Period, quarters Less than 1 1–3 4–6 7–11 12 13–18 19–23 24 25 and more Total Average duration of unemployment, month
month(s)
thousand persons
Total
2009 Q1 27.0 88.6 61.8 61.7 13.3 47.2 17.1 7.0 79.9 403.6 11.8
Q2 18.5 69.0 78.5 71.5 17.4 44.1 20.3 6.4 74.6 400.3 11.9
Q3 18.6 79.4 62.2 93.4 19.7 52.4 19.5 8.3 77.7 431.2 12.0
Q4 18.7 69.0 73.5 85.4 20.8 61.1 20.8 6.5 79.1 434.7 12.3
2010 Q1 16.3 101.6 70.6 91.4 22.1 78.1 22.0 7.3 84.4 493.8 12.0
Q2 19.8 50.9 80.4 88.9 22.1 75.8 29.5 11.2 92.0 470.6 13.4
Q3 20.3 64.4 48.2 86.2 21.0 78.0 35.0 12.7 92.2 457.9 14.0
Q4 16.5 67.5 59.3 75.5 24.7 68.6 34.7 13.1 94.1 454.1 14.2
2011 Q1 30.8 91.1 63.3 73.8 16.3 72.5 28.8 11.7 103.9 492.2 13.0
Q2 22.7 61.5 77.4 71.4 17.6 66.1 30.4 11.6 99.6 458.3 13.6
Q3 33.6 77.5 51.1 76.6 20.2 57.6 32.7 8.7 98.3 456.3 13.0
Q4 35.6 72.8 67.8 68.4 17.2 60.9 25.4 8.8 98.2 455.0 12.8
2012 Q1 30.3 98.0 76.3 83.7 16.6 64.0 24.9 7.6 104.6 506.0 12.0
Q2 31.3 59.0 74.8 90.3 22.8 59.1 25.8 9.0 99.8 471.9 12.9
Q3 46.1 65.0 48.4 88.5 20.0 57.2 25.1 13.2 90.2 453.7 12.7
Q4 56.8 57.0 61.9 67.0 25.9 57.2 24.2 14.6 94.9 459.5 12.9
2013 Q1 75.1 77.0 69.0 61.7 21.3 60.0 25.4 13.9 91.3 494.7 11.4
Q2 48.2 43.2 67.7 73.2 23.4 50.8 27.9 17.7 87.6 439.8 13.0
Q3 44.2 46.9 43.0 71.2 24.7 46.0 28.5 23.6 100.8 428.9 14.0
Q4 38.0 45.5 48.1 52.4 24.9 46.7 20.5 17.1 104.2 397.4 14.2
2014 Q1 42.6 51.7 45.4 43.7 18.9 41.9 14.6 13.1 91.1 363.0 13.1
Q2 44.3 44.8 51.4 47.2 19.6 36.7 16.2 12.6 86.1 358.8 12.9
Q3 34.7 47.4 44.3 50.5 17.9 30.7 15.8 14.6 75.4 331.4 12.9
Q4 34.1 41.3 45.3 51.4 16.1 33.4 12.7 12.8 71.1 318.3 12.6
2015 Q1 43.1 56.1 43.6 54.6 17.2 37.7 11.7 9.7 73.5 347.3 11.6
Q2 30.5 49.9 40.5 46.4 19.1 30.9 11.5 13.0 68.6 310.3 12.6
Q3 33.6 40.8 38.0 41.3 15.5 27.6 15.0 10.4 70.2 292.4 13.1
Q4 30.9 42.5 34.4 42.6 17.5 28.8 12.3 9.3 62.2 280.6 12.8
2016 Q1 37.4 38.8 34.7 34.8 13.3 28.5 14.9 10.5 59.8 272.6 12.7
Q2 30.7 26.5 33.8 30.2 12.3 25.0 9.5 11.3 54.8 234.1 13.1
Q3 32.6 35.9 24.6 29.8 9.9 23.7 12.2 8.5 49.0 226.2 12.2
Q4 25.7 31.8 27.4 26.6 12.2 20.9 8.9 6.2 45.2 205.0 12.2
2017 Q1 27.6 36.6 29.6 24.1 7.8 25.4 8.2 6.1 41.1 206.6 11.4
Q2 25.3 31.5 27.9 29.2 9.3 21.0 10.2 5.5 36.4 196.2 11.8
Q3 28.3 36.5 26.4 25.6 8.9 15.4 8.4 7.7 31.0 188.2 10.8
Q4 25.2 31.3 26.9 24.6 9.9 15.8 5.3 3.2 32.9 175.2 10.8
2018 Q1 23.3 29.0 29.7 22.2 8.4 17.1 6.8 3.2 35.0 174.6 11.1
Q2 21.0 22.6 25.4 27.7 9.0 17.4 5.9 3.6 30.0 162.4 11.6
Q3 33.3 34.6 21.0 20.7 9.1 14.7 7.3 6.3 28.1 175.0 10.4
Q4 26.6 33.8 23.6 19.8 8.9 11.5 6.8 6.7 28.0 165.7 10.8
2019 Q1 24.2 35.7 28.5 18.0 7.4 14.5 4.7 5.8 25.1 163.8 10.1
Q2 27.6 22.0 27.7 26.3 6.0 10.4 5.5 5.9 24.0 155.4 10.4
Q3 31.9 30.2 26.8 22.2 7.6 13.7 5.7 4.1 19.9 162.0 9.1
Q4 27.6 30.9 26.3 23.0 7.9 12.3 4.6 … 15.7 150.3 8.6
2020 Q1 39.5 35.8 25.1 23.5 6.4 15.0 4.2 5.5 16.7 171.7 8.1
Q2 63.4 56.2 29.1 22.8 9.6 9.4 4.3 … 15.3 212.5 6.2
Q3 41.7 39.5 37.8 28.8 12.2 15.6 6.7 5.1 19.3 206.6 8.4
Q4 27.0 33.7 37.1 36.5 10.3 18.0 7.5 4.8 19.2 194.1 9.4
2021 Q1 45.9 37.0 37.3 39.0 14.0 13.8 5.9 4.2 15.9 213.0 8.9
Q2 48.3 25.9 28.7 30.0 18.9 15.4 6.1 4.7 17.2 195.1 9.4
Q3 45.0 30.0 20.7 27.8 14.0 19.4 7.6 4.4 18.6 187.5 10.3
Q4 40.2 32.3 23.4 20.9 11.9 20.1 5.6 5.8 17.9 178.2 10.3
2022 Q1 40.5 33.5 23.9 19.5 9.9 19.6 7.2 4.4 20.0 178.5 10.9
Q2 30.8 28.8 21.4 16.9 8.8 13.7 5.6 5.9 22.0 153.9 12.7
Q3 48.8 28.1 21.0 17.6 6.9 13.4 8.3 5.9 25.5 175.3 12.0
Q4 49.7 28.8 25.9 22.2 6.4 13.5 8.4 6.7 26.7 188.3 11.8
2023 Q1 41.8 35.7 27.1 28.4 10.4 16.5 5.7 5.5 25.9 197.0 11.3
Q2 47.8 26.5 23.6 25.7 9.9 20.2 6.4 6.1 25.6 191.6 12.0
Q3 48.7 33.5 23.9 18.6 12.1 21.9 8.7 5.9 24.9 198.3 11.9
Q4 55.4 39.6 24.3 24.3 12.5 18.4 10.3 5.8 27.3 217.9 11.2
2024 Q1 52.0 45.9 31.0 23.4 12.2 19.4 7.1 6.7 29.1 226.8 11.5
Q2 43.3 31.9 32.6 28.3 12.1 19.8 8.3 8.0 29.7 213.9 12.8
Q3 60.3 40.1 22.5 25.3 11.4 20.5 6.4 6.8 31.4 224.6 11.9
Q4
Of which:
male
2009 Q1 15.5 51.8 33.0 30.8 6.7 26.2 8.1 3.4 49.8 225.4 12.1
Q2 11.8 39.1 45.8 38.2 9.9 21.5 11.3 3.3 43.1 224.0 11.9
Q3 12.5 43.9 33.4 53.0 10.1 25.5 10.7 4.9 44.8 238.9 12.1
Q4 9.7 38.1 39.4 47.0 11.1 33.6 10.9 3.0 46.4 239.1 12.7
2010 Q1 8.7 59.0 41.4 51.5 12.9 45.1 12.0 3.9 48.3 282.9 12.0
Q2 9.7 29.0 48.6 47.5 11.7 45.0 16.9 5.9 52.7 266.9 13.5
Q3 9.8 33.5 25.9 47.3 12.6 41.6 18.8 7.9 51.5 248.9 14.3
Q4 7.6 37.5 32.2 40.9 15.2 35.7 19.8 8.0 51.3 248.2 14.3
2011 Q1 17.2 54.4 34.9 39.1 8.3 43.0 15.3 6.2 56.7 274.9 12.9
Q2 11.7 31.4 43.3 39.5 8.1 37.0 17.0 5.2 51.9 245.1 13.6
Q3 15.7 40.8 26.1 44.6 10.6 32.2 19.3 5.6 48.3 243.3 13.1
Q4 17.8 39.5 35.9 38.4 9.6 34.0 13.5 3.6 50.2 242.6 12.7
2012 Q1 18.9 57.6 39.7 44.1 8.4 38.0 13.4 5.2 55.1 280.5 11.8
Q2 17.3 34.8 43.1 50.8 10.3 34.3 16.7 5.0 53.9 266.3 13.0
Q3 23.2 33.5 28.8 50.4 11.0 28.7 16.4 8.4 50.2 250.5 13.2
Q4 32.0 29.5 33.1 34.3 14.9 31.3 12.8 8.4 54.7 251.0 13.5
2013 Q1 44.3 49.9 36.9 34.2 12.9 33.3 13.3 7.3 50.2 282.4 11.2
Q2 24.3 22.8 38.7 37.6 14.7 26.2 11.9 9.8 49.8 235.7 13.3
Q3 21.7 23.4 22.1 39.1 15.2 26.3 13.7 9.3 57.9 228.6 14.5
Q4 18.4 23.5 25.6 29.2 12.3 25.4 11.1 8.7 56.0 210.3 14.4
2014 Q1 20.7 29.6 24.1 21.9 10.1 21.0 7.0 7.6 50.0 192.0 13.3
Q2 20.7 23.0 29.6 25.9 9.6 17.4 9.2 6.0 50.1 191.5 13.3
Q3 17.1 23.4 22.7 29.8 8.9 15.3 7.8 7.3 40.1 172.5 13.0
Q4 16.1 22.2 23.8 27.2 9.9 17.8 7.1 7.5 39.3 171.0 12.9
2015 Q1 22.9 31.3 24.1 25.8 9.2 21.1 5.6 5.4 40.9 186.3 11.6
Q2 16.9 24.3 20.7 22.8 10.2 16.6 4.8 7.5 39.7 163.5 13.0
Q3 17.4 19.6 18.5 21.7 7.3 14.3 8.8 5.0 39.1 151.8 13.4
Q4 15.7 20.0 18.1 22.6 9.2 14.8 7.6 4.7 33.5 146.1 13.1
2016 Q1 18.6 22.5 17.9 18.1 6.8 14.2 8.7 6.7 33.6 147.0 12.9
Q2 15.2 17.5 20.2 16.6 6.8 12.6 5.4 5.4 31.8 131.4 12.9
Q3 17.3 17.8 14.0 19.9 5.8 11.7 5.1 5.1 24.9 121.6 11.9
Q4 12.8 14.0 15.8 18.1 7.6 12.1 3.2 2.7 23.6 109.9 12.2
2017 Q1 14.7 15.7 15.8 16.3 4.7 14.5 4.7 … 20.5 108.9 11.4
Q2 11.7 15.1 13.1 17.5 3.7 12.8 6.3 … 17.4 100.1 11.8
Q3 11.2 18.6 12.6 14.6 4.0 10.4 4.0 3.4 12.3 90.9 10.3
Q4 10.9 16.6 12.1 11.1 6.0 6.7 3.0 … 15.5 83.0 10.6
2018 Q1 12.9 13.2 14.3 11.3 4.5 8.2 3.4 … 18.7 87.6 11.0
Q2 12.1 11.2 13.7 13.3 4.7 11.1 3.3 … 17.2 87.7 11.4
Q3 13.8 17.0 8.8 9.7 5.1 8.5 4.5 3.4 14.0 84.7 10.8
Q4 14.7 18.9 11.7 10.5 6.0 6.7 … 3.8 16.3 90.5 10.7
2019 Q1 11.8 22.2 16.0 8.6 3.0 7.5 2.8 … 15.3 89.6 10.3
Q2 15.9 12.8 16.5 13.3 3.1 7.4 2.8 4.2 12.0 88.0 10.4
Q3 16.4 14.2 14.5 13.4 3.3 7.7 3.7 … 10.1 84.9 9.2
Q4 15.4 13.7 15.0 12.2 4.3 8.0 … … 8.5 79.9 8.6
2020 Q1 19.1 18.7 11.7 13.3 4.2 10.4 … 3.1 9.7 92.4 8.7
Q2 31.7 34.4 13.0 10.5 3.6 6.5 2.9 … 8.9 113.0 6.4
Q3 21.0 20.4 20.2 16.9 6.2 8.7 4.7 3.4 9.3 110.9 8.5
Q4 15.3 18.6 18.6 19.7 5.5 9.7 4.8 … 8.7 102.8 9.1
2021 Q1 21.9 17.9 19.0 16.9 8.4 6.2 3.3 3.6 9.3 106.4 9.6
Q2 27.1 14.1 13.6 15.6 9.0 8.0 2.8 … 11.2 103.6 9.7
Q3 25.1 15.6 11.1 14.6 6.8 8.3 3.2 3.1 10.5 98.2 10.3
Q4 18.6 18.0 12.3 11.1 6.0 9.1 2.6 3.2 8.8 89.7 10.6
2022 Q1 23.6 17.6 13.6 12.7 4.8 9.1 3.5 … 10.8 97.7 10.8
Q2 16.3 16.9 11.3 10.1 5.0 6.7 2.6 4.4 12.7 86.0 13.1
Q3 28.3 12.0 12.2 9.8 4.7 6.5 5.2 2.9 14.4 96.0 12.3
Q4 25.1 16.8 13.7 12.4 4.3 7.4 4.7 … 15.3 101.9 12.2
2023 Q1 22.0 19.2 12.3 16.9 5.9 7.0 3.4 2.6 15.3 104.5 11.8
Q2 21.8 14.9 13.6 14.7 6.3 10.8 3.6 3.8 14.5 104.0 12.4
Q3 23.2 16.0 12.4 9.3 7.4 14.2 3.0 3.3 14.5 103.2 12.7
Q4 31.3 19.9 11.1 12.3 5.4 10.3 4.4 3.9 14.1 112.5 11.3
2024 Q1 25.7 26.1 19.1 10.9 6.8 11.0 4.2 4.2 17.6 125.5 12.3
Q2 20.8 15.8 17.8 15.3 7.7 9.4 3.7 5.0 18.7 114.1 13.8
Q3 32.4 21.5 10.3 13.5 5.3 13.5 … 4.1 18.9 121.1 12.6
Q4
female
2009 Q1 11.5 36.8 28.8 30.9 6.6 20.9 9.0 3.6 30.2 178.2 11.3
Q2 6.6 29.9 32.7 33.2 7.6 22.6 9.0 3.2 31.5 176.4 12.0
Q3 6.1 35.5 28.8 40.4 9.6 27.0 8.8 3.4 32.9 192.3 11.8
Q4 9.0 30.8 34.1 38.4 9.7 27.5 9.9 3.5 32.7 195.6 11.9
2010 Q1 7.5 42.6 29.2 40.0 9.2 33.0 10.0 3.4 36.1 210.9 12.0
Q2 10.1 21.9 31.8 41.4 10.5 30.8 12.6 5.3 39.2 203.6 13.4
Q3 10.5 30.9 22.3 38.9 8.4 36.3 16.2 4.8 40.7 209.0 13.6
Q4 9.0 30.0 27.1 34.6 9.6 32.9 14.9 5.1 42.8 205.9 14.0
2011 Q1 13.7 36.7 28.5 34.7 8.0 29.5 13.5 5.5 47.3 217.2 13.1
Q2 11.0 30.1 34.1 31.9 9.5 29.1 13.4 6.5 47.7 213.2 13.7
Q3 17.9 36.6 25.1 32.0 9.5 25.4 13.4 3.1 50.0 213.0 12.9
Q4 17.8 33.3 32.0 30.0 7.6 26.9 11.8 5.2 47.9 212.4 12.9
2012 Q1 11.4 40.4 36.5 39.6 8.2 26.0 11.6 … 49.5 225.5 12.3
Q2 14.0 24.2 31.7 39.5 12.4 24.8 9.1 4.0 45.9 205.7 12.9
Q3 22.9 31.5 19.6 38.1 9.0 28.5 8.7 4.9 40.0 203.2 12.0
Q4 24.8 27.5 28.8 32.7 11.0 25.8 11.4 6.3 40.1 208.4 12.2
2013 Q1 30.8 27.1 32.1 27.5 8.3 26.7 12.1 6.6 41.1 212.3 11.7
Q2 23.9 20.4 29.1 35.6 8.7 24.7 16.0 8.0 37.8 204.1 12.6
Q3 22.5 23.5 20.9 32.2 9.6 19.6 14.8 14.3 42.9 200.3 13.4
Q4 19.6 22.0 22.4 23.3 12.6 21.3 9.4 8.4 48.2 187.2 13.9
2014 Q1 21.9 22.1 21.3 21.9 8.8 20.9 7.6 5.5 41.1 171.1 12.9
Q2 23.6 21.7 21.8 21.2 10.0 19.3 7.0 6.7 36.0 167.3 12.4
Q3 17.6 24.1 21.6 20.6 9.0 15.4 8.1 7.3 35.3 158.9 12.8
Q4 17.9 19.1 21.4 24.2 6.2 15.7 5.5 5.3 31.8 147.3 12.4
2015 Q1 20.3 24.8 19.6 28.8 8.0 16.6 6.1 4.3 32.6 161.0 11.7
Q2 13.6 25.5 19.8 23.6 8.9 14.3 6.6 5.6 28.9 146.8 12.1
Q3 16.1 21.2 19.5 19.6 8.1 13.3 6.2 5.3 31.1 140.7 12.9
Q4 15.2 22.5 16.4 20.0 8.3 14.0 4.7 4.7 28.6 134.4 12.5
2016 Q1 18.8 16.2 16.8 16.7 6.5 14.4 6.2 3.8 26.2 125.6 12.4
Q2 15.6 9.0 13.6 13.6 5.5 12.4 4.2 5.9 23.0 102.6 13.4
Q3 15.2 18.1 10.6 10.0 4.1 12.0 7.1 3.4 24.1 104.6 12.5
Q4 13.0 17.8 11.7 8.5 4.5 8.8 5.7 3.5 21.6 95.0 12.2
2017 Q1 12.9 20.9 13.8 7.9 3.1 10.9 3.6 3.9 20.7 97.8 11.3
Q2 13.5 16.4 14.8 11.7 5.6 8.2 3.9 3.1 19.0 96.2 11.7
Q3 17.1 18.0 13.9 11.0 4.8 5.0 4.4 4.4 18.7 97.3 11.3
Q4 14.3 14.7 14.9 13.5 4.0 9.1 … … 17.4 92.2 11.1
2018 Q1 10.4 15.8 15.3 10.9 3.9 9.0 3.4 … 16.3 87.0 11.2
Q2 8.9 11.4 11.7 14.4 4.3 6.3 2.7 … 12.8 74.6 11.8
Q3 19.5 17.6 12.2 11.0 4.1 6.3 2.8 2.9 14.1 90.3 10.1
Q4 11.9 14.9 11.9 9.3 3.0 4.8 4.9 3.0 11.7 75.3 10.9
2019 Q1 12.4 13.5 12.5 9.4 4.4 7.0 … 3.4 9.7 74.2 9.9
Q2 11.7 9.2 11.2 13.0 3.0 3.1 2.7 … 12.0 67.4 10.4
Q3 15.5 16.0 12.3 8.8 4.3 6.0 … 2.5 9.8 77.2 9.0
Q4 12.2 17.2 11.3 10.8 3.6 4.3 2.7 … 7.1 70.4 8.6
2020 Q1 20.4 17.1 13.4 10.2 … 4.6 … … 7.0 79.3 7.4
Q2 31.7 21.8 16.1 12.2 5.9 3.0 … … 6.4 99.5 6.0
Q3 20.6 19.1 17.6 11.9 6.1 6.8 … … 9.9 95.7 8.3
Q4 11.7 15.2 18.5 16.8 4.8 8.2 2.7 2.8 10.5 91.2 9.7
2021 Q1 23.9 19.1 18.3 22.2 5.7 7.6 2.6 … 6.6 106.7 8.3
Q2 21.2 11.8 15.1 14.4 9.9 7.5 3.3 2.5 5.9 91.5 9.1
Q3 20.0 14.4 9.7 13.2 7.1 11.1 4.3 … 8.1 89.3 10.2
Q4 21.6 14.2 11.2 9.8 5.9 11.0 3.1 2.6 9.1 88.5 10.1
2022 Q1 16.9 15.9 10.3 6.9 5.1 10.6 3.6 … 9.3 80.9 11.0
Q2 14.4 11.9 10.1 6.8 3.8 7.1 3.0 … 9.3 68.0 12.3
Q3 20.4 16.0 8.7 7.9 … 6.9 3.1 3.0 11.1 79.3 11.5
Q4 24.5 12.1 12.2 9.8 … 6.2 3.7 4.4 11.4 86.4 11.3
2023 Q1 19.8 16.5 14.7 11.5 4.5 9.5 … 2.9 10.6 92.5 10.7
Q2 26.0 11.6 9.9 11.0 3.6 9.4 2.8 … 11.1 87.7 11.5
Q3 25.6 17.5 11.5 9.4 4.7 7.7 5.7 2.7 10.4 95.1 11.0
Q4 24.2 19.7 13.2 12.0 7.1 8.1 6.0 … 13.2 105.3 11.2
2024 Q1 26.4 19.8 11.9 12.5 5.4 8.4 2.9 2.5 11.5 101.3 10.5
Q2 22.5 16.1 14.8 13.1 4.4 10.5 4.5 3.0 11.1 99.8 11.6
Q3 27.9 18.6 12.2 11.8 6.1 7.0 4.7 2.7 12.4 103.5 11.0
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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