| Age-group | Employed | Unemployed | Economically active | Economically inactive | Discouraged workers | Population | Activity rate | Un-employment rate | Employment rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousand persons | % | ||||||||
| 2006 | |||||||||
| Together | |||||||||
| 15–19 | 20.0 | 12.0 | 32.0 | 575.5 | 4.2 | 607.5 | 5.3 | 37.5 | 3.3 |
| 20–24 | 250.7 | 52.1 | 302.8 | 342.7 | 9.9 | 645.5 | 46.9 | 17.2 | 38.8 |
| 25–29 | 561.4 | 52.8 | 614.2 | 174.2 | 10.2 | 788.4 | 77.9 | 8.6 | 71.2 |
| 30–34 | 597.2 | 43.4 | 640.6 | 148.6 | 9.2 | 789.2 | 81.2 | 6.8 | 75.7 |
| 35–39 | 538.7 | 41.3 | 580.0 | 115.4 | 12.0 | 695.4 | 83.4 | 7.1 | 77.5 |
| 40–44 | 511.9 | 37.2 | 549.1 | 112.7 | 13.7 | 661.8 | 83.0 | 6.8 | 77.3 |
| 45–49 | 570.4 | 37.1 | 607.5 | 142.4 | 11.9 | 749.9 | 81.0 | 6.1 | 76.1 |
| 50–54 | 449.8 | 25.4 | 475.3 | 176.4 | 9.0 | 651.7 | 72.9 | 5.4 | 69.0 |
| 55–59 | 332.6 | 14.4 | 347.0 | 320.7 | 7.6 | 667.6 | 52.0 | 4.1 | 49.8 |
| 60–64 | 71.3 | … | 73.6 | 476.7 | … | 550.3 | 13.4 | … | 13.0 |
| 65–69 | 20.0 | … | 20.2 | 476.7 | … | 496.9 | 4.1 | … | 4.0 |
| 70–74 | 4.4 | … | 4.4 | 408.5 | … | 412.9 | 1.1 | … | 1.1 |
| Total | 3 928.4 | 318.2 | 4 246.7 | 3 470.5 | 89.1 | 7 717.2 | 55.0 | 7.5 | 50.9 |
| 15–24 years | 270.7 | 64.1 | 334.8 | 918.2 | 14.2 | 1 253.1 | 26.7 | 19.1 | 21.6 |
| 15–64 years | 3 904.1 | 317.9 | 4 222.0 | 2 585.3 | 88.8 | 6 807.3 | 62.0 | 7.5 | 57.4 |
| 20–64 years | 3 884.1 | 305.9 | 4 190.0 | 2 009.8 | 84.6 | 6 199.8 | 67.6 | 7.3 | 62.6 |
| Male | |||||||||
| 15–19 | 12.6 | 7.8 | 20.3 | 287.6 | 2.6 | 307.9 | 6.6 | 38.2 | 4.1 |
| 20–24 | 142.8 | 27.9 | 170.7 | 153.8 | 6.3 | 324.4 | 52.6 | 16.3 | 44.0 |
| 25–29 | 326.9 | 29.7 | 356.6 | 43.6 | 6.2 | 400.2 | 89.1 | 8.3 | 81.7 |
| 30–34 | 351.1 | 23.1 | 374.1 | 25.4 | 5.2 | 399.5 | 93.6 | 6.2 | 87.9 |
| 35–39 | 298.9 | 20.0 | 318.9 | 28.9 | 6.5 | 347.8 | 91.7 | 6.3 | 85.9 |
| 40–44 | 264.5 | 17.5 | 282.0 | 41.8 | 7.0 | 323.9 | 87.1 | 6.2 | 81.7 |
| 45–49 | 283.0 | 16.6 | 299.6 | 62.5 | 5.8 | 362.1 | 82.7 | 5.5 | 78.2 |
| 50–54 | 218.7 | 12.3 | 231.0 | 78.4 | 4.6 | 309.4 | 74.7 | 5.3 | 70.7 |
| 55–59 | 179.9 | 8.6 | 188.5 | 119.0 | 4.4 | 307.5 | 61.3 | 4.6 | 58.5 |
| 60–64 | 44.8 | … | 45.7 | 191.8 | … | 237.5 | 19.2 | … | 18.9 |
| 65–69 | 12.4 | … | 12.6 | 193.7 | … | 206.3 | 6.1 | … | 6.0 |
| 70–74 | 3.1 | … | 3.1 | 155.6 | … | 158.6 | 1.9 | … | 1.9 |
| Total | 2 138.6 | 164.5 | 2 303.1 | 1 382.1 | 49.3 | 3 685.2 | 62.5 | 7.1 | 58.0 |
| 15–24 years | 155.4 | 35.6 | 191.0 | 441.3 | 8.9 | 632.4 | 30.2 | 18.6 | 24.6 |
| 15–64 years | 2 123.2 | 164.2 | 2 287.5 | 1 032.8 | 49.2 | 3 320.2 | 68.9 | 7.2 | 63.9 |
| 20–64 years | 2 110.7 | 156.5 | 2 267.1 | 745.2 | 46.6 | 3 012.3 | 75.3 | 6.9 | 70.1 |
| Female | |||||||||
| 15–19 | 7.4 | 4.2 | 11.7 | 288.0 | 1.6 | 299.6 | 3.9 | 36.2 | 2.5 |
| 20–24 | 107.9 | 24.3 | 132.1 | 188.9 | 3.7 | 321.1 | 41.2 | 18.4 | 33.6 |
| 25–29 | 234.5 | 23.1 | 257.6 | 130.6 | 4.0 | 388.2 | 66.4 | 9.0 | 60.4 |
| 30–34 | 246.2 | 20.3 | 266.4 | 123.2 | 3.9 | 389.6 | 68.4 | 7.6 | 63.2 |
| 35–39 | 239.8 | 21.3 | 261.1 | 86.5 | 5.5 | 347.6 | 75.1 | 8.1 | 69.0 |
| 40–44 | 247.3 | 19.8 | 267.1 | 70.8 | 6.7 | 337.9 | 79.0 | 7.4 | 73.2 |
| 45–49 | 287.4 | 20.5 | 307.9 | 80.0 | 6.1 | 387.8 | 79.4 | 6.7 | 74.1 |
| 50–54 | 231.2 | 13.1 | 244.3 | 98.0 | 4.4 | 342.3 | 71.4 | 5.4 | 67.5 |
| 55–59 | 152.7 | 5.8 | 158.5 | 201.6 | 3.3 | 360.1 | 44.0 | 3.7 | 42.4 |
| 60–64 | 26.5 | … | 27.9 | 285.0 | … | 312.8 | 8.9 | … | 8.5 |
| 65–69 | 7.6 | … | 7.6 | 282.9 | … | 290.6 | 2.6 | … | 2.6 |
| 70–74 | 1.3 | … | 1.4 | 252.9 | … | 254.3 | 0.5 | … | 0.5 |
| Total | 1 789.8 | 153.8 | 1 943.6 | 2 088.4 | 39.8 | 4 032.0 | 48.2 | 7.9 | 44.4 |
| 15–24 years | 115.3 | 28.5 | 143.8 | 476.9 | 5.3 | 620.7 | 23.2 | 19.8 | 18.6 |
| 15–64 years | 1 780.9 | 153.7 | 1 934.6 | 1 552.5 | 39.6 | 3 487.1 | 55.5 | 7.9 | 51.1 |
| 20–64 years | 1 773.4 | 149.5 | 1 922.9 | 1 264.6 | 38.0 | 3 187.5 | 60.3 | 7.8 | 55.6 |