Labour force characteristics by age 2018 and 2015

			2018						2015
	15+	15 to 64	15 to 24	25 to 54	55 to 64	65+	15+	15 to 64	15 to 24	25 to 54	55 to 64	65+
Population 15 and over	71,993	63,819	14,073	39,649	10,097	8,174	69,503	61,627	13,423	40,404	7,799	7,876
Labour Force	51,931	50,343	6,876	36,255	7,211	1,588	49,308	48,015	6,331	36,751	4,932	1,293
Employed	47,429	45,862	5,111	33,826	6,925	1,567	42,537	41,371	4,187	32,790	4,394	1,166
Unemployed	4,502	4,482	1,765	2,429	287	20	6,771	6,644	2,144	3,961	539	127
Not in the labour force	20,062	13,477	7,197	3,394	2,886	6,586	20,195	13,612	7,092	3,653	2,867	6,583
Unemployment rate (%)	8.7	9.9	25.7	6.7	4.0	1.3	13.7	13.8	33.9	10.8	10.9	9.8
Employment rate (%)	65.9	72.1	36.3	85.3	68.6	19.2	61.2	67.1	31.2	81.1	56.3	14.8
Participation rate (%)	72.1	79.1	51.0	76.9	70.0	19.4	70.9	77.9	47.2	91.0	63.2	16.4
% : per cent
Source: Statistics Division, Ministry of Finance and Corporate Governance, Labour Force Survey, 2018 and 2015.
Date: 16 February 2022