Table

Unemployed persons aged 15-74, by sex and age (LFS). 1 000 and per cent
	Annual average		3rd quarter 2014	4th quarter 2014	1st quarter 2015	2nd quarter 2015	3rd quarter 2015	4th quarter 2015
	2014	2015	3rd quarter 2014	4th quarter 2014	1st quarter 2015	2nd quarter 2015	3rd quarter 2015	4th quarter 2015
Unemployed
Both sexes
In total	96	121	102	95	118	122	127	118
15-24 years	29	38	31	25	35	45	40	32
25-54 years	61	75	64	65	76	71	78	77
55-74 years	6	8	7	5	8	7	9	10
Males
In total	54	68	50	58	66	71	73	64
15-24 years	17	22	16	15	20	26	24	17
25-54 years	33	42	30	40	41	41	44	41
55-74 years	4	5	4	2	4	4	5	6
Females
In total	42	53	52	38	53	51	55	55
15-24 years	12	16	15	10	15	19	16	15
25-54 years	28	34	34	25	35	29	34	36
55-74 years	2	3	3	2	3	3	4	3

Unemployed as per cent of the labour force
Both sexes
In total	3.5	4.4	3.7	3.5	4.3	4.4	4.6	4.3
15-24 years	7.8	10.0	8.2	6.9	9.4	11.3	10.2	8.8
25-54 years	3.3	4.1	3.5	3.5	4.1	3.8	4.2	4.1
55-74 years	1.2	1.5	1.3	0.9	1.5	1.3	1.6	1.7
Males
In total	3.7	4.6	3.4	4.0	4.5	4.8	4.9	4.3
15-24 years	8.9	11.1	8.4	8.4	10.7	13.0	11.7	8.9
25-54 years	3.5	4.3	3.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.5	4.2
55-74 years	1.4	1.6	1.5	0.8	1.5	1.4	1.6	2.1
Females
In total	3.3	4.1	4.0	2.9	4.1	3.9	4.2	4.2
15-24 years	6.6	8.8	8.0	5.4	8.1	9.6	8.6	8.6
25-54 years	3.2	3.8	3.9	2.9	4.0	3.4	3.9	4.1
55-74 years	1.0	1.4	1.1	1.0	1.4	1.2	1.6	1.3