Table

Unemployed persons aged 15-74, by sex and age (LFS). 1 000 and per cent
	Annual average		3rd quarter 2013	4th quarter 2013	1st quarter 2014	2nd quarter 2014	3rd quarter 2014	4th quarter 2014
	2013	2014	3rd quarter 2013	4th quarter 2013	1st quarter 2014	2nd quarter 2014	3rd quarter 2014	4th quarter 2014
Unemployed
Both sexes
In total	95	96	95	88	97	91	102	95
15-24 years	35	29	35	32	29	30	31	25
25-54 years	53	61	54	52	62	54	64	65
55-74 years	6	6	6	4	7	7	7	5
Males
In total	53	54	49	48	55	54	50	58
15-24 years	21	17	20	18	17	18	16	15
25-54 years	28	33	25	27	34	30	30	40
55-74 years	4	4	3	2	4	5	4	2
Females
In total	42	42	47	40	42	37	52	38
15-24 years	15	12	15	13	12	12	15	10
25-54 years	25	28	29	24	28	24	34	25
55-74 years	3	2	3	2	3	2	3	2

Unemployed as per cent of the labour force
Both sexes
In total	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.2	3.6	3.3	3.7	3.5
15-24 years	9.2	7.8	9.0	8.5	7.9	8.0	8.2	6.9
25-54 years	2.9	3.3	2.9	2.8	3.4	2.9	3.5	3.5
55-74 years	1.2	1.2	1.3	0.8	1.3	1.3	1.3	0.9
Males
In total	3.7	3.7	3.4	3.3	3.8	3.7	3.4	4.0
15-24 years	10.6	8.9	10.1	9.6	9.2	9.5	8.4	8.4
25-54 years	2.9	3.5	2.6	2.9	3.5	3.1	3.1	4.1
55-74 years	1.3	1.4	1.2	0.7	1.4	1.9	1.5	0.8
Females
In total	3.3	3.3	3.6	3.1	3.3	2.9	4.0	2.9
15-24 years	7.7	6.6	7.8	7.3	6.6	6.3	8.0	5.4
25-54 years	2.9	3.2	3.3	2.8	3.3	2.8	3.9	2.9
55-74 years	1.1	1.0	1.3	1.0	1.1	0.6	1.1	1.0