Table

Unemployed persons aged 15-74, by sex and age (LFS). 1 000 and per cent
	Annual average		2nd quarter 2015	3rd quarter 2015	4th quarter 2015	1st quarter 2016	2nd quarter 2016	3rd quarter 2016
	2014	2015	2nd quarter 2015	3rd quarter 2015	4th quarter 2015	1st quarter 2016	2nd quarter 2016	3rd quarter 2016
Unemployed
Both sexes
In total	96	121	122	127	118	135	134	138
15-24 years	29	38	45	40	32	42	47	41
25-54 years	61	75	71	78	77	83	78	89
55-74 years	6	8	7	9	10	11	9	9
Males
In total	54	68	71	73	64	84	87	77
15-24 years	17	22	26	24	17	25	29	22
25-54 years	33	42	41	44	41	50	51	49
55-74 years	4	5	4	5	6	8	6	6
Females
In total	42	53	51	55	55	52	47	61
15-24 years	12	16	19	16	15	17	17	19
25-54 years	28	34	29	34	36	32	27	39
55-74 years	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	3

Unemployed as per cent of the labour force
Both sexes
In total	3.5	4.4	4.4	4.6	4.3	4.9	4.8	4.9
15-24 years	7.8	10.0	11.3	10.2	8.8	11.4	12.5	10.6
25-54 years	3.3	4.1	3.8	4.2	4.1	4.4	4.2	4.7
55-74 years	1.2	1.5	1.3	1.6	1.7	2.0	1.7	1.7
Males
In total	3.7	4.6	4.8	4.9	4.3	5.7	5.8	5.2
15-24 years	8.9	11.1	13.0	11.7	8.9	13.3	15.1	11.1
25-54 years	3.5	4.3	4.2	4.5	4.2	5.1	5.2	5.0
55-74 years	1.4	1.6	1.4	1.6	2.1	2.7	2.1	2.1
Females
In total	3.3	4.1	3.9	4.2	4.2	4.0	3.6	4.6
15-24 years	6.6	8.8	9.6	8.6	8.6	9.4	9.8	10.1
25-54 years	3.2	3.8	3.4	3.9	4.1	3.7	3.1	4.4
55-74 years	1.0	1.4	1.2	1.6	1.3	1.1	1.1	1.2