Labour force survey, Q4 2017

Population aged 15-74 by labour force status(LFS) and sex. Per cent
	Annual average		3rd quarter 2016	4th quarter 2016	1st quarter 2017	2nd quarter 2017	3rd quarter 2017	4th quarter 2017
	2016	2017	3rd quarter 2016	4th quarter 2016	1st quarter 2017	2nd quarter 2017	3rd quarter 2017	4th quarter 2017
Labour force in per cent of the population
Both sexes	70.6	69.8	71.2	69.8	69.6	70.2	70.1	69.4
Males	73.4	72.4	73.8	72.4	72.4	72.8	72.6	72.0
Females	67.7	67.1	68.4	67.1	66.7	67.6	67.5	66.8

Employed persons in per cent of the population
Both sexes	67.3	66.9	67.7	66.7	66.5	67.1	67.2	66.8
Males	69.5	69.1	70.0	68.8	68.7	69.3	69.4	68.9
Females	65.0	64.6	65.3	64.6	64.1	64.9	64.8	64.6

Unemployed persons in per cent of the labour force
Both sexes	4.7	4.2	4.9	4.4	4.5	4.4	4.2	3.8
Males	5.4	4.6	5.2	5.0	5.1	4.8	4.4	4.3
Females	4.0	3.8	4.6	3.7	3.9	4.0	3.9	3.2

Outside the labour force in per cent of the population
Both sexes	29.4	30.2	28.8	30.2	30.4	29.8	29.9	30.6
Males	26.6	27.6	26.2	27.6	27.6	27.2	27.4	28.0
Females	32.3	32.9	31.6	32.9	33.3	32.4	32.5	33.2

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