Table
| Annual average | 3rd quarter 2011 | 4th quarter 2011 | 1st quarter 2012 | 2nd quarter 20121 | 3rd quarter 2012 | 4th quarter 2012 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2012 | |||||||
| 1The figures for the 2nd quarter of 2012 was corrected 11 June 2013. | ||||||||
| 2The figures on "Outside the labour force in per cent of the population" for the 4th quarter of 2012 was corrected on 12 April 2013. | ||||||||
| Labour force in per cent of the population | ||||||||
| Both sexes | 71.4 | 71.5 | 71.8 | 71.3 | 71.4 | 72.1 | 71.6 | 71.0 |
| Males | 74.1 | 74.4 | 74.5 | 74.3 | 74.5 | 75.0 | 74.4 | 73.8 |
| Females | 68.7 | 68.5 | 68.9 | 68.3 | 68.3 | 69.1 | 68.7 | 68.1 |
| Employed persons in per cent of the population | ||||||||
| Both sexes | 69.1 | 69.2 | 69.5 | 69.2 | 69.1 | 69.7 | 69.4 | 68.7 |
| Males | 71.5 | 71.7 | 72.3 | 71.8 | 71.6 | 72.1 | 72.0 | 71.2 |
| Females | 66.6 | 66.7 | 66.6 | 66.5 | 66.5 | 67.3 | 66.7 | 66.1 |
| Unemployed persons in per cent of the labour force2 | ||||||||
| Both sexes | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| Males | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
| Females | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 2.9 |
| Outside the labour force in per cent of the population | ||||||||
| Both sexes | 28.6 | 28.5 | 28.2 | 28.7 | 28.6 | 27.9 | 28.4 | 29.0 |
| Males | 25.9 | 25.6 | 25.5 | 25.7 | 25.5 | 25.0 | 25.6 | 26.2 |
| Females | 31.3 | 31.5 | 31.1 | 31.7 | 31.7 | 30.9 | 31.3 | 31.9 |