.8 62.8
Q3 1 989.6 158.0 2 147.6 966.4 3 114.0 69.0 7.4 63.9
Q4 1 989.5 146.8 2 136.3 967.1 3 103.4 68.8 6.9 64.1
2015 Q1 1 990.0 161.0 2 151.0 1 008.5 3 159.5 68.1 7.5 63.0
Q2 2 017.8 146.2 2 164.0 992.2 3 156.2 68.6 6.8 63.9
Q3 2 044.3 140.3 2 184.5 971.2 3 155.7 69.2 6.4 64.8
Q4 2 043.9 133.9 2 177.7 963.1 3 140.8 69.3 6.1 65.1
2016 Q1 2 047.6 125.3 2 172.9 964.2 3 137.1 69.3 5.8 65.3
Q2 2 088.3 102.2 2 190.5 942.0 3 132.6 69.9 4.7 66.7
Q3 2 105.4 103.0 2 208.4 918.2 3 126.6 70.6 4.7 67.3
Q4 2 115.4 93.1 2 208.4 910.4 3 118.8 70.8 4.2 67.8
2017 Q1 2 096.8 97.3 2 194.1 985.3 3 179.3 69.0 4.4 66.0
Q2 2 100.1 95.0 2 195.1 971.3 3 166.4 69.3 4.3 66.3
Q3 2 113.4 96.2 2 209.6 941.2 3 150.8 70.1 4.4 67.1
Q4 2 115.7 92.2 2 207.9 938.1 3 146.0 70.2 4.2 67.3
2018 Q1 2 110.6 89.2 2 199.8 936.0 3 135.8 70.2 4.1 67.3
Q2 2 129.4 76.7 2 206.1 921.2 3 127.2 70.5 3.5 68.1
Q3 2 132.5 92.1 2 224.6 891.2 3 115.7 71.4 4.1 68.4
Q4 2 131.9 74.4 2 206.3 907.9 3 114.2 70.8 3.4 68.5
2019 Q1 2 129.8 74.6 2 204.3 984.3 3 188.6 69.1 3.4 66.8
Q2 2 137.1 67.2 2 204.3 977.8 3 182.1 69.3 3.0 67.2
Q3 2 135.7 77.1 2 212.7 961.2 3 174.0 69.7 3.5 67.3
Q4 2 127.9 71.2 2 199.1 965.7 3 164.8 69.5 3.2 67.2
2020 Q1 2 112.6 79.6 2 192.3 964.5 3 156.8 69.4 3.6 66.9
Q2 2 079.0 102.0 2 181.1 968.3 3 149.4 69.3 4.7 66.0
Q3 2 113.5 97.3 2 210.7 930.9 3 141.6 70.4 4.4 67.3
Q4 2 105.3 91.5 2 196.8 937.0 3 133.8 70.1 4.2 67.2
*Working age, breaks in time series: in 2006–2007 males: 15–61 years, females: 15–60 years, in 2008–2014 males: 15–61 years, females: 15–61 years, in 2015–2016 males: 15–62 years, females: 15–62 years, in 2017–2018 males: 15–63 years, females: 15–63 years, in 2019–2020 males: 15–64 years, females: 15–64 years. Source: labour force survey, HCSO. 

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