Period, quarters Had regular job/business earlier: Never had regular work Total
lost job, or own business bankrupted quit job or own business terminated seasonal work terminated public work has ended family responsibilities othera total
Total
2009 Q1 221.3 30.1 25.8 32.2 13.3 31.3 354.1 49.4 403.6
Q2 239.9 24.8 18.6 26.4 14.3 32.5 356.5 43.9 400.3
Q3 258.8 23.7 17.6 23.9 14.7 35.0 373.7 57.4 431.2
Q4 259.9 24.5 19.7 27.8 14.2 32.4 378.4 56.2 434.7
2010 Q1 304.8 25.4 27.2 36.6 14.6 32.6 441.2 52.6 493.8
Q2 289.4 26.3 24.3 29.6 14.6 32.5 416.6 54.0 470.6
Q3 273.4 26.6 20.0 29.1 14.5 30.4 394.0 63.9 457.9
Q4 262.3 25.2 24.2 34.5 16.4 31.7 394.4 59.7 454.1
2011 Q1 273.9 27.3 24.6 59.7 17.6 33.5 436.6 55.5 492.2
Q2 265.0 24.5 19.6 46.9 15.9 34.9 406.8 51.6 458.3
Q3 244.3 26.4 20.5 47.9 17.3 35.6 392.0 64.3 456.3
Q4 249.1 25.8 27.5 49.5 12.0 32.7 396.6 58.3 455.0
2012 Q1 279.0 27.6 31.1 62.1 13.2 34.6 447.6 58.4 506.0
Q2 270.2 25.2 28.6 42.9 12.5 29.5 409.0 63.0 471.9
Q3 263.1 18.5 23.3 36.1 9.1 22.9 372.9 80.7 453.7
Q4 267.4 19.2 21.9 40.5 10.9 23.2 383.1 76.3 459.5
2013 Q1 281.1 22.3 30.4 59.4 8.9 22.4 424.5 70.2 494.7
Q2 261.4 18.3 16.9 38.4 12.7 21.7 369.4 70.3 439.8
Q3 241.0 19.7 17.3 33.3 12.5 21.9 345.6 83.3 428.9
Q4 220.5 20.4 20.1 30.8 11.0 22.7 325.5 71.9 397.4
2014 Q1 196.7 24.7 17.1 33.2 12.3 16.4 300.5 62.5 363.0
Q2 180.6 25.8 15.0 47.8 10.5 16.2 295.9 63.0 358.8
Q3 156.2 24.8 15.6 42.2 10.3 16.2 265.2 66.2 331.4
Q4 154.2 23.2 17.5 45.8 9.1 16.0 265.8 52.4 318.3
2015 Q1 159.9 28.6 23.3 58.3 11.9 17.7 299.9 47.4 347.3
Q2 142.4 27.2 19.3 45.2 10.1 15.8 260.1 50.2 310.3
Q3 132.3 25.1 15.0 34.8 11.7 19.0 237.9 54.5 292.4
Q4 122.5 22.5 18.9 37.7 11.8 19.3 232.7 47.9 280.6
2016 Q1 120.1 23.8 19.0 42.1 10.2 16.6 231.8 40.7 272.6
Q2 104.2 19.7 16.2 34.1 8.2 13.9 196.3 37.8 234.1
Q3 101.2 21.8 14.7 31.9 7.9 11.3 188.8 37.4 226.2
Q4 91.0 19.0 14.1 29.5 7.1 11.4 172.1 32.9 205.0
2017 Q1 86.6 21.8 12.0 34.5 9.4 11.7 176.1 30.5 206.6
Q2 83.2 21.5 7.0 34.7 8.3 13.7 168.3 27.9 196.2
Q3 71.1 20.3 9.6 29.0 8.4 13.6 151.9 36.3 188.2
Q4 65.1 22.4 11.8 24.1 11.2 9.9 144.5 30.7 175.2
2018 Q1 67.7 26.1 12.2 26.3 8.7 11.3 152.3 25.5 177.8
Q2 59.9 24.3 8.0 25.9 8.3 12.2 138.6 26.5 165.0
Q3 60.9 23.4 11.1 23.5 11.3 14.0 144.1 34.1 178.2
Q4 58.2 23.7 11.8 20.5 12.7 15.4 142.2 24.2 166.3
2019 Q1 59.2 23.9 9.5 17.5 10.2 18.7 139.1 25.9 165.0
Q2 54.6 23.1 10.8 18.3 8.6 12.8 128.1 27.0 155.2
Q3 50.0 28.8 7.3 15.6 10.2 16.3 128.2 34.2 162.4
Q4 53.6 29.2 8.9 12.6 8.5 11.1 123.9 29.3 153.1
2020 Q1 67.6 28.9 10.1 11.4 12.4 16.6 147.0 26.0 173.0
Q2 114.3 28.0 9.0 9.7 8.7 15.6 185.3 28.9 214.2
Q3 97.0 31.2 7.3 9.1 11.5 17.4 173.5 34.3 207.8
Q4 96.8 24.0 8.8 10.3 9.7 19.1 168.7 26.6 195.4
2021 Q1 94.8 23.2 14.2 13.7 7.1 31.0 184.1 30.7 214.8
Q2 81.2 21.7 13.6 18.6 6.6 24.0 165.8 32.2 198.0
Q3 82.0 22.8 7.8 16.8 5.0 18.0 152.4 37.3 189.7
Q4 71.8 25.8 14.0 16.8 6.3 16.7 151.3 29.0 180.3
2022 Q1 71.5 28.2 13.5 15.9 7.4 21.3 157.8 23.3 181.1
Q2 61.2 27.0 8.4 13.5 5.9 20.9 136.8 20.1 156.9
Q3 61.8 30.2 12.9 15.5 7.4 21.8 149.6 28.6 178.3
Q4 68.5 31.1 14.8 17.9 7.0 25.7 165.0 24.0 188.9
2023 Q1 69.1 40.7 16.0 17.6 4.3 28.5 176.2 22.6 198.8
Q2 65.7 32.9 15.7 15.7 3.7 30.9 164.5 28.2 192.7
Q3 59.6 44.9 14.2 11.9 4.4 33.6 168.6 31.8 200.3
Q4 74.3 39.0 20.3 12.9 5.4 33.9 185.7 34.1 219.8
Of which:
male
2009 Q1 126.2 17.8 16.3 22.1 15.2 199.4 26.0 225.4
Q2 139.4 13.7 11.7 18.0 16.7 200.6 23.4 224.0
Q3 150.3 13.1 10.8 15.7 16.7 208.1 30.8 238.9
Q4 150.7 13.3 12.0 18.0 14.6 210.1 29.0 239.1
2010 Q1 182.4 14.6 17.8 23.6 14.7 254.7 28.2 282.9
Q2 172.2 15.2 13.9 19.0 15.7 237.3 29.6 266.9
Q3 157.9 14.2 10.3 17.8 13.5 215.3 33.7 248.9
Q4 152.5 12.4 13.1 20.9 16.0 216.3 31.9 248.2
2011 Q1 160.0 13.7 15.4 36.3 16.9 243.4 31.6 274.9
Q2 149.9 14.2 11.0 27.5 15.5 218.9 26.2 245.1
Q3 140.6 15.4 11.6 28.0 13.9 210.2 33.0 243.3
Q4 143.6 12.8 16.0 29.5 11.4 214.0 28.6 242.6
2012 Q1 166.6 14.8 18.5 34.4 15.1 250.7 29.9 280.5
Q2 163.8 14.2 16.0 23.4 12.4 231.3 34.9 266.3
Q3 149.3 10.7 13.3 20.0 11.1 205.2 45.3 250.5
Q4 151.7 11.3 11.7 21.9 11.2 209.4 41.6 251.0
2013 Q1 163.6 11.9 19.4 35.5 13.0 244.4 38.0 282.4
Q2 147.2 9.4 9.0 21.8 10.7 199.3 36.4 235.7
Q3 134.1 10.2 10.7 19.0 10.1 184.8 43.9 228.6
Q4 120.7 10.6 11.6 17.9 9.5 171.4 38.9 210.3
2014 Q1 109.3 11.9 10.3 20.6 6.2 159.7 32.3 192.0
Q2 100.3 12.1 8.4 26.8 9.3 158.6 33.0 191.5
Q3 86.7 11.8 9.6 21.4 8.2 139.3 33.2 172.5
Q4 85.9 12.1 9.6 26.1 7.3 142.6 28.3 171.0
2015 Q1 87.5 14.6 14.9 34.1 8.2 161.4 24.9 186.3
Q2 76.3 14.0 12.2 24.2 7.8 135.6 27.9 163.5
Q3 72.7 14.4 8.0 18.9 8.7 124.3 27.5 151.8
Q4 66.9 13.1 10.4 20.8 8.4 121.4 24.7 146.1
2016 Q1 69.4 13.9 10.9 22.4 8.0 126.0 21.0 147.0
Q2 65.4 13.2 8.7 19.2 6.7 114.3 17.2 131.4
Q3 56.8 14.6 7.7 17.4 5.5 103.2 18.5 121.6
Q4 53.0 12.5 7.7 14.9 4.8 94.6 15.3 109.9
2017 Q1 48.4 13.0 6.0 17.8 5.6 92.6 16.3 108.9
Q2 44.4 14.5 3.3 17.8 6.0 87.2 12.9 100.1
Q3 36.8 13.2 5.5 14.6 5.8 77.9 13.0 90.9
Q4 33.1 12.9 6.0 11.5 4.1 69.8 13.2 83.0
2018 Q1 34.4 14.8 6.3 12.2 4.4 74.3 14.0 88.3
Q2 34.0 12.3 5.1 14.7 5.5 73.9 14.3 88.2
Q3 31.4 11.4 5.6 11.5 2.9 5.8 68.7 17.0 85.7
Q4 34.6 12.6 6.1 11.1 4.7 8.6 77.7 12.5 90.2
2019 Q1 36.9 12.7 5.0 8.4 3.6 8.6 75.2 14.7 89.9
Q2 33.2 14.7 5.8 7.8 3.2 7.2 71.8 16.1 87.9
Q3 28.6 15.4 3.6 6.4 4.2 8.8 67.0 18.1 85.1
Q4 29.6 15.7 5.4 6.2 2.6 5.0 64.5 17.0 81.5
2020 Q1 38.1 16.2 6.5 6.4 3.4 7.4 78.1 13.9 92.0
Q2 65.2 13.3 6.3 4.4 2.8 10.7 102.6 9.4 111.9
Q3 52.4 17.2 5.1 5.4 3.0 10.2 93.3 16.9 110.2
Q4 50.9 13.6 6.1 5.9 2.7 11.3 90.5 12.1 102.7
2021 Q1 49.1 13.7 6.8 7.0 13.8 92.2 14.0 106.2
Q2 44.0 13.8 7.3 9.2 13.2 88.1 16.4 104.4
Q3 43.3 14.4 4.1 8.9 7.2 79.3 19.2 98.5
Q4 36.0 16.3 6.2 7.5 8.1 75.5 14.9 90.4
2022 Q1 38.8 17.5 8.8 7.4 12.2 86.8 12.4 99.2
Q2 34.4 17.7 5.0 6.1 12.0 76.8 10.6 87.3
Q3 37.6 18.1 8.1 6.5 11.0 82.5 14.8 97.3
Q4 37.7 19.4 9.7 8.9 12.3 88.6 14.0 102.6
2023 Q1 39.0 21.4 10.8 7.7 14.3 94.4 10.9 105.3
Q2 40.7 15.5 9.7 6.0 13.4 85.9 18.2 104.1
Q3 35.7 22.1 9.9 5.0 15.5 88.6 15.5 104.1
Q4 41.8 23.1 10.5 4.6 16.2 97.4 15.8 113.2
female
2009 Q1 95.1 12.3 9.6 10.1 11.5 16.1 154.8 23.4 178.2
Q2 100.5 11.1 6.9 8.4 13.2 15.8 155.8 20.5 176.4
Q3 108.5 10.6 6.8 8.3 13.2 18.3 165.7 26.6 192.3
Q4 109.3 11.2 7.7 9.7 12.7 17.8 168.3 27.2 195.6
2010 Q1 122.4 10.7 9.4 13.0 13.1 17.9 186.5 24.4 210.9
Q2 117.2 11.1 10.4 10.6 13.2 16.8 179.3 24.3 203.6
Q3 115.5 12.4 9.7 11.3 13.1 16.9 178.8 30.2 209.0
Q4 109.8 12.8 11.1 13.6 15.0 15.7 178.1 27.8 205.9
2011 Q1 113.9 13.6 9.3 23.3 16.5 16.7 193.3 23.9 217.2
Q2 115.1 10.3 8.6 19.4 15.0 19.4 187.8 25.4 213.2
Q3 103.7 11.0 8.9 19.9 16.6 21.7 181.8 31.2 213.0
Q4 105.5 13.0 11.5 20.0 11.3 21.3 182.6 29.8 212.4
2012 Q1 112.3 12.8 12.7 27.7 12.0 19.5 197.0 28.5 225.5
Q2 106.5 11.0 12.6 19.5 10.9 17.1 177.6 28.0 205.7
Q3 113.9 7.8 9.9 16.1 8.3 11.8 167.8 35.4 203.2
Q4 115.7 8.0 10.2 18.6 9.2 12.0 173.7 34.7 208.4
2013 Q1 117.4 10.4 11.1 23.8 7.9 9.5 180.1 32.2 212.3
Q2 114.2 8.8 7.9 16.7 11.6 11.0 170.2 33.9 204.1
Q3 106.8 9.5 6.6 14.2 11.9 11.8 160.9 39.4 200.3
Q4 99.9 9.8 8.4 12.9 10.0 13.1 154.1 33.1 187.2
2014 Q1 87.4 12.8 6.8 12.6 10.9 10.2 140.8 30.2 171.1
Q2 80.2 13.7 6.6 21.0 8.9 6.9 137.3 30.0 167.3
Q3 69.5 13.0 5.9 20.7 8.8 8.0 125.9 33.0 158.9
Q4 68.3 11.2 7.9 19.8 7.4 8.7 123.2 24.1 147.3
2015 Q1 72.4 14.1 8.4 24.2 9.9 9.6 138.5 22.5 161.0
Q2 66.1 13.2 7.0 21.1 9.1 8.0 124.5 22.3 146.8
Q3 59.6 10.7 7.0 15.9 10.2 10.2 113.6 27.0 140.7
Q4 55.6 9.4 8.5 16.9 10.0 10.9 111.2 23.2 134.4
2016 Q1 50.7 9.9 8.2 19.7 8.9 8.6 105.8 19.7 125.6
Q2 38.7 6.4 7.6 15.0 7.2 7.2 82.1 20.6 102.6
Q3 44.4 7.2 7.0 14.5 6.8 5.8 85.6 19.0 104.6
Q4 38.0 6.5 6.4 14.5 5.5 6.6 77.5 17.6 95.0
2017 Q1 38.1 8.7 6.0 16.8 7.6 6.2 83.5 14.2 97.8
Q2 38.8 7.1 3.7 16.8 7.1 7.7 81.1 15.0 96.2
Q3 34.3 7.1 4.1 14.4 6.4 7.7 74.0 23.3 97.3
Q4 32.1 9.5 5.8 12.5 9.0 5.8 74.7 17.5 92.2
2018 Q1 33.3 11.3 5.9 14.1 6.5 6.9 78.0 11.5 89.4
Q2 25.9 12.0 2.9 11.3 6.0 6.7 64.7 12.1 76.9
Q3 29.5 11.9 5.5 11.9 8.4 8.1 75.4 17.1 92.4
Q4 23.6 11.0 5.7 9.4 8.0 6.8 64.5 11.6 76.1
2019 Q1 22.4 11.2 4.5 9.1 6.6 10.0 63.9 11.2 75.1
Q2 21.4 8.5 5.0 10.4 5.4 5.6 56.3 10.9 67.3
Q3 21.4 13.4 3.7 9.2 6.0 7.5 61.2 16.0 77.3
Q4 24.0 13.5 3.5 6.4 5.9 6.1 59.3 12.3 71.6
2020 Q1 29.5 12.6 3.6 5.0 9.0 9.2 68.9 12.0 81.0
Q2 49.1 14.7 2.7 5.4 5.9 4.9 82.7 19.6 102.2
Q3 44.6 14.0 3.6 8.6 7.2 80.3 17.4 97.6
Q4 45.9 10.4 2.7 4.4 7.0 7.7 78.2 14.5 92.7
2021 Q1 45.8 9.5 7.5 6.7 5.2 17.2 91.8 16.7 108.5
Q2 37.2 7.9 6.3 9.4 6.0 10.8 77.7 15.8 93.6
Q3 38.7 8.5 3.7 7.9 3.6 10.8 73.1 18.1 91.2
Q4 35.8 9.4 7.8 9.3 4.9 8.6 75.8 14.1 89.9
2022 Q1 32.8 10.7 4.7 8.5 5.2 9.1 71.0 10.9 81.9
Q2 26.8 9.2 3.4 7.4 4.4 8.9 60.1 9.5 69.6
Q3 24.2 12.1 4.8 9.0 6.1 10.8 67.1 13.9 81.0
Q4 30.8 11.7 5.0 8.9 6.4 13.4 76.4 10.0 86.4
2023 Q1 30.1 19.3 5.2 9.9 3.1 14.3 81.8 11.7 93.6
Q2 25.0 17.4 6.0 9.7 3.0 17.5 78.6 10.0 88.6
Q3 23.9 22.7 4.3 6.9 4.0 18.1 80.0 16.2 96.2
Q4 32.5 15.9 9.7 8.3 4.2 17.7 88.3 18.3 106.6

Footnotes

*Data of labour force survey refer to the population aged 15–74. Source: labour force survey, HCSO.
aIncluding people who did not work in last 8 years or unknown.
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