Table

Persons in the labour force aged 15-74, by age and sex (LFS). 1 000
	Annual average		1st quarter 2016	2nd quarter 2016	3rd quarter 2016	4th quarter 2016	1st quarter 2017	2nd quarter 2017
	2015	2016	1st quarter 2016	2nd quarter 2016	3rd quarter 2016	4th quarter 2016	1st quarter 2017	2nd quarter 2017
Both sexes
Total	2 772	2 779	2 778	2 781	2 804	2 756	2 753	2 782
15-19 years	130	129	130	130	135	122	121	129
20-24 years	249	240	238	243	245	233	229	239
25-29 years	295	306	305	303	311	306	303	307
30-39 years	611	611	611	610	612	610	610	610
40-54 years	945	946	946	948	952	938	942	943
55-66 years	492	499	500	497	499	499	498	500
67-74 years	50	49	49	51	50	48	50	53

Males
Total	1 470	1 475	1 474	1 483	1 484	1 459	1 461	1 471
15-19 years	63	64	63	65	66	62	60	63
20-24 years	131	126	127	129	128	122	123	127
25-29 years	156	160	161	160	161	157	158	158
30-39 years	323	326	323	328	326	326	323	325
40-54 years	498	498	497	500	501	494	496	495
55-66 years	264	270	272	270	269	268	268	267
67-74 years	33	31	31	32	32	31	33	37

Females
Total	1 302	1 304	1 304	1 298	1 319	1 296	1 291	1 311
15-19 years	67	65	66	65	69	61	61	66
20-24 years	118	114	112	114	117	111	106	112
25-29 years	138	146	144	143	149	149	145	149
30-39 years	287	285	288	282	286	284	287	286
40-54 years	447	448	449	448	451	444	446	448
55-66 years	228	229	228	227	229	231	230	233
67-74 years	17	18	18	19	18	16	17	16