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5. Economic activity of population aged 15–74 by age-groups and sex, 2009
Age-group Employed Unemployed Economically active Economically inactive Discouraged workers Population Participation rate Unemployment rate Employment rate
persons in thousands %
All
15–19 11.8 11.5 23.3 567.3 4.4 590.6 3.9 49.4 2.0
20–24 208.1 67.7 275.8 348.5 10.3 624.3 44.2 24.5 33.3
25–29 474.4 65.7 540.1 160.7 10.3 700.8 77.1 12.2 67.7
30–34 598.4 60.7 659.1 170.6 13.5 829.7 79.4 9.2 72.1
35–39 569.2 53.6 622.8 125.1 14.1 747.9 83.3 8.6 76.1
40–44 481.9 45.6 527.5 91.4 12.0 618.9 85.2 8.6 77.9
45–49 467.4 44.1 511.5 113.7 15.2 625.2 81.8 8.6 74.8
50–54 517.5 43.0 560.5 184.2 14.3 744.7 75.3 7.7 69.5
55–59 347.3 26.0 373.3 343.3 9.7 716.6 52.1 7.0 48.5
60–64 75.3 2.4 77.7 494.6 2.2 572.3 13.6 13.2
65–69 24.2 0.4 24.6 491.9 0.3 516.5 4.8 4.7
70–74 6.4 0.0 6.4 395.8 0.0 402.2 1.6 1.6
Total 3 781.9 420.7 4 202.6 3 487.1 106.3 7 689.7 54.7 10.0 49.2
15–24 years 219.9 79.2 299.1 915.8 14.7 1 214.9 24.6 26.5 18.1
15–64 years 3 751.3 420.3 4 171.6 2599.4 106.0 6 771.0 61.6 10.1 55.4
Working age populationa)a) 3 719.5 419.9 4 139.4 2 309.8 105.7 6 449.2 64.2 10.1 57.7
Males
15–19 7.4 7.1 14.5 286.0 2.9 300.5 4.8 49.0 2.5
20–24 114.8 40.8 155.6 158.2 7.1 313.8 49.6 26.2 36.6
25–29 268.6 39.2 307.8 48.1 6.1 355.9 86.5 12.7 75.5
30–34 357.4 33.7 391.1 28.3 7.8 419.4 93.3 8.6 85.2
35–39 317.4 28.9 346.3 33.0 7.7 379.3 91.3 8.3 83.7
40–44 244.7 24.4 269.1 34.2 5.4 303.3 88.7 9.1 80.7
45–49 234.8 23.4 258.2 51.1 7.8 309.3 83.5 9.1 75.9
50–54 250.1 20.2 270.3 84.2 6.9 354.5 76.2 7.5 70.6
55–59 188.1 14.6 202.7 126.6 5.2 329.3 61.6 7.2 57.1
60–64 43.1 1.2 44.3 206.0 0.7 250.3 17.7 17.2
65–69 14.5 0.1 14.6 202.9 0.2 217.5 6.7 6.7
70–74 4.0 0.0 4.0 147.6 0.0 151.6 2.6 2.6
Total 2 044.9 233.6 2 278.5 1 406.2 57.8 3 684.7 61.8 10.3 55.5
15–24 years 122.2 47.9 170.1 444.2 10.0 614.3 27.7 28.2 19.9
15–64 years 2 026.4 233.5 2 259.9 1 055.7 57.6 3 315.6 68.2 10.3 61.1
Working age populationa)a) 2 008.0 233.5 2 241.5 934.2 57.6 3 175.7 70.6 10.4 63.2
Females
15–19 4.4 4.4 8.8 281.3 1.5 290.1 3.0 50.0 1.5
20–24 93.3 26.9 120.2 190.3 3.2 310.5 38.7 22.4 30.0
25–29 205.8 26.5 232.3 112.6 4.2 344.9 67.4 11.4 59.7
30–34 241.0 27.0 268.0 142.3 5.7 410.3 65.3 10.1 58.7
35–39 251.8 24.7 276.5 92.1 6.4 368.6 75.0 8.9 68.3
40–44 237.2 21.2 258.4 57.2 6.6 315.6 81.9 8.2 75.2
45–49 232.6 20.7 253.3 62.6 7.4 315.9 80.2 8.2 73.6
50–54 267.4 22.8 290.2 100.0 7.4 390.2 74.4 7.9 68.5
55–59 159.2 11.4 170.6 216.7 4.5 387.3 44.0 6.7 41.1
60–64 32.2 1.2 33.4 288.6 1.5 322.0 10.4 10.0
65–69 9.7 0.3 10.0 289.0 0.1 299.0 3.3 3.2
70–74 2.4 0.0 2.4 248.2 0.0 250.6 1.0 1.0
Total 1 737.0 187.1 1 924.1 2 080.9 48.5 4 005.0 48.0 9.7 43.4
15–24 years 97.7 31.3 129.0 471.6 4.7 600.6 21.5 24.3 16.3
15–64 years 1 724.9 186.8 1 911.7 1 543.7 48.4 3 455.4 55.3 9.8 49.9
Working age populationa)a) 1 711.5 186.4 1 897.9 1 375.6 48.1 3 273.5 58.0 9.8 52.3
a)males aged 15–61, females aged 15–61. 

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