Labour force survey, Q1 2021

Unemployed persons aged 15-74, by sex and age (LFS). 1 000 and per cent¹
	Annual average		4th quarter 2019	1st quarter 2020	2nd quarter 2020	3rd quarter 2020	4th quarter 2020	1st quarter 2021
	2019	2020	4th quarter 2019	1st quarter 2020	2nd quarter 2020	3rd quarter 2020	4th quarter 2020	1st quarter 2021
¹From 2021 there is a new Labour Force Survey (LFS) questionnaire, which may lead to breaks
Unemployed
Both sexes
In total	106	130	108	103	129	153	137	141
15-24 years	37	42	35	37	48	48	38	46
25-54 years	60	75	66	56	72	89	85	82
55-74 years	9	13	7	10	9	17	14	12
Males
In total	60	73	65	57	72	85	77	80
15-24 years	20	23	21	21	25	25	21	25
25-54 years	34	42	39	30	41	48	49	47
55-74 years	6	8	5	6	6	11	8	8
Females
In total	46	58	43	46	57	68	59	61
15-24 years	17	19	14	16	23	22	17	21
25-54 years	26	33	27	26	31	40	36	35
55-74 years	3	5	2	4	3	6	6	5

Unemployed as per cent of the labour force
Both sexes
In total	3.7	4.6	3.8	3.6	4.6	5.4	4.8	5.0
15-24 years	9.9	11.5	9.4	10.1	12.8	12.4	10.6	12.8
25-54 years	3.2	4.0	3.5	2.9	3.8	4.7	4.5	4.4
55-74 years	1.5	2.2	1.2	1.8	1.6	2.9	2.4	2.1
Males
In total	4.0	4.8	4.3	3.8	4.8	5.6	5.1	5.3
15-24 years	10.4	12.1	10.8	11.2	12.9	12.8	11.3	13.8
25-54 years	3.4	4.2	3.9	3.0	4.1	4.9	4.8	4.8
55-74 years	1.9	2.4	1.4	1.8	2.0	3.4	2.5	2.3
Females
In total	3.4	4.3	3.3	3.5	4.3	5.1	4.5	4.5
15-24 years	9.5	10.8	7.8	8.9	12.5	11.9	9.8	11.9
25-54 years	2.9	3.7	3.1	2.9	3.5	4.5	4.1	3.9
55-74 years	1.0	1.9	0.8	1.7	1.2	2.3	2.2	1.8

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