Annual average		2005				1st quarter 2006 2)
	2004	2005	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter	Old	New
Persons in the labour force	2 382	2 400	2 378	2 403	2 421	2 396	2 415	2 420
Males	1 263	1 272	1 262	1 275	1 280	1 271	1 281	1 284
Females	1 119	1 127	1 116	1 128	1 141	1 125	1 134	1 137
Total 15-24 years	307	306	279	311	325	308	282	324
Males	159	158	147	161	167	159	145	167
Females	148	148	133	150	158	149	137	157
Total 25-66 years	2 051	2 071	2 073	2 066	2 075	2 069	2 106	2 079
Males	1 090	1 100	1 101	1 099	1 100	1 101	1 120	1 105
Females	962	971	973	967	975	968	986	974
Employed persons	2 276	2 289	2 267	2 286	2 304	2 298	2 317	2 326
Males	1 201	1 211	1 199	1 212	1 217	1 216	1 226	1 232
Females	1 074	1 078	1 069	1 074	1 087	1 082	1 091	1 094
Total 15-24 years	272	269	247	267	286	276	253	294
Males	139	139	129	138	146	142	129	151
Females	133	131	118	129	141	134	124	143
Total 25-66 years	1 981	1 997	1 996	1 994	1 996	2 003	2 037	2 015
Males	1 048	1 059	1 056	1 059	1 057	1 064	1 081	1 069
Females	933	938	940	935	939	939	956	946
Per cent of population
Persons in the labour force	72,6	72,4	71,8	72,6	73,1	72,3	72,1	71,6
Males	76,3	76,2	75,5	76,4	76,7	76,1	75,8	75,3
Females	68,8	68,7	68,0	68,7	69,5	68,5	68,4	67,8
Total 15-24 years	61,5	60,2	55,1	61,3	63,9	60,5	54,4	56,3
Males	61,8	61,0	56,3	62,0	64,2	61,3	54,9	57,2
Females	61,2	59,4	53,8	60,5	63,5	59,6	53,8	55,4
Total 25-66 years	81,2	81,1	81,2	80,9	81,2	80,9	82,0	81,3
Males	85,3	85,1	85,2	85,1	85,1	85,0	86,0	85,3
Females	77,0	76,9	77,1	76,7	77,2	76,7	77,9	77,2
Employed persons	69,3	69,1	68,5	69,0	69,6	69,4	69,2	68,8
Males	72,6	72,5	71,8	72,6	72,9	72,9	72,6	72,2
Females	66,0	65,6	65,1	65,4	66,2	65,8	65,8	65,2
Total 15-24 years	54,4	52,9	48,6	52,6	56,3	54,2	48,8	51,1
Males	54,1	53,3	49,4	53,2	56,1	54,6	49,1	51,6
Females	54,7	52,5	47,8	52,0	56,6	53,7	48,6	50,5
Total 25-66 years	78,4	78,2	78,2	78,1	78,1	78,3	79,3	78,8
Males	82,0	81,9	81,7	82,0	81,8	82,1	83,0	82,6
Females	74,7	74,4	74,5	74,1	74,4	74,5	75,5	74,9

1 As from 2006 the age limit to participate in the LFS was lowered from 16 to 15 years. At the same time the definition of age was changed from completed years at the end of the year to completed years at the time of the reference week.

2 As from January 2006 the LFS was revised. To improve the comparability for the figures between 1st quarter 2006 and 1st quarter 2005, figures for 1st quarter 2006 are published according to both the revised and the unrevised LFS regarding to the main changes, i.e. the changes concerning age limit, the definition of age and the classification of persons on lay-off.

3 Numbers for 1st quarter 2006 have been corrected 16.10.2006.