Table

Unemployed persons aged 15-74, by sex and age (LFS). 1 000 and per cent
	Annual average		2nd quarter 2019	3rd quarter 2019	4th quarter 2019	1st quarter 2020	2nd quarter 2020	3rd quarter 2020
	2018	2019	2nd quarter 2019	3rd quarter 2019	4th quarter 2019	1st quarter 2020	2nd quarter 2020	3rd quarter 2020
Unemployed
Both sexes
In total	108	106	97	109	108	103	129	153
15-24 years	35	37	39	37	35	37	48	48
25-54 years	65	60	51	62	66	56	72	89
55-74 years	8	9	7	10	7	10	9	17
Males
In total	61	60	56	59	65	57	72	85
15-24 years	20	20	20	19	21	21	25	25
25-54 years	36	34	31	34	39	30	41	48
55-74 years	5	6	5	6	5	6	6	11
Females
In total	47	46	40	50	43	46	57	68
15-24 years	15	17	19	18	14	16	23	22
25-54 years	29	26	19	28	27	26	31	40
55-74 years	3	3	2	4	2	4	3	6

Unemployed as per cent of the labour force
Both sexes
In total	3.8	3.7	3.4	3.8	3.8	3.6	4.6	5.4
15-24 years	9.6	9.9	10.7	9.5	9.4	10.1	12.8	12.4
25-54 years	3.5	3.2	2.7	3.3	3.5	2.9	3.8	4.7
55-74 years	1.4	1.5	1.2	1.8	1.2	1.8	1.6	2.9
Males
In total	4.1	4.0	3.8	3.9	4.3	3.8	4.8	5.6
15-24 years	10.5	10.4	10.8	9.3	10.8	11.2	12.9	12.8
25-54 years	3.7	3.4	3.1	3.4	3.9	3.0	4.1	4.9
55-74 years	1.5	1.9	1.7	1.9	1.4	1.8	2.0	3.4
Females
In total	3.6	3.4	3.1	3.7	3.3	3.5	4.3	5.1
15-24 years	8.7	9.5	10.6	9.7	7.8	8.9	12.5	11.9
25-54 years	3.3	2.9	2.2	3.1	3.1	2.9	3.5	4.5
55-74 years	1.2	1.0	0.7	1.6	0.8	1.7	1.2	2.3