Year Does not want to work Want a job Total
Total
2009 3,029.9 334.4 3,364.3
2010 2,972.6 347.2 3,319.8
2011 2,901.6 379.3 3,280.9
2012 2,831.1 373.2 3,204.3
2013 2,758.9 381.3 3,140.2
2014 2,683.4 324.4 3,007.8
2015 2,594.7 300.5 2,895.2
2016 2,514.4 276.4 2,790.9
2017 2,473.3 247.1 2,720.4
2018 2,418.2 235.8 2,654.0
2019 2,371.9 243.6 2,615.6
2020 2,324.7 283.2 2,607.9
2021 2,343.1 185.8 2,528.9
2022 2,309.2 145.8 2,455.1
2023 2,264.0 119.4 2,383.4
Male
2009 1,261.6 157.2 1,418.9
2010 1,256.6 161.6 1,418.2
2011 1,218.9 178.8 1,397.7
2012 1,192.0 172.8 1,364.8
2013 1,146.0 177.8 1,323.8
2014 1,105.3 145.9 1,251.2
2015 1,062.2 133.1 1,195.3
2016 1,017.4 124.3 1,141.8
2017 993.2 106.2 1,099.4
2018 971.7 98.8 1,070.4
2019 937.3 102.9 1,040.3
2020 925.0 117.1 1,042.1
2021 933.0 79.0 1,012.0
2022 914.7 64.9 979.6
2023 899.4 51.2 950.6
Female
2009 1,768.3 177.2 1,945.5
2010 1,716.0 185.6 1,901.6
2011 1,682.6 200.5 1,883.2
2012 1,639.1 200.4 1,839.5
2013 1,613.0 203.5 1,816.4
2014 1,578.1 178.5 1,756.6
2015 1,532.6 167.3 1,699.9
2016 1,497.0 152.1 1,649.1
2017 1,480.1 140.9 1,621.0
2018 1,446.5 137.0 1,583.5
2019 1,434.6 140.7 1,575.3
2020 1,399.7 166.1 1,565.8
2021 1,410.1 106.7 1,516.8
2022 1,394.5 80.9 1,475.4
2023 1,364.5 68.2 1,432.7

Footnotes

*Data of labour force survey refer to the population aged 15–74. Source: labour force survey, HCSO.
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