Table

Unemployed persons aged 15-74, by sex and age (LFS). 1 000 and per cent
	Annual average		3rd quarter 2018	4th quarter 2018	1st quarter 2019	2nd quarter 2019	3rd quarter 2019	4th quarter 2019
	2018	2019	3rd quarter 2018	4th quarter 2018	1st quarter 2019	2nd quarter 2019	3rd quarter 2019	4th quarter 2019
Unemployed
Both sexes
In total	108	106	114	98	108	97	109	108
15-24 years	35	37	35	33	37	39	37	35
25-54 years	65	60	69	57	61	51	62	66
55-74 years	8	9	9	8	10	7	10	7
Males
In total	61	60	65	50	60	56	59	65
15-24 years	20	20	20	16	20	20	19	21
25-54 years	36	34	40	29	32	31	34	39
55-74 years	5	6	6	5	8	5	6	5
Females
In total	47	46	49	48	48	40	50	43
15-24 years	15	17	16	17	17	19	18	14
25-54 years	29	26	30	28	29	19	28	27
55-74 years	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	2

Unemployed as per cent of the labour force
Both sexes
In total	3.8	3.7	4.0	3.5	3.9	3.4	3.8	3.8
15-24 years	9.6	9.9	9.5	9.2	10.3	10.7	9.5	9.4
25-54 years	3.5	3.2	3.7	3.0	3.3	2.7	3.3	3.5
55-74 years	1.4	1.5	1.6	1.5	1.8	1.2	1.8	1.2
Males
In total	4.1	4.0	4.3	3.4	4.0	3.8	3.9	4.3
15-24 years	10.5	10.4	10.1	8.8	10.7	10.8	9.3	10.8
25-54 years	3.7	3.4	3.9	2.9	3.3	3.1	3.4	3.9
55-74 years	1.5	1.9	1.9	1.7	2.6	1.7	1.9	1.4
Females
In total	3.6	3.4	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.1	3.7	3.3
15-24 years	8.7	9.5	8.7	9.7	9.8	10.6	9.7	7.8
25-54 years	3.3	2.9	3.3	3.2	3.2	2.2	3.1	3.1
55-74 years	1.2	1.0	1.3	1.2	0.9	0.7	1.6	0.8