Period, quarters Does not want to work Want a job Total
Total
2009 Q1 3,054.3 346.5 3,400.7
Q2 3,040.3 327.0 3,367.3
Q3 3,017.5 326.5 3,344.0
Q4 3,007.7 337.7 3,345.4
2010 Q1 3,002.7 349.5 3,352.2
Q2 2,981.9 341.0 3,322.9
Q3 2,953.0 342.3 3,295.2
Q4 2,952.6 356.1 3,308.8
2011 Q1 2,937.0 393.1 3,330.1
Q2 2,919.1 372.5 3,291.6
Q3 2,874.7 374.1 3,248.8
Q4 2,875.5 377.6 3,253.1
2012 Q1 2,879.9 387.2 3,267.1
Q2 2,835.8 379.5 3,215.2
Q3 2,803.8 355.9 3,159.8
Q4 2,804.8 370.3 3,175.1
2013 Q1 2,800.1 421.5 3,221.6
Q2 2,768.8 376.5 3,145.3
Q3 2,738.1 356.7 3,094.7
Q4 2,728.7 370.6 3,099.4
2014 Q1 2,718.6 341.0 3,059.7
Q2 2,694.7 327.7 3,022.3
Q3 2,655.4 311.6 2,967.1
Q4 2,664.8 317.2 2,982.0
2015 Q1 2,648.8 315.9 2,964.7
Q2 2,603.7 301.5 2,905.2
Q3 2,567.9 285.8 2,853.6
Q4 2,558.6 298.6 2,857.2
2016 Q1 2,543.9 308.6 2,852.5
Q2 2,524.0 273.3 2,797.3
Q3 2,495.0 264.9 2,759.8
Q4 2,494.8 258.9 2,753.8
2017 Q1 2,509.2 270.2 2,779.4
Q2 2,466.0 261.8 2,727.8
Q3 2,453.2 235.5 2,688.7
Q4 2,464.8 220.9 2,685.7
2018 Q1 2,452.9 235.2 2,688.1
Q2 2,434.8 229.4 2,664.2
Q3 2,401.2 225.0 2,626.1
Q4 2,383.9 253.5 2,637.4
2019 Q1 2,378.7 245.4 2,624.1
Q2 2,371.2 251.8 2,623.0
Q3 2,359.6 243.6 2,603.2
Q4 2,378.1 233.8 2,611.9
2020 Q1 2,364.7 267.0 2,631.6
Q2 2,313.8 325.4 2,639.2
Q3 2,304.8 268.4 2,573.2
Q4 2,315.6 272.0 2,587.6
2021 Q1 2,352.4 247.2 2,599.7
Q2 2,356.6 186.6 2,543.3
Q3 2,338.0 160.1 2,498.1
Q4 2,325.3 149.2 2,474.5
2022 Q1 2,333.4 148.5 2,481.9
Q2 2,338.1 143.3 2,481.3
Q3 2,289.1 143.9 2,433.0
Q4 2,276.4 147.6 2,424.0
2023 Q1 2,293.1 127.7 2,420.8
Q2 2,275.9 121.0 2,396.9
Q3 2,251.5 119.9 2,371.4
Q4 2,235.4 109.0 2,344.4
Of which:
male
2009 Q1 1,272.1 165.9 1,438.0
Q2 1,263.4 149.4 1,412.7
Q3 1,255.8 152.7 1,408.5
Q4 1,255.3 161.0 1,416.3
2010 Q1 1,267.8 170.5 1,438.3
Q2 1,257.8 158.9 1,416.7
Q3 1,248.9 155.0 1,404.0
Q4 1,252.0 162.0 1,414.0
2011 Q1 1,239.3 187.8 1,427.1
Q2 1,229.0 173.4 1,402.5
Q3 1,200.0 174.1 1,374.1
Q4 1,207.4 179.9 1,387.3
2012 Q1 1,215.0 183.5 1,398.5
Q2 1,194.4 172.9 1,367.3
Q3 1,182.1 164.5 1,346.7
Q4 1,176.6 170.1 1,346.7
2013 Q1 1,165.4 211.0 1,376.4
Q2 1,156.3 169.9 1,326.1
Q3 1,132.9 159.9 1,292.8
Q4 1,129.3 170.6 1,299.9
2014 Q1 1,121.3 161.1 1,282.4
Q2 1,108.5 147.5 1,256.0
Q3 1,090.1 136.9 1,227.0
Q4 1,101.1 138.2 1,239.4
2015 Q1 1,096.5 140.3 1,236.8
Q2 1,065.1 134.6 1,199.8
Q3 1,044.6 125.7 1,170.2
Q4 1,042.5 131.9 1,174.4
2016 Q1 1,030.2 142.4 1,172.6
Q2 1,018.5 122.4 1,140.8
Q3 1,006.9 119.8 1,126.7
Q4 1,014.2 112.8 1,127.0
2017 Q1 1,017.8 118.2 1,136.0
Q2 982.2 114.3 1,096.5
Q3 981.4 99.4 1,080.8
Q4 991.3 93.0 1,084.3
2018 Q1 990.7 98.0 1,088.6
Q2 982.7 92.1 1,074.8
Q3 965.4 96.5 1,061.8
Q4 947.9 108.6 1,056.5
2019 Q1 937.2 103.0 1,040.1
Q2 939.2 106.9 1,046.1
Q3 933.8 102.0 1,035.8
Q4 939.2 99.8 1,039.0
2020 Q1 944.0 113.9 1,057.9
Q2 928.3 134.9 1,063.1
Q3 910.5 110.7 1,021.1
Q4 917.4 109.0 1,026.4
2021 Q1 935.3 99.3 1,034.6
Q2 936.4 80.2 1,016.6
Q3 930.8 70.1 1,000.9
Q4 929.5 66.5 996.0
2022 Q1 927.7 63.3 991.0
Q2 927.6 63.6 991.2
Q3 901.9 64.5 966.4
Q4 901.6 68.2 969.8
2023 Q1 907.1 60.1 967.1
Q2 899.2 53.8 953.0
Q3 894.1 43.1 937.2
Q4 897.4 47.8 945.2
female
2009 Q1 1,782.2 180.6 1,962.8
Q2 1,776.9 177.6 1,954.5
Q3 1,761.7 173.7 1,935.4
Q4 1,752.4 176.7 1,929.1
2010 Q1 1,735.0 179.0 1,914.0
Q2 1,724.2 182.1 1,906.2
Q3 1,704.0 187.2 1,891.3
Q4 1,700.7 194.1 1,894.8
2011 Q1 1,697.7 205.3 1,903.0
Q2 1,690.0 199.1 1,889.1
Q3 1,674.7 200.0 1,874.7
Q4 1,668.1 197.7 1,865.8
2012 Q1 1,664.8 203.7 1,868.6
Q2 1,641.4 206.6 1,848.0
Q3 1,621.7 191.4 1,813.1
Q4 1,628.3 200.1 1,828.4
2013 Q1 1,634.7 210.5 1,845.2
Q2 1,612.5 206.6 1,819.2
Q3 1,605.2 196.7 1,801.9
Q4 1,599.4 200.0 1,799.5
2014 Q1 1,597.3 179.9 1,777.2
Q2 1,586.1 180.2 1,766.3
Q3 1,565.3 174.8 1,740.1
Q4 1,563.7 179.0 1,742.6
2015 Q1 1,552.3 175.6 1,727.9
Q2 1,538.5 166.9 1,705.4
Q3 1,523.3 160.1 1,683.4
Q4 1,516.1 166.7 1,682.8
2016 Q1 1,513.7 166.2 1,679.9
Q2 1,505.5 150.9 1,656.4
Q3 1,488.1 145.1 1,633.2
Q4 1,480.6 146.1 1,626.7
2017 Q1 1,491.4 152.0 1,643.4
Q2 1,483.8 147.5 1,631.3
Q3 1,471.8 136.1 1,607.9
Q4 1,473.5 127.9 1,601.5
2018 Q1 1,462.2 137.2 1,599.4
Q2 1,452.1 137.4 1,589.4
Q3 1,435.8 128.5 1,564.3
Q4 1,436.1 144.9 1,580.9
2019 Q1 1,441.5 142.4 1,583.9
Q2 1,432.0 144.9 1,576.9
Q3 1,425.8 141.6 1,567.4
Q4 1,439.0 134.0 1,573.0
2020 Q1 1,420.7 153.0 1,573.7
Q2 1,385.5 190.5 1,576.1
Q3 1,394.3 157.7 1,552.1
Q4 1,398.2 163.0 1,561.2
2021 Q1 1,417.1 147.9 1,565.1
Q2 1,420.2 106.5 1,526.6
Q3 1,407.2 89.9 1,497.1
Q4 1,395.8 82.7 1,478.5
2022 Q1 1,405.7 85.2 1,490.9
Q2 1,410.4 79.7 1,490.1
Q3 1,387.1 79.4 1,466.6
Q4 1,374.8 79.4 1,454.2
2023 Q1 1,386.0 67.7 1,453.7
Q2 1,376.7 67.2 1,443.9
Q3 1,357.4 76.8 1,434.2
Q4 1,338.0 61.2 1,399.2

Footnotes

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