Table

Unemployed persons aged 15-74, by sex and age (LFS). 1 000 and per cent
	Annual average		2nd quarter 2017	3rd quarter 2017	4th quarter 2017	1st quarter 2018	2nd quarter 2018	3rd quarter 2018
	2016	2017	2nd quarter 2017	3rd quarter 2017	4th quarter 2017	1st quarter 2018	2nd quarter 2018	3rd quarter 2018
Unemployed
Both sexes
In total	131	117	126	114	105	110	109	114
15-24 years	42	39	47	39	33	31	40	35
25-54 years	80	68	71	66	64	73	62	69
55-74 years	10	9	8	9	8	7	7	9
Males
In total	79	68	72	65	63	65	63	65
15-24 years	24	23	27	23	19	19	24	20
25-54 years	49	39	41	36	37	42	35	40
55-74 years	7	6	5	6	7	3	4	6
Females
In total	52	49	53	49	43	45	46	49
15-24 years	18	17	20	16	14	12	16	16
25-54 years	31	29	30	29	27	31	27	30
55-74 years	3	3	3	4	2	3	2	3

Unemployed as per cent of the labour force
Both sexes
In total	4.7	4.2	4.5	4.1	3.8	4.0	3.9	4.0
15-24 years	11.3	10.8	12.6	10.4	9.1	8.8	10.8	9.5
25-54 years	4.3	3.7	3.8	3.5	3.5	3.9	3.3	3.7
55-74 years	1.8	1.7	1.5	1.7	1.5	1.2	1.2	1.6
Males
In total	5.4	4.6	4.9	4.4	4.3	4.4	4.2	4.3
15-24 years	12.8	12.1	13.9	11.9	10.2	10.5	12.3	10.1
25-54 years	4.9	4.0	4.1	3.7	3.8	4.3	3.5	3.9
55-74 years	2.3	2.1	1.8	1.9	2.2	1.2	1.5	1.9
Females
In total	4.0	3.8	4.1	3.8	3.3	3.5	3.5	3.7
15-24 years	9.8	9.4	11.2	8.9	8.0	6.9	9.2	8.7
25-54 years	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.1	3.5	3.1	3.3
55-74 years	1.3	1.1	1.2	1.6	0.7	1.3	1.0	1.3