Table

Unemployed persons aged 15-74, by sex and age (LFS). 1 000 and per cent
	Annual average		1st quarter 2015	2nd quarter 2015	3rd quarter 2015	4th quarter 2015	1st quarter 2016	2nd quarter 2016
	2014	2015	1st quarter 2015	2nd quarter 2015	3rd quarter 2015	4th quarter 2015	1st quarter 2016	2nd quarter 2016
Unemployed
Both sexes
In total	96	121	118	122	127	118	135	134
15-24 years	29	38	35	45	40	32	42	47
25-54 years	61	75	76	71	78	77	83	78
55-74 years	6	8	8	7	9	10	11	9
Males
In total	54	68	66	71	73	64	84	87
15-24 years	17	22	20	26	24	17	25	29
25-54 years	33	42	41	41	44	41	50	51
55-74 years	4	5	4	4	5	6	8	6
Females
In total	42	53	53	51	55	55	52	47
15-24 years	12	16	15	19	16	15	17	17
25-54 years	28	34	35	29	34	36	32	27
55-74 years	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	3

Unemployed as per cent of the labour force
Both sexes
In total	3.5	4.4	4.3	4.4	4.6	4.3	4.9	4.8
15-24 years	7.8	10.0	9.4	11.3	10.2	8.8	11.4	12.5
25-54 years	3.3	4.1	4.1	3.8	4.2	4.1	4.4	4.2
55-74 years	1.2	1.5	1.5	1.3	1.6	1.7	2.0	1.7
Males
In total	3.7	4.6	4.5	4.8	4.9	4.3	5.7	5.8
15-24 years	8.9	11.1	10.7	13.0	11.7	8.9	13.3	15.1
25-54 years	3.5	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.5	4.2	5.1	5.2
55-74 years	1.4	1.6	1.5	1.4	1.6	2.1	2.7	2.1
Females
In total	3.3	4.1	4.1	3.9	4.2	4.2	4.0	3.6
15-24 years	6.6	8.8	8.1	9.6	8.6	8.6	9.4	9.8
25-54 years	3.2	3.8	4.0	3.4	3.9	4.1	3.7	3.1
55-74 years	1.0	1.4	1.4	1.2	1.6	1.3	1.1	1.1