Period, quarters People who had stopped work within 8 years People who did not work in last 8 years or unknown Never had regular work Total
managers professionals technicians and associate professionals office and management (costumer services) occupations non-manual workers together commercial and services occupations agricultural and forestry occupations industry and construction industry occupations machine operators, assembly workers, drivers of vehicles (elementary) occupations not requiring qualifications manual workers together armed forces occupations total
1. 2. 3. 4. 1–4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 5–9. 0. 0–9.
Total
2011 Q1 6.8 14.1 29.5 20.8 71.2 64.7 9.7 74.7 60.6 116.7 326.4 … 398.0 38.6 55.5 492.2
Q2 5.7 14.0 34.6 20.1 74.4 61.7 8.0 71.0 56.3 96.1 293.0 … 367.8 39.0 51.6 458.3
Q3 5.4 15.9 33.3 20.8 75.4 62.2 10.6 61.6 55.1 91.4 280.9 … 356.6 35.4 64.3 456.3
Q4 5.4 16.8 28.0 18.3 68.5 64.7 11.4 62.8 54.1 100.9 293.9 … 362.8 33.8 58.3 455.0
2012 Q1 4.9 18.3 34.8 19.2 77.2 70.4 13.7 69.0 59.0 121.9 333.9 … 411.5 36.1 58.4 506.0
Q2 4.4 18.2 32.5 19.0 74.0 64.9 11.3 67.7 56.5 99.3 299.8 … 374.5 34.5 63.0 471.9
Q3 4.7 12.0 31.6 21.0 69.3 58.7 10.3 57.9 51.4 96.3 274.6 … 344.2 28.8 80.7 453.7
Q4 5.9 13.0 29.9 21.7 70.5 62.8 11.3 61.6 50.1 100.1 285.7 … 356.6 26.6 76.3 459.5
2013 Q1 6.7 12.7 28.1 22.2 69.7 68.3 12.1 69.0 48.7 123.6 321.8 … 391.8 32.7 70.2 494.7
Q2 5.7 10.6 26.2 23.9 66.5 63.6 6.7 57.0 43.4 97.0 267.7 … 334.8 34.7 70.3 439.8
Q3 6.0 13.0 24.7 19.9 63.6 60.4 6.1 52.6 39.1 88.9 247.1 … 311.1 34.6 83.3 428.9
Q4 6.2 12.9 24.8 15.4 59.3 58.5 6.4 47.9 38.7 80.0 231.5 … 291.2 34.3 71.9 397.4
2014 Q1 5.9 8.7 25.7 12.6 52.8 57.6 6.1 43.3 35.8 75.3 218.1 … 271.7 28.8 62.5 363.0
Q2 4.1 10.1 25.1 12.7 52.0 47.0 5.9 40.0 36.8 81.3 210.9 … 264.1 31.7 63.0 358.8
Q3 4.6 8.1 26.0 10.9 49.6 42.3 6.7 30.6 36.2 71.1 186.9 … 236.6 28.6 66.2 331.4
Q4 3.6 7.6 24.9 10.9 47.0 36.9 6.4 35.8 36.5 78.1 193.7 … 240.9 24.9 52.4 318.3
2015 Q1 3.2 8.2 22.8 13.2 47.4 38.6 7.1 41.3 40.2 93.3 220.4 … 267.9 31.9 47.4 347.3
Q2 4.3 7.6 20.1 14.3 46.2 36.9 5.0 34.6 34.1 74.3 184.9 … 231.2 28.8 50.2 310.3
Q3 3.8 7.9 15.5 13.2 40.5 33.5 3.6 32.6 31.7 66.9 168.4 … 208.9 29.0 54.5 292.4
Q4 3.4 7.9 14.6 12.7 38.6 34.8 5.7 29.1 27.6 74.6 171.8 … 210.4 22.3 47.9 280.6
2016 Q1 … 7.7 14.0 13.5 37.7 29.1 4.6 33.1 22.2 78.3 167.3 … 205.1 26.7 40.7 272.6
Q2 … 5.6 10.9 11.3 30.3 26.9 3.9 25.6 19.6 67.6 143.6 … 173.9 22.5 37.8 234.1
Q3 3.3 9.8 12.7 7.5 33.3 29.6 3.2 20.4 20.2 62.6 136.2 … 169.5 19.3 37.4 226.2
Q4 … 7.2 10.6 8.0 27.3 28.2 3.0 21.6 16.8 56.0 125.6 … 152.9 19.2 32.9 205.0
2017 Q1 2.6 7.2 14.0 9.3 33.1 25.5 4.4 19.8 19.4 55.6 124.7 … 157.8 18.3 30.5 206.6
Q2 3.5 5.0 12.9 7.0 28.4 26.9 3.5 19.6 18.0 54.9 123.0 … 151.4 16.9 27.9 196.2
Q3 3.8 5.2 11.1 7.0 27.0 24.4 3.7 18.6 17.2 46.1 110.0 … 137.1 14.8 36.3 188.2
Q4 2.9 4.7 12.1 8.6 28.4 21.3 3.5 16.1 20.6 40.8 102.2 … 131.0 13.5 30.7 175.2
2018 Q1 … 6.8 9.8 9.6 28.0 21.0 3.8 18.9 16.9 48.9 109.5 … 137.7 14.6 25.5 177.8
Q2 … 7.3 7.4 5.4 22.2 19.2 4.3 19.8 16.4 44.8 104.5 … 126.7 11.9 26.5 165.0
Q3 … 9.5 11.7 11.6 33.1 22.1 3.1 16.3 16.5 40.1 98.1 … 131.2 12.8 34.1 178.2
Q4 … 5.5 11.0 7.9 24.8 22.7 3.3 15.8 22.5 40.9 105.3 … 130.1 12.1 24.2 166.3
2019 Q1 … 6.9 9.1 7.5 24.6 21.5 3.0 18.8 18.8 43.5 105.6 … 130.7 8.4 25.9 165.0
Q2 … 8.0 7.5 7.2 24.1 18.1 3.2 18.6 16.5 37.5 93.8 … 118.5 9.7 27.0 155.2
Q3 … 7.2 7.5 9.4 24.8 17.6 2.9 19.5 17.2 36.3 93.5 … 118.3 9.9 34.2 162.4
Q4 … 7.6 6.5 6.0 22.4 19.8 4.6 18.2 19.0 29.2 90.8 … 113.3 10.6 29.3 153.1
2020 Q1 2.7 8.3 9.3 5.6 25.9 25.2 4.3 21.3 24.6 34.4 109.8 … 136.1 10.9 26.0 173.0
Q2 … 7.5 16.6 10.2 35.3 40.7 3.9 24.5 33.4 40.3 142.7 … 178.1 7.2 28.9 214.2
Q3 … 11.5 13.3 8.7 35.6 28.5 … 29.9 31.8 36.1 128.7 … 164.3 9.2 34.3 207.8
Q4 3.8 12.5 9.0 9.8 35.2 32.7 3.3 27.4 29.3 33.4 126.1 … 161.3 7.4 26.6 195.4
2021 Q1 2.9 11.0 13.9 10.4 38.2 36.2 3.1 25.1 29.3 44.6 138.4 … 176.5 7.5 30.7 214.8
Q2 … 9.1 13.3 9.3 34.1 29.7 4.3 21.3 25.8 42.2 123.4 … 157.6 8.1 32.2 198.0
Q3 … 6.9 12.7 8.8 29.8 27.3 3.2 17.9 26.6 41.2 116.1 … 146.2 6.2 37.3 189.7
Q4 3.2 9.4 9.9 8.2 30.7 24.4 3.3 17.1 22.9 45.4 113.1 … 144.2 7.1 29.0 180.3
2022 Q1 … 9.6 11.7 8.3 31.1 23.8 3.8 18.5 27.8 42.4 116.4 … 147.9 9.9 23.3 181.1
Q2 … 5.3 11.8 7.5 25.4 17.6 3.1 17.5 24.1 37.7 100.1 … 125.6 11.3 20.1 156.9
Q3 … 8.0 14.0 8.2 31.8 21.9 3.3 18.0 25.0 37.2 105.4 … 137.2 12.4 28.6 178.3
Q4 … 7.7 14.4 9.4 32.3 24.6 4.2 16.7 23.9 51.5 120.7 … 153.1 11.9 24.0 188.9
2023 Q1 … 6.5 13.1 10.5 31.3 26.7 4.2 24.2 23.9 53.0 132.0 … 163.6 12.6 22.6 198.8
Q2 … 8.3 10.0 11.3 31.5 24.0 3.7 19.8 22.2 49.0 118.8 … 151.0 13.5 28.2 192.7
Q3 … 9.0 11.8 13.2 35.3 25.0 4.0 20.7 24.6 44.0 118.4 … 153.7 14.9 31.8 200.3
Q4 … 12.7 12.5 14.0 39.8 26.6 3.4 23.8 23.4 53.0 130.3 … 170.3 15.4 34.1 219.8
Of which:
male
2011 Q1 3.8 6.5 11.6 3.5 25.4 23.2 7.4 69.4 35.7 67.4 203.1 … 228.8 14.6 31.6 274.9
Q2 2.5 7.8 12.2 … 24.6 21.4 6.3 66.9 32.0 52.9 179.5 … 204.4 14.5 26.2 245.1
Q3 2.7 8.6 13.7 3.5 28.4 22.2 7.2 56.5 32.2 49.3 167.4 … 195.9 14.3 33.0 243.3
Q4 2.9 9.0 12.4 2.6 27.0 24.3 6.8 56.9 32.9 53.2 174.1 … 201.3 12.7 28.6 242.6
2012 Q1 3.0 10.7 17.0 4.4 35.2 27.3 9.1 64.2 37.7 65.2 203.4 … 238.8 11.8 29.9 280.5
Q2 … 9.7 15.8 5.6 33.4 26.7 6.5 62.5 34.7 53.8 184.1 … 218.2 13.1 34.9 266.3
Q3 … 5.0 14.3 5.9 27.5 23.1 7.1 54.8 28.4 51.3 164.7 … 192.5 12.7 45.3 250.5
Q4 3.5 5.5 13.2 3.8 26.0 25.4 6.6 58.1 29.3 52.6 171.9 … 198.3 11.2 41.6 251.0
2013 Q1 4.7 5.8 14.1 3.4 28.0 28.9 7.3 64.2 30.8 70.8 201.9 … 230.2 14.2 38.0 282.4
Q2 3.4 3.7 10.9 5.0 23.0 26.6 4.1 52.0 25.6 53.6 161.9 … 185.5 13.8 36.4 235.7
Q3 3.7 5.4 9.7 4.8 23.6 24.9 4.4 46.4 22.6 49.3 147.6 … 171.5 13.3 43.9 228.6
Q4 2.8 6.0 7.8 3.0 19.6 22.7 4.2 41.2 23.4 44.2 135.7 … 155.8 15.6 38.9 210.3
2014 Q1 2.8 3.0 8.2 … 15.8 21.8 4.2 38.7 21.9 43.8 130.3 … 146.9 12.8 32.3 192.0
Q2 … 5.8 10.2 3.0 21.1 15.3 3.6 34.3 23.3 45.6 122.1 … 144.4 14.2 33.0 191.5
Q3 … 3.0 10.3 2.9 18.5 13.0 4.4 26.9 23.5 41.6 109.4 … 128.0 11.3 33.2 172.5
Q4 … 2.8 7.8 3.5 16.1 11.9 4.3 32.5 22.4 46.3 117.4 … 133.8 8.9 28.3 171.0
2015 Q1 … 4.7 7.7 3.6 18.4 10.6 4.4 36.8 25.8 51.2 128.7 … 147.2 14.2 24.9 186.3
Q2 … 4.8 6.1 3.8 16.4 14.1 3.4 29.5 22.1 37.9 107.0 … 123.5 12.1 27.9 163.5
Q3 … 4.4 5.0 2.6 13.6 13.0 2.9 28.6 19.6 34.8 99.0 … 112.6 11.7 27.5 151.8
Q4 … 4.0 4.0 3.5 13.4 12.3 3.7 25.5 16.8 40.4 98.7 … 112.2 9.3 24.7 146.1
2016 Q1 … 3.1 6.1 … 12.7 11.1 3.3 30.0 13.6 41.9 100.0 … 112.8 13.2 21.0 147.0
Q2 … … 5.9 … 12.2 12.9 3.6 24.2 12.9 37.5 91.1 … 103.3 11.0 17.2 131.4
Q3 … 3.3 6.6 2.7 15.0 11.8 2.9 19.9 12.7 32.2 79.5 … 94.5 8.7 18.5 121.6
Q4 … 3.0 6.1 2.9 13.1 12.1 … 20.2 11.6 27.4 73.4 … 86.4 8.1 15.3 109.9
2017 Q1 … 2.7 6.8 4.7 14.8 8.5 3.8 17.5 12.0 28.0 69.8 … 84.6 8.0 16.3 108.9
Q2 … 2.8 7.1 2.8 13.5 7.4 2.8 16.0 11.8 28.3 66.4 … 79.9 7.3 12.9 100.1
Q3 … … 5.9 … 10.6 8.4 … 16.1 11.0 24.0 61.7 … 72.3 5.6 13.0 90.9
Q4 … … 5.5 … 9.1 6.5 … 13.0 12.7 21.3 55.8 … 65.2 4.6 13.2 83.0
2018 Q1 … … 4.8 … 9.1 6.9 … 15.9 11.1 23.4 59.4 … 68.7 5.6 14.0 88.3
Q2 … … 4.0 … 6.3 5.2 2.9 16.5 10.5 26.2 61.3 … 67.6 6.2 14.3 88.2
Q3 … 4.3 5.8 … 10.6 7.6 … 13.5 9.2 20.7 52.6 … 63.2 5.6 17.0 85.7
Q4 … 2.8 5.9 … 9.4 9.3 … 14.5 14.3 23.6 63.5 … 72.9 4.8 12.5 90.2
2019 Q1 … 3.0 4.3 … 8.1 7.3 … 17.5 11.0 24.6 62.5 … 71.2 4.0 14.7 89.9
Q2 … 4.0 2.9 … 10.2 8.1 … 17.0 9.9 18.7 55.8 … 66.7 5.2 16.1 87.9
Q3 … 3.4 … … 7.6 5.9 … 17.3 10.3 18.0 53.5 … 61.1 5.9 18.1 85.1
Q4 … 2.6 2.8 2.5 8.5 6.8 2.7 15.9 11.7 13.9 51.0 … 59.5 5.0 17.0 81.5
2020 Q1 … 3.6 2.6 … 8.8 8.3 3.3 18.6 16.1 18.5 64.8 … 74.0 4.1 13.9 92.0
Q2 … … 7.2 2.9 13.4 16.2 3.1 21.7 23.8 19.5 84.2 … 97.6 5.0 9.4 111.9
Q3 … 5.0 7.3 3.4 17.4 8.2 … 27.0 20.4 15.8 73.1 … 90.5 2.8 16.9 110.2
Q4 … 5.1 3.1 3.3 13.8 11.8 2.7 24.2 19.2 15.4 73.2 … 87.1 3.5 12.1 102.7
2021 Q1 … 4.3 6.8 2.9 15.6 12.4 … 21.7 17.6 20.9 74.5 … 90.1 … 14.0 106.2
Q2 … 4.4 5.6 3.7 14.7 9.5 2.8 18.8 16.8 22.4 70.3 … 85.0 3.0 16.4 104.4
Q3 … 2.7 5.4 3.1 12.1 7.5 … 15.5 15.2 24.1 64.6 … 76.9 … 19.2 98.5
Q4 … 4.4 3.5 2.8 12.6 6.7 3.1 15.1 12.4 22.4 59.7 … 72.5 3.0 14.9 90.4
2022 Q1 … 3.6 5.6 … 12.0 8.1 3.1 16.6 17.7 23.5 69.1 … 81.6 5.2 12.4 99.2
Q2 … 3.1 7.3 … 12.4 4.7 2.5 16.2 16.0 19.3 58.7 … 71.2 5.6 10.6 87.3
Q3 … 3.6 7.1 2.9 14.3 9.5 … 16.5 14.4 19.3 62.0 … 76.3 6.2 14.8 97.3
Q4 … … 7.1 … 11.5 9.1 3.4 15.4 16.1 26.7 70.7 … 82.3 6.3 14.0 102.6
2023 Q1 … 3.0 4.9 … 10.6 9.7 2.8 22.4 17.1 26.6 78.5 … 89.5 4.9 10.9 105.3
Q2 … 4.7 4.3 3.2 12.7 10.0 … 18.7 12.3 23.1 66.4 … 79.8 6.1 18.2 104.1
Q3 … 5.9 4.3 2.6 13.4 7.4 2.8 19.4 17.2 22.6 69.3 … 82.7 5.9 15.5 104.1
Q4 … 7.4 3.5 4.3 15.3 10.9 … 22.5 16.3 25.3 76.4 … 91.9 5.5 15.8 113.2
female
2011 Q1 3.0 7.6 17.9 17.3 45.8 41.5 … 5.3 24.9 49.3 123.3 … 169.3 24.0 23.9 217.2
Q2 3.1 6.2 22.4 18.0 49.8 40.3 … 4.0 24.3 43.2 113.5 … 163.4 24.4 25.4 213.2
Q3 2.8 7.3 19.6 17.3 47.0 40.0 3.4 5.1 22.8 42.1 113.5 … 160.7 21.1 31.2 213.0
Q4 … 7.8 15.6 15.7 41.5 40.4 4.6 5.9 21.2 47.7 119.8 … 161.5 21.1 29.8 212.4
2012 Q1 … 7.6 17.8 14.7 42.0 43.1 4.6 4.8 21.4 56.8 130.5 … 172.7 24.3 28.5 225.5
Q2 … 8.5 16.7 13.4 40.6 38.2 4.9 5.2 21.8 45.6 115.7 … 156.3 21.3 28.0 205.7
Q3 … 6.9 17.3 15.1 41.8 35.6 3.2 3.1 23.0 45.0 109.9 … 151.7 16.1 35.4 203.2
Q4 … 7.5 16.7 17.8 44.5 37.4 4.7 3.5 20.8 47.5 113.8 … 158.3 15.4 34.7 208.4
2013 Q1 … 6.8 14.0 18.8 41.7 39.4 4.9 4.8 18.0 52.9 119.9 … 161.6 18.5 32.2 212.3
Q2 … 6.9 15.3 19.0 43.5 37.0 2.6 5.0 17.9 43.3 105.8 … 149.3 20.9 33.9 204.1
Q3 … 7.6 15.0 15.1 40.0 35.5 … 6.2 16.6 39.6 99.6 … 139.6 21.3 39.4 200.3
Q4 3.5 6.8 17.0 12.4 39.6 35.9 … 6.7 15.2 35.8 95.8 … 135.4 18.7 33.1 187.2
2014 Q1 3.1 5.7 17.5 10.7 37.0 35.8 … 4.6 13.9 31.5 87.8 … 124.8 16.0 30.2 171.1
Q2 … 4.3 14.8 9.8 30.9 31.7 … 5.7 13.5 35.7 88.8 … 119.8 17.5 30.0 167.3
Q3 … 5.1 15.7 8.0 31.1 29.3 … 3.6 12.7 29.6 77.5 … 108.6 17.3 33.0 158.9
Q4 … 4.8 17.2 7.4 30.9 25.0 … 3.3 14.1 31.9 76.3 … 107.1 16.1 24.1 147.3
2015 Q1 … 3.5 15.1 9.6 29.0 28.1 2.7 4.5 14.4 42.0 91.7 … 120.8 17.7 22.5 161.0
Q2 2.7 2.8 13.9 10.4 29.8 22.8 … 5.1 12.0 36.5 77.9 … 107.7 16.8 22.3 146.8
Q3 … 3.6 10.5 10.5 26.9 20.5 … 4.0 12.2 32.1 69.4 … 96.3 17.3 27.0 140.7
Q4 … 3.9 10.6 9.2 25.1 22.5 … 3.6 10.8 34.2 73.1 … 98.2 13.0 23.2 134.4
2016 Q1 … 4.6 7.9 11.2 25.0 18.0 … 3.0 8.6 36.4 67.3 … 92.3 13.5 19.7 125.6
Q2 … 3.4 5.0 8.8 18.0 14.0 … … 6.8 30.1 52.5 … 70.6 11.5 20.6 102.6
Q3 … 6.5 6.1 4.8 18.3 17.8 … … 7.6 30.4 56.7 … 75.0 10.6 19.0 104.6
Q4 … 4.2 4.4 5.1 14.3 16.1 … … 5.2 28.6 52.2 … 66.5 11.0 17.6 95.0
2017 Q1 … 4.5 7.2 4.5 18.3 17.0 … … 7.4 27.6 54.9 … 73.2 10.3 14.2 97.8
Q2 2.8 … 5.7 4.1 14.9 19.4 … 3.6 6.2 26.6 56.6 … 71.5 9.7 15.0 96.2
Q3 2.9 3.5 5.2 4.8 16.4 16.0 … … 6.3 22.0 48.3 … 64.8 9.2 23.3 97.3
Q4 … 3.0 6.6 7.5 19.3 14.8 … 3.1 7.9 19.5 46.4 … 65.7 8.9 17.5 92.2
2018 Q1 … 5.4 5.0 7.1 18.9 14.1 … 3.0 5.7 25.5 50.1 … 69.0 9.0 11.5 89.4
Q2 … 6.1 3.4 5.2 15.9 14.0 … 3.2 5.9 18.6 43.2 … 59.1 5.6 12.1 76.9
Q3 … 5.2 5.9 11.3 22.6 14.5 … 2.9 7.3 19.4 45.5 … 68.1 7.3 17.1 92.4
Q4 … 2.7 5.1 7.5 15.4 13.4 … … 8.2 17.3 41.8 … 57.2 7.3 11.6 76.1
2019 Q1 … 4.0 4.8 7.1 16.5 14.2 … … 7.9 18.9 43.1 … 59.5 4.4 11.2 75.1
Q2 … 4.0 4.6 4.8 13.8 10.0 … … 6.6 18.7 38.0 … 51.8 4.5 10.9 67.3
Q3 … 3.9 5.8 7.4 17.2 11.7 … … 6.9 18.3 40.0 … 57.2 4.1 16.0 77.3
Q4 … 5.0 3.7 3.5 13.9 13.0 … … 7.3 15.2 39.8 … 53.7 5.6 12.3 71.6
2020 Q1 … 4.7 6.7 4.8 17.1 16.9 … 2.7 8.5 16.0 45.0 … 62.1 6.8 12.0 81.0
Q2 … 5.2 9.4 7.3 21.9 24.5 … 2.8 9.6 20.8 58.6 … 80.5 … 19.6 102.2
Q3 … 6.4 6.0 5.3 18.2 20.3 … 2.9 11.4 20.3 55.5 … 73.8 6.5 17.4 97.6
Q4 … 7.4 5.8 6.5 21.4 20.9 … 3.2 10.1 18.0 52.8 … 74.2 4.0 14.5 92.7
2021 Q1 … 6.7 7.2 7.5 22.6 23.9 … 3.4 11.7 23.8 63.8 … 86.4 5.4 16.7 108.5
Q2 … 4.7 7.7 5.7 19.4 20.2 … 2.5 9.0 19.8 53.1 … 72.6 5.1 15.8 93.6
Q3 … 4.2 7.3 5.7 17.6 19.8 … … 11.4 17.1 51.5 … 69.3 3.8 18.1 91.2
Q4 … 5.0 6.4 5.4 18.2 17.7 … … 10.5 23.0 53.4 … 71.8 4.0 14.1 89.9
2022 Q1 … 6.0 6.1 6.9 19.0 15.7 … … 10.1 18.9 47.3 … 66.3 4.7 10.9 81.9
Q2 … … 4.4 6.2 13.0 12.9 … … 8.1 18.4 41.4 … 54.3 5.7 9.5 69.6
Q3 … 4.4 6.9 5.3 17.5 12.4 … … 10.6 17.9 43.4 … 60.9 6.2 13.9 81.0
Q4 … 5.6 7.3 7.5 20.8 15.4 … … 7.8 24.8 50.0 … 70.8 5.6 10.0 86.4
2023 Q1 … 3.5 8.2 8.1 20.7 17.0 … … 6.8 26.3 53.4 … 74.1 7.7 11.7 93.6
Q2 … 3.7 5.8 8.1 18.8 14.0 … … 9.9 25.9 52.4 … 71.2 7.4 10.0 88.6
Q3 … 3.1 7.4 10.6 21.9 17.6 … … 7.5 21.4 49.1 … 71.0 9.0 16.2 96.2
Q4 … 5.3 9.0 9.7 24.6 15.7 … … 7.1 27.8 53.9 … 78.5 9.9 18.3 106.6

Footnotes

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

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