Period, quarters People who had stopped work within 8 years People who did not work in last 8 years or unknown Never had regular work Total
managers professionals technicians and associate professionals office and management (costumer services) occupations non-manual workers together commercial and services occupations agricultural and forestry occupations industry and construction industry occupations machine operators, assembly workers, drivers of vehicles (elementary) occupations not requiring qualifications manual workers together armed forces occupations total
1. 2. 3. 4. 1–4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 5–9. 0. 0–9.
Total
2011 Q1 6.8 14.1 29.5 20.8 71.2 64.7 9.7 74.7 60.6 116.7 326.4 398.0 38.6 55.5 492.2
Q2 5.7 14.0 34.6 20.1 74.4 61.7 8.0 71.0 56.3 96.1 293.0 367.8 39.0 51.6 458.3
Q3 5.4 15.9 33.3 20.8 75.4 62.2 10.6 61.6 55.1 91.4 280.9 356.6 35.4 64.3 456.3
Q4 5.4 16.8 28.0 18.3 68.5 64.7 11.4 62.8 54.1 100.9 293.9 362.8 33.8 58.3 455.0
2012 Q1 4.9 18.3 34.8 19.2 77.2 70.4 13.7 69.0 59.0 121.9 333.9 411.5 36.1 58.4 506.0
Q2 4.4 18.2 32.5 19.0 74.0 64.9 11.3 67.7 56.5 99.3 299.8 374.5 34.5 63.0 471.9
Q3 4.7 12.0 31.6 21.0 69.3 58.7 10.3 57.9 51.4 96.3 274.6 344.2 28.8 80.7 453.7
Q4 5.9 13.0 29.9 21.7 70.5 62.8 11.3 61.6 50.1 100.1 285.7 356.6 26.6 76.3 459.5
2013 Q1 6.7 12.7 28.1 22.2 69.7 68.3 12.1 69.0 48.7 123.6 321.8 391.8 32.7 70.2 494.7
Q2 5.7 10.6 26.2 23.9 66.5 63.6 6.7 57.0 43.4 97.0 267.7 334.8 34.7 70.3 439.8
Q3 6.0 13.0 24.7 19.9 63.6 60.4 6.1 52.6 39.1 88.9 247.1 311.1 34.6 83.3 428.9
Q4 6.2 12.9 24.8 15.4 59.3 58.5 6.4 47.9 38.7 80.0 231.5 291.2 34.3 71.9 397.4
2014 Q1 5.9 8.7 25.7 12.6 52.8 57.6 6.1 43.3 35.8 75.3 218.1 271.7 28.8 62.5 363.0
Q2 4.1 10.1 25.1 12.7 52.0 47.0 5.9 40.0 36.8 81.3 210.9 264.1 31.7 63.0 358.8
Q3 4.6 8.1 26.0 10.9 49.6 42.3 6.7 30.6 36.2 71.1 186.9 236.6 28.6 66.2 331.4
Q4 3.6 7.6 24.9 10.9 47.0 36.9 6.4 35.8 36.5 78.1 193.7 240.9 24.9 52.4 318.3
2015 Q1 3.2 8.2 22.8 13.2 47.4 38.6 7.1 41.3 40.2 93.3 220.4 267.9 31.9 47.4 347.3
Q2 4.3 7.6 20.1 14.3 46.2 36.9 5.0 34.6 34.1 74.3 184.9 231.2 28.8 50.2 310.3
Q3 3.8 7.9 15.5 13.2 40.5 33.5 3.6 32.6 31.7 66.9 168.4 208.9 29.0 54.5 292.4
Q4 3.4 7.9 14.6 12.7 38.6 34.8 5.7 29.1 27.6 74.6 171.8 210.4 22.3 47.9 280.6
2016 Q1 7.7 14.0 13.5 37.7 29.1 4.6 33.1 22.2 78.3 167.3 205.1 26.7 40.7 272.6
Q2 5.6 10.9 11.3 30.3 26.9 3.9 25.6 19.6 67.6 143.6 173.9 22.5 37.8 234.1
Q3 3.3 9.8 12.7 7.5 33.3 29.6 3.2 20.4 20.2 62.6 136.2 169.5 19.3 37.4 226.2
Q4 7.2 10.6 8.0 27.3 28.2 3.0 21.6 16.8 56.0 125.6 152.9 19.2 32.9 205.0
2017 Q1 2.6 7.2 14.0 9.3 33.1 25.5 4.4 19.8 19.4 55.6 124.7 157.8 18.3 30.5 206.6
Q2 3.5 5.0 12.9 7.0 28.4 26.9 3.5 19.6 18.0 54.9 123.0 151.4 16.9 27.9 196.2
Q3 3.8 5.2 11.1 7.0 27.0 24.4 3.7 18.6 17.2 46.1 110.0 137.1 14.8 36.3 188.2
Q4 2.9 4.7 12.1 8.6 28.4 21.3 3.5 16.1 20.6 40.8 102.2 131.0 13.5 30.7 175.2
2018 Q1 6.7 9.3 9.7 27.7 20.9 3.9 19.4 16.9 46.2 107.2 135.1 14.6 24.9 174.6
Q2 7.0 7.1 5.5 21.8 19.0 4.4 20.2 16.5 42.8 102.8 124.6 11.7 26.1 162.4
Q3 9.5 11.4 11.4 32.7 21.5 3.0 16.7 16.4 38.8 96.4 129.1 12.6 33.3 175.0
Q4 5.6 11.4 7.7 25.0 22.4 3.3 16.2 22.2 40.5 104.5 129.5 12.7 23.6 165.7
2019 Q1 6.8 9.2 7.8 24.8 20.9 3.0 19.4 18.7 42.6 104.6 129.9 8.3 25.6 163.8
Q2 8.1 7.8 7.0 24.1 17.9 3.1 19.3 16.6 37.4 94.3 119.0 9.5 26.9 155.4
Q3 7.2 7.5 9.5 24.9 17.7 2.9 19.5 17.2 36.6 93.9 118.8 9.6 33.6 162.0
Q4 7.4 6.2 6.3 22.3 19.5 4.6 18.1 18.6 28.7 89.6 111.9 10.4 28.0 150.3
2020 Q1 2.7 8.3 9.3 6.1 26.3 24.9 4.1 21.6 24.9 33.4 108.9 135.6 10.8 25.3 171.7
Q2 7.4 15.8 10.3 34.6 39.1 4.2 24.8 33.0 40.3 141.4 176.0 7.3 29.1 212.5
Q3 11.6 13.6 8.8 36.2 27.9 30.0 31.5 35.6 127.3 163.5 9.4 33.8 206.6
Q4 3.6 12.5 9.1 9.9 35.1 31.9 3.2 27.6 29.0 33.4 125.0 160.2 7.6 26.4 194.1
2021 Q1 2.9 11.0 14.1 10.8 38.9 35.0 3.0 24.9 29.0 44.5 136.4 175.3 7.5 30.3 213.0
Q2 9.1 13.3 9.4 34.2 29.5 4.0 21.1 25.5 41.7 121.7 156.0 7.9 31.2 195.1
Q3 7.2 12.6 8.8 30.2 27.0 3.1 17.6 26.6 41.0 115.3 145.9 6.0 35.7 187.5
Q4 3.3 9.3 9.7 8.2 30.4 24.6 3.4 17.0 22.4 44.9 112.2 143.1 7.0 28.0 178.2
2022 Q1 9.7 11.6 8.2 31.0 23.7 3.7 18.4 27.1 41.5 114.5 145.9 10.0 22.7 178.5
Q2 5.3 11.2 7.6 25.0 17.3 2.9 17.3 23.7 37.1 98.4 123.5 11.1 19.3 153.9
Q3 7.8 13.9 8.1 31.3 21.5 3.1 18.2 24.4 36.7 103.9 135.2 12.3 27.8 175.3
Q4 7.9 14.6 9.4 32.7 24.4 4.0 16.9 23.8 50.9 119.9 152.6 12.3 23.4 188.3
2023 Q1 6.6 13.3 10.3 31.5 26.4 4.3 24.1 23.8 51.9 130.4 162.2 12.5 22.3 197.0
Q2 8.5 10.0 11.4 31.7 24.2 3.7 19.9 22.2 47.8 117.9 150.4 13.5 27.8 191.6
Q3 9.3 11.4 13.1 34.9 25.3 4.0 20.8 24.3 42.8 117.1 152.0 14.8 31.5 198.3
Q4 12.5 12.2 14.0 39.2 26.1 3.3 23.7 23.5 52.6 129.1 168.6 15.5 33.9 217.9
2024 Q1 16.2 8.9 12.9 39.5 30.0 5.7 25.2 27.9 53.2 141.9 181.5 12.0 33.4 226.8
Q2 12.8 13.0 11.2 38.5 28.4 6.0 26.7 26.5 44.9 132.5 171.1 14.6 28.3 213.9
Q3 13.5 13.9 17.6 46.8 26.3 4.2 21.5 20.2 42.9 115.0 162.5 13.9 48.2 224.6
Q4
Of which:
male
2011 Q1 3.8 6.5 11.6 3.5 25.4 23.2 7.4 69.4 35.7 67.4 203.1 228.8 14.6 31.6 274.9
Q2 2.5 7.8 12.2 24.6 21.4 6.3 66.9 32.0 52.9 179.5 204.4 14.5 26.2 245.1
Q3 2.7 8.6 13.7 3.5 28.4 22.2 7.2 56.5 32.2 49.3 167.4 195.9 14.3 33.0 243.3
Q4 2.9 9.0 12.4 2.6 27.0 24.3 6.8 56.9 32.9 53.2 174.1 201.3 12.7 28.6 242.6
2012 Q1 3.0 10.7 17.0 4.4 35.2 27.3 9.1 64.2 37.7 65.2 203.4 238.8 11.8 29.9 280.5
Q2 9.7 15.8 5.6 33.4 26.7 6.5 62.5 34.7 53.8 184.1 218.2 13.1 34.9 266.3
Q3 5.0 14.3 5.9 27.5 23.1 7.1 54.8 28.4 51.3 164.7 192.5 12.7 45.3 250.5
Q4 3.5 5.5 13.2 3.8 26.0 25.4 6.6 58.1 29.3 52.6 171.9 198.3 11.2 41.6 251.0
2013 Q1 4.7 5.8 14.1 3.4 28.0 28.9 7.3 64.2 30.8 70.8 201.9 230.2 14.2 38.0 282.4
Q2 3.4 3.7 10.9 5.0 23.0 26.6 4.1 52.0 25.6 53.6 161.9 185.5 13.8 36.4 235.7
Q3 3.7 5.4 9.7 4.8 23.6 24.9 4.4 46.4 22.6 49.3 147.6 171.5 13.3 43.9 228.6
Q4 2.8 6.0 7.8 3.0 19.6 22.7 4.2 41.2 23.4 44.2 135.7 155.8 15.6 38.9 210.3
2014 Q1 2.8 3.0 8.2 15.8 21.8 4.2 38.7 21.9 43.8 130.3 146.9 12.8 32.3 192.0
Q2 5.8 10.2 3.0 21.1 15.3 3.6 34.3 23.3 45.6 122.1 144.4 14.2 33.0 191.5
Q3 3.0 10.3 2.9 18.5 13.0 4.4 26.9 23.5 41.6 109.4 128.0 11.3 33.2 172.5
Q4 2.8 7.8 3.5 16.1 11.9 4.3 32.5 22.4 46.3 117.4 133.8 8.9 28.3 171.0
2015 Q1 4.7 7.7 3.6 18.4 10.6 4.4 36.8 25.8 51.2 128.7 147.2 14.2 24.9 186.3
Q2 4.8 6.1 3.8 16.4 14.1 3.4 29.5 22.1 37.9 107.0 123.5 12.1 27.9 163.5
Q3 4.4 5.0 2.6 13.6 13.0 2.9 28.6 19.6 34.8 99.0 112.6 11.7 27.5 151.8
Q4 4.0 4.0 3.5 13.4 12.3 3.7 25.5 16.8 40.4 98.7 112.2 9.3 24.7 146.1
2016 Q1 3.1 6.1 12.7 11.1 3.3 30.0 13.6 41.9 100.0 112.8 13.2 21.0 147.0
Q2 5.9 12.2 12.9 3.6 24.2 12.9 37.5 91.1 103.3 11.0 17.2 131.4
Q3 3.3 6.6 2.7 15.0 11.8 2.9 19.9 12.7 32.2 79.5 94.5 8.7 18.5 121.6
Q4 3.0 6.1 2.9 13.1 12.1 20.2 11.6 27.4 73.4 86.4 8.1 15.3 109.9
2017 Q1 2.7 6.8 4.7 14.8 8.5 3.8 17.5 12.0 28.0 69.8 84.6 8.0 16.3 108.9
Q2 2.8 7.1 2.8 13.5 7.4 2.8 16.0 11.8 28.3 66.4 79.9 7.3 12.9 100.1
Q3 5.9 10.6 8.4 16.1 11.0 24.0 61.7 72.3 5.6 13.0 90.9
Q4 5.5 9.1 6.5 13.0 12.7 21.3 55.8 65.2 4.6 13.2 83.0
2018 Q1 4.7 2.6 9.3 7.2 16.2 11.2 22.0 58.7 68.2 5.6 13.8 87.6
Q2 4.0 6.3 5.5 3.0 16.9 10.5 25.0 60.9 67.2 6.2 14.3 87.7
Q3 4.3 5.6 10.4 7.1 13.9 8.9 20.5 52.0 62.4 5.4 16.9 84.7
Q4 2.8 5.9 9.4 9.2 14.8 14.2 23.7 63.7 73.1 5.1 12.3 90.5
2019 Q1 2.7 4.3 7.9 7.2 17.9 11.1 24.4 62.7 71.2 4.1 14.3 89.6
Q2 4.0 2.9 10.1 7.9 17.2 10.1 19.1 56.3 67.0 5.2 15.8 88.0
Q3 3.6 7.8 6.1 17.1 10.4 18.5 54.1 61.9 5.7 17.2 84.9
Q4 2.5 2.9 8.4 6.9 2.7 15.8 11.3 13.9 50.6 59.0 5.2 15.8 79.9
2020 Q1 3.6 9.0 8.6 3.2 19.0 16.2 18.3 65.2 74.6 4.2 13.7 92.4
Q2 2.5 6.8 3.0 13.4 16.1 3.4 22.2 23.7 19.8 85.1 98.5 5.2 9.3 113.0
Q3 5.1 7.6 3.5 17.8 8.4 27.3 20.3 16.1 73.8 91.6 2.9 16.4 110.9
Q4 5.0 3.3 3.5 14.0 11.7 2.7 24.4 19.1 15.4 73.3 87.3 3.6 12.0 102.8
2021 Q1 4.3 6.9 3.3 16.1 12.2 21.5 17.4 21.2 74.2 90.4 13.9 106.4
Q2 4.4 5.7 3.9 15.1 9.4 2.8 18.6 16.7 22.4 69.9 85.0 2.8 15.8 103.6
Q3 2.8 5.3 3.2 12.3 7.5 15.2 15.6 24.4 65.1 77.6 2.3 18.4 98.2
Q4 4.1 3.4 2.7 12.1 6.9 3.1 15.1 12.5 22.3 59.9 72.2 3.1 14.3 89.7
2022 Q1 3.3 5.4 11.5 8.2 3.0 16.6 17.3 23.2 68.3 80.2 5.3 12.2 97.7
Q2 3.2 6.9 12.1 4.7 16.0 15.8 19.0 57.8 70.0 5.6 10.3 86.0
Q3 3.4 7.0 2.9 13.9 9.5 16.7 14.0 19.0 61.3 75.3 6.3 14.5 96.0
Q4 7.2 11.8 9.0 3.2 15.6 16.1 26.3 70.1 81.9 6.3 13.7 101.9
2023 Q1 3.1 5.0 10.9 9.5 2.8 22.3 17.0 26.1 77.7 88.9 5.0 10.6 104.5
Q2 4.6 4.2 3.5 12.9 10.2 18.9 12.2 22.7 66.3 80.0 6.0 18.0 104.0
Q3 6.1 4.0 2.7 13.4 7.5 2.8 19.6 16.7 22.2 68.7 82.2 5.9 15.2 103.2
Q4 7.4 3.3 4.3 14.9 10.2 22.5 16.5 25.3 76.0 91.1 5.7 15.8 112.5
2024 Q1 10.4 3.2 3.9 18.5 11.6 4.1 22.9 18.5 25.9 83.0 101.5 6.1 17.8 125.5
Q2 6.5 3.8 2.8 14.2 11.8 4.1 24.9 15.1 21.7 77.6 91.8 6.4 15.9 114.1
Q3 8.7 6.9 5.3 22.1 8.7 3.1 19.6 13.8 20.5 65.6 88.4 6.4 26.4 121.1
Q4
female
2011 Q1 3.0 7.6 17.9 17.3 45.8 41.5 5.3 24.9 49.3 123.3 169.3 24.0 23.9 217.2
Q2 3.1 6.2 22.4 18.0 49.8 40.3 4.0 24.3 43.2 113.5 163.4 24.4 25.4 213.2
Q3 2.8 7.3 19.6 17.3 47.0 40.0 3.4 5.1 22.8 42.1 113.5 160.7 21.1 31.2 213.0
Q4 7.8 15.6 15.7 41.5 40.4 4.6 5.9 21.2 47.7 119.8 161.5 21.1 29.8 212.4
2012 Q1 7.6 17.8 14.7 42.0 43.1 4.6 4.8 21.4 56.8 130.5 172.7 24.3 28.5 225.5
Q2 8.5 16.7 13.4 40.6 38.2 4.9 5.2 21.8 45.6 115.7 156.3 21.3 28.0 205.7
Q3 6.9 17.3 15.1 41.8 35.6 3.2 3.1 23.0 45.0 109.9 151.7 16.1 35.4 203.2
Q4 7.5 16.7 17.8 44.5 37.4 4.7 3.5 20.8 47.5 113.8 158.3 15.4 34.7 208.4
2013 Q1 6.8 14.0 18.8 41.7 39.4 4.9 4.8 18.0 52.9 119.9 161.6 18.5 32.2 212.3
Q2 6.9 15.3 19.0 43.5 37.0 2.6 5.0 17.9 43.3 105.8 149.3 20.9 33.9 204.1
Q3 7.6 15.0 15.1 40.0 35.5 6.2 16.6 39.6 99.6 139.6 21.3 39.4 200.3
Q4 3.5 6.8 17.0 12.4 39.6 35.9 6.7 15.2 35.8 95.8 135.4 18.7 33.1 187.2
2014 Q1 3.1 5.7 17.5 10.7 37.0 35.8 4.6 13.9 31.5 87.8 124.8 16.0 30.2 171.1
Q2 4.3 14.8 9.8 30.9 31.7 5.7 13.5 35.7 88.8 119.8 17.5 30.0 167.3
Q3 5.1 15.7 8.0 31.1 29.3 3.6 12.7 29.6 77.5 108.6 17.3 33.0 158.9
Q4 4.8 17.2 7.4 30.9 25.0 3.3 14.1 31.9 76.3 107.1 16.1 24.1 147.3
2015 Q1 3.5 15.1 9.6 29.0 28.1 2.7 4.5 14.4 42.0 91.7 120.8 17.7 22.5 161.0
Q2 2.7 2.8 13.9 10.4 29.8 22.8 5.1 12.0 36.5 77.9 107.7 16.8 22.3 146.8
Q3 3.6 10.5 10.5 26.9 20.5 4.0 12.2 32.1 69.4 96.3 17.3 27.0 140.7
Q4 3.9 10.6 9.2 25.1 22.5 3.6 10.8 34.2 73.1 98.2 13.0 23.2 134.4
2016 Q1 4.6 7.9 11.2 25.0 18.0 3.0 8.6 36.4 67.3 92.3 13.5 19.7 125.6
Q2 3.4 5.0 8.8 18.0 14.0 6.8 30.1 52.5 70.6 11.5 20.6 102.6
Q3 6.5 6.1 4.8 18.3 17.8 7.6 30.4 56.7 75.0 10.6 19.0 104.6
Q4 4.2 4.4 5.1 14.3 16.1 5.2 28.6 52.2 66.5 11.0 17.6 95.0
2017 Q1 4.5 7.2 4.5 18.3 17.0 7.4 27.6 54.9 73.2 10.3 14.2 97.8
Q2 2.8 5.7 4.1 14.9 19.4 3.6 6.2 26.6 56.6 71.5 9.7 15.0 96.2
Q3 2.9 3.5 5.2 4.8 16.4 16.0 6.3 22.0 48.3 64.8 9.2 23.3 97.3
Q4 3.0 6.6 7.5 19.3 14.8 3.1 7.9 19.5 46.4 65.7 8.9 17.5 92.2
2018 Q1 5.3 4.7 7.1 18.5 13.7 3.2 5.6 24.1 48.4 66.9 9.0 11.1 87.0
Q2 5.8 3.2 5.3 15.6 13.6 3.3 6.0 17.8 41.9 57.5 5.4 11.8 74.6
Q3 5.2 5.8 11.1 22.2 14.4 2.9 7.4 18.3 44.4 66.6 7.2 16.5 90.3
Q4 2.8 5.5 7.3 15.6 13.2 8.0 16.8 40.9 56.4 7.6 11.3 75.3
2019 Q1 4.0 4.9 7.4 16.9 13.7 7.7 18.2 41.9 58.7 4.2 11.3 74.2
Q2 4.1 4.9 4.7 14.0 10.0 6.5 18.3 38.0 52.0 4.3 11.2 67.4
Q3 3.7 5.7 7.6 17.1 11.7 6.8 18.1 39.8 56.9 3.9 16.3 77.2
Q4 4.9 3.7 3.5 13.9 12.6 7.4 14.8 39.0 52.9 5.3 12.2 70.4
2020 Q1 4.7 6.8 5.1 17.4 16.3 2.6 8.7 15.1 43.7 61.1 6.6 11.7 79.3
Q2 4.9 9.0 7.3 21.2 23.0 2.6 9.3 20.5 56.3 77.6 19.8 99.5
Q3 6.5 6.1 5.3 18.4 19.5 2.7 11.2 19.6 53.5 71.9 6.5 17.3 95.7
Q4 7.5 5.8 6.5 21.2 20.2 3.2 9.9 17.9 51.7 72.9 4.0 14.4 91.2
2021 Q1 6.7 7.2 7.5 22.7 22.8 3.4 11.6 23.3 62.2 84.9 5.4 16.4 106.7
Q2 4.7 7.6 5.5 19.1 20.0 8.8 19.3 51.8 71.0 5.1 15.4 91.5
Q3 4.4 7.4 5.6 17.9 19.5 11.0 16.5 50.2 68.3 3.7 17.4 89.3
Q4 5.3 6.3 5.5 18.4 17.6 9.9 22.6 52.3 70.9 3.9 13.7 88.5
2022 Q1 6.4 6.1 6.9 19.5 15.5 9.9 18.4 46.2 65.7 4.6 10.5 80.9
Q2 4.3 6.3 12.9 12.6 8.0 18.1 40.6 53.5 5.5 9.0 68.0
Q3 4.4 6.9 5.3 17.3 12.1 10.4 17.7 42.6 59.9 6.0 13.4 79.3
Q4 5.8 7.5 7.4 21.0 15.5 7.7 24.6 49.8 70.7 5.9 9.7 86.4
2023 Q1 3.5 8.3 7.8 20.6 16.8 6.8 25.8 52.7 73.3 7.5 11.7 92.5
Q2 3.8 5.8 7.9 18.8 14.0 10.0 25.1 51.5 70.3 7.5 9.8 87.7
Q3 3.1 7.3 10.4 21.5 17.8 7.6 20.6 48.4 69.9 9.0 16.3 95.1
Q4 5.1 8.9 9.7 24.3 15.9 6.9 27.3 53.2 77.5 9.8 18.1 105.3
2024 Q1 5.8 5.7 9.0 21.0 18.3 9.3 27.3 58.9 79.9 5.8 15.5 101.3
Q2 6.3 9.2 8.4 24.3 16.7 11.5 23.2 55.0 79.3 8.2 12.4 99.8
Q3 4.8 7.0 12.3 24.7 17.6 6.4 22.5 49.4 74.1 7.6 21.8 103.5
Q4

Footnotes

*From 25 October 2024 onwards, the Labour Force Survey estimates are produced using population projections based on the 2022 Census. The data has been extrapolated back to 2018 using the new base. Data of labour force survey refer to the population aged 15–74. Source: labour force survey, HCSO.
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