Table

Unemployed persons aged 15-74, by sex and age (LFS). 1 000 and per cent
	Annual average		1st quarter 2019	2nd quarter 2019	3rd quarter 2019	4th quarter 2019	1st quarter 2020	2nd quarter 2020
	2018	2019	1st quarter 2019	2nd quarter 2019	3rd quarter 2019	4th quarter 2019	1st quarter 2020	2nd quarter 2020
Unemployed
Both sexes
In total	108	106	108	97	109	108	103	129
15-24 years	35	37	37	39	37	35	37	48
25-54 years	65	60	61	51	62	66	56	72
55-74 years	8	9	10	7	10	7	10	9
Males
In total	61	60	60	56	59	65	57	72
15-24 years	20	20	20	20	19	21	21	25
25-54 years	36	34	32	31	34	39	30	41
55-74 years	5	6	8	5	6	5	6	6
Females
In total	47	46	48	40	50	43	46	57
15-24 years	15	17	17	19	18	14	16	23
25-54 years	29	26	29	19	28	27	26	31
55-74 years	3	3	2	2	4	2	4	3

Unemployed as per cent of the labour force
Both sexes
In total	3.8	3.7	3.9	3.4	3.8	3.8	3.6	4.6
15-24 years	9.6	9.9	10.3	10.7	9.5	9.4	10.1	12.8
25-54 years	3.5	3.2	3.3	2.7	3.3	3.5	2.9	3.8
55-74 years	1.4	1.5	1.8	1.2	1.8	1.2	1.8	1.6
Males
In total	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.8	3.9	4.3	3.8	4.8
15-24 years	10.5	10.4	10.7	10.8	9.3	10.8	11.2	12.9
25-54 years	3.7	3.4	3.3	3.1	3.4	3.9	3.0	4.1
55-74 years	1.5	1.9	2.6	1.7	1.9	1.4	1.8	2.0
Females
In total	3.6	3.4	3.7	3.1	3.7	3.3	3.5	4.3
15-24 years	8.7	9.5	9.8	10.6	9.7	7.8	8.9	12.5
25-54 years	3.3	2.9	3.2	2.2	3.1	3.1	2.9	3.5
55-74 years	1.2	1.0	0.9	0.7	1.6	0.8	1.7	1.2