Labour force survey, Q4 2018

Population aged 15-74 by labour force status(LFS) and sex. Per cent
	Annual average		3rd quarter 2017	4th quarter 2017	1st quarter 2018	2nd quarter 2018	3rd quarter 2018	4th quarter 2018
	2017	2018	3rd quarter 2017	4th quarter 2017	1st quarter 2018	2nd quarter 2018	3rd quarter 2018	4th quarter 2018
Labour force in per cent of the population
Both sexes	69.7	70.2	69.8	69.3	69.5	70.4	70.7	70.1
Males	72.2	73.0	72.3	71.9	72.3	73.3	73.9	72.7
Females	67.0	67.2	67.2	66.7	66.7	67.3	67.5	67.4

Employed persons in per cent of the population
Both sexes	66.7	67.5	67.0	66.7	66.8	67.6	67.9	67.6
Males	68.8	70.0	69.1	68.8	69.1	70.2	70.7	70.2
Females	64.5	64.8	64.7	64.5	64.4	65.0	65.0	64.9

Unemployed persons in per cent of the labour force
Both sexes	4.2	3.8	4.1	3.8	4.0	3.9	4.0	3.5
Males	4.6	4.1	4.4	4.3	4.4	4.2	4.3	3.4
Females	3.8	3.6	3.8	3.3	3.5	3.5	3.7	3.7

Outside the labour force in per cent of the population
Both sexes	30.3	29.8	30.2	30.7	30.5	29.6	29.3	29.9
Males	27.8	27.0	27.7	28.1	27.7	26.7	26.1	27.3
Females	33.0	32.8	32.8	33.3	33.3	32.7	32.5	32.6

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