Table
| Annual average | 4th quarter 2019 | 1st quarter 2020 | 2nd quarter 2020 | 3rd quarter 2020 | 4th quarter 2020 | 1st quarter 2021 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2020 | |||||||
| 1From 2021 there is a new Labour Force Survey (LFS) questionnaire, which may lead to breaks | ||||||||
| Labour force in per cent of the population | ||||||||
| Both sexes | 70.5 | 70.4 | 70.5 | 70.2 | 70.1 | 70.9 | 70.3 | 70.6 |
| Males | 73.4 | 73.3 | 73.7 | 73.1 | 72.9 | 73.8 | 73.3 | 73.2 |
| Females | 67.5 | 67.4 | 67.3 | 67.3 | 67.2 | 67.9 | 67.2 | 68.0 |
| Employed persons in per cent of the population | ||||||||
| Both sexes | 67.8 | 67.2 | 67.9 | 67.7 | 66.9 | 67.1 | 67.0 | 67.2 |
| Males | 70.5 | 69.7 | 70.5 | 70.3 | 69.4 | 69.6 | 69.6 | 69.3 |
| Females | 65.1 | 64.5 | 65.1 | 64.9 | 64.3 | 64.4 | 64.2 | 65.0 |
| Unemployed persons in per cent of the labour force | ||||||||
| Both sexes | 3.7 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.0 |
| Males | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| Females | 3.4 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Outside the labour force in per cent of the population | ||||||||
| Both sexes | 29.5 | 29.6 | 29.5 | 29.8 | 29.9 | 29.1 | 29.7 | 29.4 |
| Males | 26.6 | 26.7 | 26.3 | 26.9 | 27.1 | 26.2 | 26.7 | 26.8 |
| Females | 32.5 | 32.6 | 32.7 | 32.7 | 32.8 | 32.1 | 32.8 | 32.0 |