Tables Labour Force Survey Quarter 1 2021 - Central Statistics Office

Table 9.1 Persons aged 15 years and over classified by sex and ILO Economic Status

Table 9.1 Persons aged 15 years and over classified by sex and ILO Economic Status¹
								'000
ILO Economic Status		Q1 19	Q4 19	Q1 20	Q2 20	Q3 20	Q4 20	Q1 21
Males
In labour force		1,302.0	1,334.7	1,331.7	1,241.2	1,318.5	1,311.1	1,294.1
In employment		1,236.1	1,272.7	1,267.8	1,175.2	1,226.7	1,232.3	1,200.6
full-time		1,103.3	1,121.4	1,127.4	1,064.8	1,094.5	1,099.9	1,059.2
part-time		132.8	151.3	140.4	110.5	132.2	132.4	141.4
of which:	part-time, not underemployed	93.8	106.1	98.4	71.7	84.6	88.8	95.4
	part-time, underemployed	39.0	45.2	42.0	38.7	47.7	43.5	46.0
Unemployed		65.8	62.1	63.9	65.9	91.7	78.8	93.5
seeking full-time work/future job-starter		56.6	50.0	52.2	51.5	73.6	64.1	75.2
seeking part-time work		8.3	11.1	9.4	12.1	13.8	10.3	11.2
seeking work as self-employed		*	*	*	*	*	*	[7.2]
Not in labour force		611.5	601.8	611.2	710.5	638.5	648.7	671.0
Potential additional labour force		50.5	43.2	51.9	139.9	86.2	75.3	93.5
Others		561.0	558.5	559.3	570.6	552.2	573.4	577.6
Total males aged 15 or over		1,913.5	1,936.5	1,942.8	1,951.7	1,956.9	1,959.8	1,965.2
Unemployment rate % (Persons aged 15-74)		5.1	4.7	4.8	5.4	7.0	6.1	7.3
Participation rate %		68.0	68.9	68.5	63.6	67.4	66.9	65.9

Females
In labour force		1,110.9	1,133.1	1,130.2	1,018.0	1,110.8	1,107.5	1,107.0
In employment		1,062.2	1,084.7	1,079.3	962.9	1,023.3	1,044.5	1,030.0
full-time		723.0	744.8	740.7	706.0	734.5	753.1	737.7
part-time		339.2	339.8	338.6	256.9	288.8	291.5	292.3
of which:	part-time, not underemployed	271.7	276.9	269.3	200.6	227.4	236.1	230.4
	part-time, underemployed	67.5	62.9	69.3	56.3	61.4	55.4	61.9
Unemployed		48.7	48.4	50.8	55.1	87.5	63.0	77.0
seeking full-time work/future job-starter		30.4	29.2	29.4	36.1	58.6	38.3	44.5
seeking part-time work		16.5	17.3	19.7	17.3	26.1	22.2	27.4
seeking work as self-employed		*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Not in labour force		872.1	873.2	885.4	1,004.1	916.4	924.4	932.3
Potential additional labour force		58.3	56.0	57.1	152.5	88.9	97.7	108.2
Others		813.8	817.1	828.2	851.5	827.5	826.7	824.1
Total females aged 15 or over		1,983.0	2,006.3	2,015.5	2,022.1	2,027.1	2,031.9	2,039.3
Unemployment rate % (Persons aged 15-74)		4.4	4.3	4.5	5.4	7.9	5.7	7.0
Participation rate %		56.0	56.5	56.1	50.3	54.8	54.5	54.3

All persons
In labour force		2,412.9	2,467.8	2,461.8	2,259.2	2,429.2	2,418.5	2,401.1
In employment		2,298.3	2,357.3	2,347.2	2,138.1	2,250.0	2,276.8	2,230.6
full-time		1,826.3	1,866.2	1,868.1	1,770.8	1,829.0	1,853.0	1,796.9
part-time		472.0	491.1	479.0	367.4	421.0	423.8	433.7
of which:	part-time, not underemployed	365.5	383.0	367.7	272.3	311.9	324.9	325.8
	part-time, underemployed	106.5	108.1	111.3	95.0	109.1	98.9	107.9
Unemployed		114.5	110.5	114.7	121.1	179.2	141.7	170.5
seeking full-time work/future job-starter		87.0	79.2	81.6	87.6	132.2	102.4	119.7
seeking part-time work		24.8	28.4	29.2	29.4	39.9	32.5	38.6
seeking work as self-employed		*	*	*	*	[7.2]	[6.8]	12.2
Not in labour force		1,483.6	1,474.9	1,496.5	1,714.6	1,554.9	1,573.1	1,603.4
Potential additional labour force		108.8	99.3	109.0	292.4	175.1	173.1	201.6
Others		1,374.8	1,375.7	1,387.5	1,422.2	1,379.7	1,400.0	1,401.7
Total persons aged 15 or over		3,896.5	3,942.8	3,958.4	3,973.8	3,984.1	3,991.6	4,004.4
Unemployment rate % (Persons aged 15-74)		4.8	4.5	4.7	5.4	7.4	5.9	7.1
Participation rate %		61.9	62.6	62.2	56.9	61.0	60.6	60.0

Employment rate % (Persons aged 15-64)
Male		74.3	75.6	75.2	69.3	72.2	72.2	70.3
Female		64.2	64.7	64.2	57.2	60.6	61.8	61.0
Total persons		69.2	70.1	69.6	63.2	66.4	67.0	65.6
¹ A new framework regulation governing the production of European Statistics on persons and households (Integration European Social Statistics framework regulation – IESS FR) came into force on 01 January 2021. This has led to some minor changes to previously published series. Users should note that some further changes may be necessary by the end of 2021

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Table 9.2 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by sex and NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector

Table 9.2 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by sex and NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector¹
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Economic sector (NACE Rev.2)		Q1 19	Q4 19	Q1 20	Q2 20	Q3 20	Q4 20	Q1 21
Males
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	90.9	92.5	91.8	83.3	83.8	89.4	88.9

B-F	Total Industry	338.1	337.9	344.9	318.3	329.8	334.1	325.7
B-E	Industry	204.7	203.3	210.0	202.8	205.6	207.6	215.2
F	Construction	133.4	134.7	134.9	115.5	124.2	126.5	110.4

G-U	Total Services	803.1	839.0	828.8	770.9	811.3	807.1	761.6
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	150.2	158.9	160.2	146.2	157.7	161.5	159.6
H	Transportation and storage	86.8	87.9	84.5	73.7	81.0	84.8	68.5
I	Accommodation and food service activities	78.4	81.4	74.1	51.3	65.6	60.5	45.3
J	Information and communication	83.5	89.5	87.2	94.1	90.3	98.7	100.7
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate activities	57.7	58.6	61.0	66.7	67.2	61.8	60.2
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	77.7	75.7	83.2	75.8	76.7	79.9	76.8
N	Administrative and support service activities	63.2	66.7	64.6	55.0	56.8	48.8	47.9
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	52.4	55.5	57.7	57.5	55.3	57.9	56.2
P	Education	48.8	53.7	48.0	49.7	51.5	52.2	51.1
Q	Human health and social work activities	56.1	62.5	62.0	63.6	64.6	63.0	61.3
R-U	Other NACE activities	48.2	48.7	46.2	37.1	44.7	37.9	33.8
Not stated		*	*	*	*	*	*	24.5
Total males		1,236.1	1,272.7	1,267.8	1,175.2	1,226.7	1,232.3	1,200.6

Females
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	12.4	14.3	15.4	14.3	14.5	16.7	15.1

B-F	Total Industry	93.7	95.5	88.3	94.5	102.9	97.7	91.3
B-E	Industry	82.7	83.0	76.0	84.5	93.3	89.2	82.8
F	Construction	11.1	12.5	12.2	10.0	9.5	8.5	8.6

G-U	Total Services	953.4	971.9	973.7	852.3	904.2	927.7	899.8
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	153.9	150.5	149.2	126.1	144.6	151.4	137.3
H	Transportation and storage	18.9	20.1	19.0	16.6	19.1	21.8	20.3
I	Accommodation and food service activities	96.5	97.6	95.4	58.8	71.6	64.1	50.3
J	Information and communication	34.4	37.9	40.4	39.7	38.0	40.0	39.0
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate activities	53.2	56.5	58.5	64.1	56.3	62.5	60.2
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	61.5	65.5	66.1	63.6	64.0	64.6	66.8
N	Administrative and support service activities	47.2	45.2	47.1	31.8	35.3	32.0	30.5
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	58.0	61.2	57.8	60.1	62.4	63.3	67.8
P	Education	130.2	136.8	143.1	127.6	131.0	141.4	150.6
Q	Human health and social work activities	230.0	231.2	227.1	216.2	223.5	227.6	229.2
R-U	Other NACE activities	69.5	69.6	70.1	47.7	58.3	59.1	47.8
Not stated		*	*	*	*	*	*	23.8
Total females		1,062.2	1,084.7	1,079.3	962.9	1,023.3	1,044.5	1,030.0

All persons
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	103.4	106.8	107.2	97.6	98.3	106.1	104.0

B-F	Total Industry	431.8	433.4	433.2	412.8	432.7	431.8	417.0
B-E	Industry	287.4	286.3	286.0	287.4	298.9	296.8	298.0
F	Construction	144.4	147.1	147.1	125.4	133.7	135.0	119.0

G-U	Total Services	1,756.4	1,810.9	1,802.6	1,623.2	1,715.4	1,734.9	1,661.3
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	304.1	309.3	309.4	272.3	302.3	312.9	296.9
H	Transportation and storage	105.8	108.0	103.5	90.4	100.1	106.6	88.8
I	Accommodation and food service activities	174.9	179.0	169.5	110.1	137.2	124.6	95.6
J	Information and communication	117.9	127.4	127.6	133.8	128.3	138.7	139.8
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate activities	110.9	115.1	119.5	130.8	123.4	124.3	120.5
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	139.2	141.1	149.4	139.4	140.6	144.6	143.6
N	Administrative and support service activities	110.4	111.8	111.7	86.8	92.1	80.8	78.4
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	110.4	116.6	115.5	117.6	117.7	121.3	123.9
P	Education	179.0	190.5	191.1	177.4	182.6	193.6	201.8
Q	Human health and social work activities	286.1	293.7	289.1	279.8	288.0	290.6	290.5
R-U	Other NACE activities	117.8	118.3	116.3	84.9	103.0	97.0	81.6
Not stated		[6.7]	[6.2]	*	*	*	*	48.3
Total persons		2,298.3	2,357.3	2,347.2	2,138.1	2,250.0	2,276.8	2,230.6
¹ A new framework regulation governing the production of European Statistics on persons and households (Integration European Social Statistics framework regulation – IESS FR) came into force on 01 January 2021. This has led to some minor changes to previously published series. Users should note that some further changes may be necessary by the end of 2021

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Table 9.3 Seasonally adjusted series of persons aged 15 years and over classified by sex, ILO Economic Status and NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector

Table 9.3 Seasonally adjusted series of persons aged 15 years and over classified by sex, ILO Economic Status and NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector^1,2
									'000
ILO Economic Status/NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector			Q1 19	Q4 19	Q1 20	Q2 20	Q3 20	Q4 20	Q1 21
Males
In labour force			1,311.8	1,332.5	1,341.3	1,243.6	1,309.0	1,308.2	1,303.6
In employment			1,242.9	1,265.7	1,274.3	1,180.2	1,222.8	1,224.7	1,206.7
	of which:	Full-time	1,106.3	1,122.1	1,129.3	1,065.0	1,092.1	1,100.8	1,060.6
		Part-time	133.4	153.0	140.8	110.2	130.8	133.8	141.7
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing		90.7	91.1	91.1	84.1	85.2	87.8	87.9
B-E	Industry		202.0	205.1	207.0	207.0	202.6	209.5	212.0
F	Construction		135.0	135.1	136.5	115.3	122.6	127.0	111.7
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles		150.6	156.5	160.5	147.7	158.5	159.1	159.8
H	Transportation and storage		87.5	86.8	85.2	73.8	81.4	83.7	69.1
I	Accommodation and food service activities		79.0	82.3	74.8	51.4	64.0	61.2	45.8
J	Information and communication		83.3	90.1	87.2	94.7	89.2	99.2	100.9
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate activities		58.0	58.8	61.3	66.0	67.3	62.0	60.4
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities		78.1	75.2	83.4	75.6	77.4	79.2	77.1
N	Administrative and support service activities		64.6	65.8	66.2	55.0	56.1	48.2	49.2
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security		52.6	55.3	58.0	56.9	55.9	57.7	56.4
P	Education		49.7	51.9	49.1	50.1	51.8	50.4	52.4
Q	Human health and social work activities		57.7	62.3	63.7	63.1	63.6	62.8	63.0
R-U	Other NACE activities		49.1	48.0	47.1	37.7	43.7	37.4	34.6
Unemployed			69.4	64.8	67.0	64.8	85.5	82.2	96.3
Not in labour force			602.4	602.7	602.0	708.3	648.4	650.6	661.6
Unemployment rate % (Persons aged 15-74)			5.2	4.9	5.0	5.1	6.8	6.4	7.5
Participation rate %			68.5	68.9	69.0	63.7	66.9	66.8	66.3

Females
In labour force			1,118.5	1,131.6	1,137.2	1,016.5	1,106.8	1,106.5	1,112.8
In employment			1,073.2	1,076.6	1,090.9	959.6	1,023.6	1,035.6	1,041.7
	of which:	Full-time	727.3	738.6	744.7	709.0	734.5	745.6	741.5
		Part-time	339.8	337.0	339.0	259.1	288.5	289.0	292.6
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing		12.3	15.0	15.2	14.3	14.0	17.6	14.8
B-E	Industry		84.5	82.8	77.7	84.4	91.8	88.9	84.5
F	Construction		11.1	12.6	12.2	9.8	9.5	8.6	8.6
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles		154.6	147.0	149.5	128.8	144.7	147.9	137.4
H	Transportation and storage		19.0	19.2	19.1	16.5	20.1	20.9	20.5
I	Accommodation and food service activities		99.0	99.5	98.2	57.8	69.2	65.7	51.7
J	Information and communication		35.1	37.0	41.0	39.5	38.5	39.1	39.6
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate activities		53.9	56.7	59.4	64.1	55.2	62.7	61.2
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities		61.9	65.3	66.1	63.6	64.2	64.6	66.5
N	Administrative and support service activities		46.9	46.3	46.8	31.6	34.9	32.7	30.4
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security		57.2	61.8	56.8	60.1	63.0	63.9	66.5
P	Education		126.1	134.9	138.0	132.2	133.4	139.4	144.7
Q	Human health and social work activities		230.8	230.5	227.5	216.8	223.2	226.9	229.4
R-U	Other NACE activities		69.6	70.1	70.2	47.3	58.4	59.5	47.8
Unemployed			51.8	52.3	54.0	51.6	80.4	69.0	82.4
Not in labour force			864.1	875.2	877.8	1,005.4	920.8	926.1	925.5
Unemployment rate % (Persons aged 15-74)			4.7	4.6	4.8	5.1	7.3	6.2	7.4
Participation rate %			56.4	56.4	56.4	50.3	54.6	54.4	54.6

All persons
In labour force			2,433.8	2,464.6	2,482.6	2,257.5	2,414.0	2,415.8	2,420.7
In employment			2,317.8	2,342.5	2,367.5	2,139.6	2,244.7	2,260.3	2,250.5
	of which:	Full-time	1,836.5	1,861.8	1,877.1	1,772.1	1,824.2	1,847.3	1,805.3
		Part-time	472.9	491.7	479.2	368.5	419.2	424.4	433.6
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing		101.9	105.3	105.1	98.9	100.8	104.2	101.6
B-E	Industry		287.9	287.2	286.6	291.6	293.3	297.5	298.6
F	Construction		145.7	148.0	148.4	125.1	132.2	135.7	120.0
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles		306.1	303.1	311.2	275.4	303.9	306.0	298.8
H	Transportation and storage		106.1	106.3	103.8	90.4	101.5	104.8	89.2
I	Accommodation and food service activities		178.5	180.5	173.3	109.3	132.6	126.2	99.5
J	Information and communication		119.4	127.6	129.4	135.9	123.9	139.0	141.8
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate activities		111.4	116.0	120.1	130.1	122.6	125.3	120.9
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities		139.9	140.3	149.4	139.3	141.7	143.6	144.1
N	Administrative and support service activities		110.5	112.2	111.9	86.6	91.9	81.0	78.8
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security		110.2	116.1	115.1	117.5	118.8	120.7	123.5
P	Education		177.1	187.8	189.0	178.9	185.6	191.0	199.3
Q	Human health and social work activities		288.5	291.6	290.9	280.7	287.3	288.6	291.7
R-U	Other NACE activities		118.7	119.1	117.2	84.9	101.4	97.8	82.2
Unemployed			121.3	117.1	121.0	116.4	165.9	151.1	178.7
Not in labour force			1,466.4	1,478.4	1,479.6	1,713.8	1,568.5	1,577.3	1,587.0
Unemployment rate % (Persons aged 15-74)			4.8	4.7	4.7	5.3	7.2	6.2	7.3
Participation rate %			62.4	62.5	62.6	56.9	60.6	60.5	60.4
¹ A new framework regulation governing the production of European Statistics on persons and households (Integration European Social Statistics framework regulation – IESS FR) came into force on 01 January 2021. This has led to some minor changes to previously published series. Users should note that some further changes may be necessary by the end of 2021
² The not stated group presented in Table 2 has not been separately seasonally adjusted. See background notes for further detail.

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Table 9.4 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by sex and occupation (SOC2010)

Table 9.4 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by sex and occupation (SOC2010)¹
								'000
Broad occupational group		Q1 19	Q4 19	Q1 20	Q2 20	Q3 20	Q4 20	Q1 21
Males
1.	Managers, directors and senior officials	121.5	125.5	121.5	118.4	121.3	129.3	122.2
2.	Professionals	214.6	226.5	234.4	239.2	226.5	236.2	236.8
3.	Associate professional and technical	155.7	159.2	159.3	155.3	163.6	162.4	161.0
4.	Administrative and secretarial	48.7	50.4	55.0	58.5	57.5	58.0	60.6
5.	Skilled trades	291.7	285.7	284.7	250.5	273.0	262.8	242.4
6.	Caring, leisure and other services	39.7	44.2	38.8	35.7	38.4	35.9	34.7
7.	Sales and customer service	69.3	73.3	70.4	62.5	71.4	74.7	75.8
8.	Process, plant and machine operatives	151.7	158.8	161.2	140.2	144.3	144.3	126.6
9.	Elementary	134.8	144.5	138.6	112.1	128.3	126.0	113.6
	Other/Not stated	8.5	*	*	*	*	*	26.8
Total males		1,236.1	1,272.7	1,267.8	1,175.2	1,226.7	1,232.3	1,200.6

Females
1.	Managers, directors and senior officials	61.7	63.6	67.4	60.4	66.4	69.6	64.4
2.	Professionals	260.3	267.7	273.9	268.1	257.2	259.9	272.2
3.	Associate professional and technical	112.6	115.3	113.0	121.0	121.4	125.3	123.0
4.	Administrative and secretarial	179.1	191.3	183.7	182.7	183.5	194.2	184.4
5.	Skilled trades	29.3	31.7	29.4	26.2	25.2	28.2	21.8
6.	Caring, leisure and other services	151.8	155.4	157.3	121.5	150.6	151.1	145.4
7.	Sales and customer service	119.1	119.2	115.1	94.2	104.3	108.9	95.3
8.	Process, plant and machine operatives	28.8	26.5	24.8	22.2	25.1	25.7	26.3
9.	Elementary	115.8	109.2	112.6	64.1	87.1	79.0	72.2
	Other/Not stated	*	[4.6]	*	*	*	*	25.1
Total females		1,062.2	1,084.7	1,079.3	962.9	1,023.3	1,044.5	1,030.0

All persons
1.	Managers, directors and senior officials	183.1	189.0	188.9	178.8	187.7	199.0	186.6
2.	Professionals	474.9	494.3	508.3	507.3	483.7	496.1	509.0
3.	Associate professional and technical	268.3	274.5	272.3	276.4	284.9	287.7	284.0
4.	Administrative and secretarial	227.8	241.7	238.7	241.2	241.1	252.2	245.0
5.	Skilled trades	321.0	317.4	314.1	276.7	298.2	291.0	264.2
6.	Caring, leisure and other services	191.5	199.5	196.1	157.2	189.0	187.0	180.1
7.	Sales and customer service	188.4	192.6	185.5	156.7	175.7	183.6	171.1
8.	Process, plant and machine operatives	180.5	185.4	186.0	162.4	169.4	169.9	152.9
9.	Elementary	250.5	253.7	251.2	176.3	215.3	205.1	185.8
	Other/Not stated	12.3	9.1	[6.0]	*	*	*	52.0
Total persons		2,298.3	2,357.3	2,347.2	2,138.1	2,250.0	2,276.8	2,230.6
¹ A new framework regulation governing the production of European Statistics on persons and households (Integration European Social Statistics framework regulation – IESS FR) came into force on 01 January 2021. This has led to some minor changes to previously published series. Users should note that some further changes may be necessary by the end of 2021

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Table 9.5 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by sex and employment status

Table 9.6 Persons aged 15 years and over classified by sex and duration of unemployment (ILO)

Table 9.7 Persons aged 15 years and over classified by ILO economic status, sex, age group and quarter

Table 9.7 Persons aged 15 years and over classified by ILO economic status, sex, age group and quarter¹
										'000
		Employed			Unemployed			In labour force
		Q1 19	Q1 20	Q1 21	Q1 19	Q1 20	Q1 21	Q1 19	Q1 20	Q1 21
Males
	15-19	26.1	32.5	28.4	[5.4]	8.3	*	31.5	40.9	34.4
	20-24	98.4	100.2	86.0	13.2	10.2	12.8	111.6	110.5	98.9
	Total 15-24 (Youths)	124.5	132.8	114.5	18.6	18.5	18.8	143.1	151.3	133.3
	25-34	262.3	262.9	238.4	16.4	13.2	23.4	278.7	276.1	261.8
	35-44	334.8	331.8	319.7	11.9	14.5	19.8	346.7	346.4	339.4
	45-54	274.8	289.0	277.6	11.2	8.7	17.7	286.0	297.8	295.3
	55-59	108.6	110.8	108.5	[4.1]	[4.6]	[7.1]	112.7	115.4	115.5
	60-64	75.5	80.8	78.4	*	*	[4.3]	78.4	83.6	82.7
	65-74	46.9	49.2	53.6	*	*	*	47.7	50.7	56.1
	75+	8.8	10.5	10.0	:	:	:	8.8	10.5	10.0
	Total males	1,236.1	1,267.8	1,200.6	65.8	63.9	93.5	1,302.0	1,331.7	1,294.1

Females
	15-19	26.0	31.9	18.9	[5.6]	[5.0]	[10.1]	31.6	36.9	29.0
	20-24	91.8	93.0	82.2	[5.8]	[6.8]	[11.0]	97.6	99.8	93.2
	Total 15-24 (Youths)	117.9	124.9	101.1	11.4	11.8	21.1	129.3	136.7	122.2
	25-34	241.1	236.7	226.7	11.5	10.8	[12.8]	252.6	247.5	239.5
	35-44	297.7	290.8	284.3	11.3	14.0	20.6	309.0	304.8	304.9
	45-54	235.7	246.9	240.3	7.9	8.8	11.4	243.6	255.7	251.7
	55-59	86.8	91.0	94.3	[3.9]	*	[6.8]	90.8	93.7	101.1
	60-64	57.6	59.4	58.4	*	*	*	60.1	61.8	61.7
	65-74	22.6	26.3	22.5	*	*	*	22.7	26.6	23.5
	75+	[2.7]	[3.3]	*	:	:	:	[2.7]	[3.3]	*
	Total females	1,062.2	1,079.3	1,030.0	48.7	50.8	77.0	1,110.9	1,130.2	1,107.0

All persons
	15-19	52.2	64.4	47.4	11.0	13.3	16.0	63.1	77.8	63.4
	20-24	190.2	193.3	168.2	19.0	17.0	23.9	209.2	210.3	192.1
	Total 15-24 (Youths)	242.3	257.7	215.6	30.0	30.4	39.9	272.3	288.1	255.5
	25-34	503.4	499.6	465.1	27.9	24.0	36.2	531.3	523.5	501.3
	35-44	632.5	622.6	603.9	23.2	28.5	40.4	655.7	651.1	644.3
	45-54	510.5	536.0	517.9	19.1	17.5	29.1	529.6	553.5	547.0
	55-59	195.4	201.8	202.7	8.1	[7.4]	13.9	203.5	209.1	216.6
	60-64	133.1	140.3	136.9	[5.3]	[5.1]	7.5	138.5	145.4	144.4
	65-74	69.4	75.4	76.1	*	*	*	70.5	77.3	79.6
	75+	11.6	13.8	12.4	:	:	:	11.6	13.8	12.4
	Total persons	2,298.3	2,347.2	2,230.6	114.5	114.7	170.5	2,412.9	2,461.8	2,401.1
¹ A new framework regulation governing the production of European Statistics on persons and households (Integration European Social Statistics framework regulation – IESS FR) came into force on 01 January 2021. This has led to some minor changes to previously published series. Users should note that some further changes may be necessary by the end of 2021

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Table 9.8 Persons aged 15 years and over classified by key economic rates, sex, age group and quarter

Table 9.8 Persons aged 15 years and over classified by key economic rates, sex, age group and quarter¹
										%
		Employment rate (15-64)			Unemployment rate (15-74)			Participation rate
		Q1 19	Q1 20	Q1 21	Q1 19	Q1 20	Q1 21	Q1 19	Q1 20	Q1 21
Males
	15-19	16.0	19.8	17.3	17.1	20.4	17.3	19.3	24.9	20.9
	20-24	65.0	64.5	54.9	11.8	9.3	13.0	73.7	71.1	63.1
	Total 15-24 (Youths)	39.6	41.5	35.6	13.0	12.3	14.1	45.5	47.3	41.5
	25-34	86.0	86.6	78.7	5.9	4.8	8.9	91.4	91.0	86.5
	35-44	88.5	87.7	84.7	3.4	4.2	5.8	91.7	91.6	89.9
	45-54	84.2	86.5	81.6	3.9	2.9	6.0	87.6	89.2	86.8
	55-59	77.4	77.1	74.3	3.6	4.0	6.1	80.3	80.3	79.2
	60-64	60.6	63.5	60.1	3.7	3.3	5.1	62.9	65.7	63.4
	65-74	:	:	:	1.8	3.0	4.4	24.1	24.9	27.0
	75+	:	:	:	:	:	:	7.0	7.9	7.2
	Total males	74.3	75.2	70.3	5.1	4.8	7.3	68.0	68.5	65.9

Females
	15-19	16.7	20.0	11.9	17.7	13.6	34.8	20.2	23.2	18.3
	20-24	63.4	61.8	54.2	6.0	6.8	11.8	67.4	66.3	61.5
	Total 15-24 (Youths)	39.1	40.4	32.6	8.8	8.7	17.3	42.9	44.2	39.4
	25-34	76.0	75.9	73.5	4.6	4.3	5.3	79.7	79.4	77.7
	35-44	75.0	72.8	70.8	3.7	4.6	6.8	77.8	76.4	75.9
	45-54	71.3	73.1	69.7	3.2	3.4	4.5	73.7	75.7	73.0
	55-59	60.4	61.6	62.8	4.3	3.0	6.7	63.1	63.5	67.4
	60-64	45.5	45.7	43.7	4.1	3.8	5.3	47.4	47.5	46.1
	65-74	:	:	:	0.7	1.4	4.5	11.2	12.7	11.0
	75+	:	:	:	:	:	:	1.7	2.0	1.4
	Total females	64.2	64.2	61.0	4.4	4.5	7.0	56.0	56.1	54.3

All persons
	15-19	16.3	19.9	14.7	17.4	17.2	25.3	19.8	24.0	19.6
	20-24	64.2	63.2	54.6	9.1	8.1	12.4	70.6	68.8	62.3
	Total 15-24 (Youths)	39.4	41.0	34.1	11.0	10.5	15.6	44.2	45.8	40.5
	25-34	80.9	81.2	76.1	5.2	4.6	7.2	85.4	85.1	82.0
	35-44	81.6	80.1	77.5	3.5	4.4	6.3	84.6	83.8	82.7
	45-54	77.7	79.8	75.6	3.6	3.2	5.3	80.6	82.4	79.9
	55-59	68.8	69.2	68.5	4.0	3.5	6.4	71.6	71.8	73.2
	60-64	53.0	54.5	51.8	3.9	3.5	5.2	55.1	56.5	54.6
	65-74	:	:	:	1.5	2.5	4.4	17.5	18.7	18.9
	75+	:	:	:	:	:	:	4.0	4.6	3.9
	Total persons	69.2	69.6	65.6	4.8	4.7	7.1	61.9	62.2	60.0
¹ A new framework regulation governing the production of European Statistics on persons and households (Integration European Social Statistics framework regulation – IESS FR) came into force on 01 January 2021. This has led to some minor changes to previously published series. Users should note that some further changes may be necessary by the end of 2021

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Table 9.9 Persons aged 15 years and over classified by NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions and ILO Economic Status

Table 9.9 Persons aged 15 years and over classified by NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions and ILO Economic Status¹
Region		Q1 19	Q4 19	Q1 20	Q2 20	Q3 20	Q4 20	Q1 21
Northern and Western
	In employment ('000)	396.0	405.2	399.8	354.5	382.8	393.2	390.2
	Unemployed ('000)	19.7	16.7	17.1	21.6	28.1	16.4	22.1
	In labour force ('000)	415.7	421.9	416.9	376.1	410.9	409.6	412.4
	Unemployment rate (%) (Persons aged 15-74)	4.8	4.0	4.1	5.8	6.9	4.0	5.4
	Participation rate (%)	60.4	60.7	59.8	53.8	58.6	58.3	58.4
Border
	In employment ('000)	182.6	183.7	176.9	154.3	165.6	175.5	174.7
	Unemployed ('000)	7.4	[7.1]	10.3	[8.7]	12.7	[8.2]	[10.0]
	In labour force ('000)	190.0	190.8	187.2	163.0	178.3	183.7	184.8
	Unemployment rate (%) (Persons aged 15-74)	3.9	3.8	5.5	5.4	7.2	4.5	5.5
	Participation rate (%)	59.5	59.2	57.9	50.5	55.1	56.5	56.5
West
	In employment ('000)	213.4	221.5	222.9	200.2	217.2	217.7	215.5
	Unemployed ('000)	12.3	9.6	[6.9]	12.9	15.4	[8.2]	12.1
	In labour force ('000)	225.7	231.1	229.8	213.1	232.6	225.9	227.6
	Unemployment rate (%) (Persons aged 15-74)	5.5	4.2	3.0	6.1	6.7	3.7	5.4
	Participation rate (%)	61.3	62.1	61.3	56.7	61.6	59.8	60.0

Southern
	In employment ('000)	731.1	748.8	756.1	684.6	724.9	723.3	699.4
	Unemployed ('000)	39.8	38.4	40.0	38.0	52.7	51.2	58.1
	In labour force ('000)	770.9	787.1	796.1	722.6	777.6	774.5	757.5
	Unemployment rate (%) (Persons aged 15-74)	5.2	4.9	5.1	5.3	6.8	6.7	7.7
	Participation rate (%)	59.6	60.4	60.8	55.0	59.0	58.5	57.1
Mid-West
	In employment ('000)	215.1	215.4	217.4	200.2	210.2	211.3	206.5
	Unemployed ('000)	12.6	11.0	11.5	12.0	15.4	16.5	13.9
	In labour force ('000)	227.7	226.5	228.9	212.2	225.7	227.8	220.5
	Unemployment rate (%) (Persons aged 15-74)	5.6	4.9	5.0	5.7	6.9	7.3	6.4
	Participation rate (%)	59.0	58.1	58.5	54.2	57.4	57.8	55.8
South-East
	In employment ('000)	187.4	195.4	195.1	175.4	187.5	188.1	179.9
	Unemployed ('000)	13.6	14.3	14.2	11.7	16.9	12.0	17.5
	In labour force ('000)	201.0	209.7	209.3	187.1	204.4	200.1	197.4
	Unemployment rate (%) (Persons aged 15-74)	6.8	6.9	6.8	6.3	8.3	6.0	8.9
	Participation rate (%)	58.5	60.4	60.0	53.6	58.3	56.7	55.8
South-West
	In employment ('000)	328.5	337.9	343.6	309.0	327.2	323.8	313.0
	Unemployed ('000)	13.7	13.1	14.3	14.3	20.3	22.7	26.7
	In labour force ('000)	342.2	351.0	357.9	323.3	347.6	346.6	339.7
	Unemployment rate (%) (Persons aged 15-74)	4.0	3.8	4.0	4.5	5.9	6.6	7.9
	Participation rate (%)	60.8	61.9	62.8	56.3	60.4	60.1	58.9

Eastern and Midland
	In employment ('000)	1,171.2	1,203.4	1,191.3	1,099.0	1,142.3	1,160.3	1,140.9
	Unemployed ('000)	55.0	55.4	57.5	61.5	98.4	74.1	90.2
	In labour force ('000)	1,226.2	1,258.8	1,248.8	1,160.5	1,240.7	1,234.4	1,231.2
	Unemployment rate (%) (Persons aged 15-74)	4.5	4.4	4.6	5.3	8.0	6.0	7.3
	Participation rate (%)	64.0	64.8	64.0	59.2	63.2	62.8	62.4
Dublin
	In employment ('000)	704.2	724.4	717.0	663.0	678.6	685.2	675.0
	Unemployed ('000)	32.2	33.8	34.8	38.5	63.1	47.0	56.7
	In labour force ('000)	736.4	758.1	751.8	701.5	741.6	732.2	731.7
	Unemployment rate (%) (Persons aged 15-74)	4.4	4.5	4.6	5.5	8.5	6.4	7.8
	Participation rate (%)	65.5	66.4	65.6	60.8	64.1	63.3	63.1
Mid-East
	In employment ('000)	340.6	345.1	339.6	310.8	332.0	335.6	328.5
	Unemployed ('000)	14.5	15.4	15.3	15.2	25.2	18.3	22.8
	In labour force ('000)	355.0	360.5	354.9	325.9	357.2	353.9	351.3
	Unemployment rate (%) (Persons aged 15-74)	4.1	4.3	4.3	4.7	7.1	5.2	6.5
	Participation rate (%)	63.8	63.7	62.5	57.2	62.6	61.9	61.2
Midland
	In employment ('000)	126.5	133.9	134.7	125.3	131.7	139.5	137.4
	Unemployed ('000)	8.4	[6.3]	[7.4]	[7.8]	10.1	[8.8]	10.8
	In labour force ('000)	134.8	140.2	142.1	133.1	141.8	148.3	148.2
	Unemployment rate (%) (Persons aged 15-74)	6.2	4.5	5.3	5.9	7.2	6.0	7.3
	Participation rate (%)	57.4	59.3	60.2	56.5	60.1	62.6	62.1

State
	In employment ('000)	2,298.3	2,357.3	2,347.2	2,138.1	2,250.0	2,276.8	2,230.6
	Unemployed ('000)	114.5	110.5	114.7	121.1	179.2	141.7	170.5
	In labour force ('000)	2,412.9	2,467.8	2,461.8	2,259.2	2,429.2	2,418.5	2,401.1
	Unemployment rate (%) (Persons aged 15-74)	4.8	4.5	4.7	5.4	7.4	5.9	7.1
	Participation rate (%)	61.9	62.6	62.2	56.9	61.0	60.6	60.0
¹ A new framework regulation governing the production of European Statistics on persons and households (Integration European Social Statistics framework regulation – IESS FR) came into force on 01 January 2021. This has led to some minor changes to previously published series. Users should note that some further changes may be necessary by the end of 2021

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Table 9.10 Persons aged 15 years and over classified by Principal Economic Status (PES)

Table 9.10 Persons aged 15 years and over classified by Principal Economic Status (PES)^1,2
								'000
Principal Economic Status		Q1 19	Q4 19	Q1 20	Q2 20	Q3 20	Q4 20	Q1 21
Males
	At work	1,179.9	1,207.8	1,201.5	1,124.8	1,172.7	1,157.8	1,125.4
	Unemployed	99.4	89.4	92.5	147.3	133.2	128.6	151.9
	Student	217.8	219.2	221.0	216.8	204.3	229.6	237.3
	Home duties	22.7	20.1	20.5	22.7	20.7	21.7	16.6
	Retired	283.1	290.9	289.2	291.5	291.5	290.4	287.1
	Others	110.7	109.1	118.1	148.6	134.6	131.7	146.9
	Total males	1,913.5	1,936.5	1,942.8	1,951.7	1,956.9	1,959.8	1,965.2

Females
	At work	995.8	1,010.7	1,000.9	936.4	974.1	968.1	961.3
	Unemployed	63.7	63.4	73.2	127.8	120.9	121.0	141.7
	Student	229.1	224.6	230.8	222.9	207.1	232.4	244.7
	Home duties	306.2	309.1	283.2	265.1	273.4	268.3	210.7
	Retired	276.5	285.9	294.4	304.6	300.3	299.2	311.2
	Others	111.8	112.6	133.1	165.4	151.4	142.8	169.7
	Total females	1,983.0	2,006.3	2,015.5	2,022.1	2,027.1	2,031.9	2,039.3

All persons
	At work	2,175.6	2,218.5	2,202.3	2,061.2	2,146.8	2,125.9	2,086.7
	Unemployed	163.0	152.8	165.7	275.1	254.1	249.6	293.5
	Student	446.8	443.8	451.8	439.7	411.4	462.1	482.0
	Home duties	328.9	329.2	303.7	287.7	294.0	290.0	227.3
	Retired	559.6	576.8	583.6	596.1	591.7	589.6	598.3
	Others	222.4	221.7	251.2	314.0	286.0	274.5	316.7
	Total persons	3,896.5	3,942.8	3,958.4	3,973.8	3,984.1	3,991.6	4,004.4
¹ A new framework regulation governing the production of European Statistics on persons and households (Integration European Social Statistics framework regulation – IESS FR) came into force on 01 January 2021. This has led to some minor changes to previously published series. Users should note that some further changes may be necessary by the end of 2021
²The Principal Economic Status (PES) classification is based on a respondent's own subjective assessment - see Background Notes.

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Table 9.11 Labour Force Survey results classified by ILO Economic Status for persons in EU member states

Table 9.11 Labour Force Survey results classified by ILO Economic Status for persons in EU member states ¹
%
	Employment rate % (15-64 years)				Unemployment rate % (15-74 years)				Participation rate % (15 years and over)
	Q4 18	Q4 19	Q4 20	Annual change	Q4 18	Q4 19	Q4 20	Annual change	Q4 18	Q4 19	Q4 20	Annual change
				Q4 20pp ²				Q4 20pp ²				Q4 20pp ²
EU27	67.9	68.6	67.9	-0.7	7.1	6.6	7.2	0.6	57.3	57.5	57.0	-0.5
Eurozone ³	67.6	68.3	67.4	-0.9	7.9	7.4	8.0	0.6	57.3	57.5	56.9	-0.6

Belgium	65.2	65.3	64.5	-0.8	5.7	5.2	5.8	0.6	54.6	54.2	53.7	-0.5
Bulgaria	67.7	70.0	68.8	-1.2	4.7	4.1	5.3	1.2	55.0	56.4	55.8	-0.6
Czech Republic	75.4	75.3	74.3	-1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	1.0	60.8	60.3	59.9	-0.4
Denmark	74.3	75.4	74.7	-0.7	5.1	4.9	5.8	0.9	61.9	62.5	62.3	-0.2
Germany ⁴	76.5	77.0	:	:	3.2	3.1	:	:	61.8	62.6	:	:
Estonia	75.8	76.1	74.2	-1.9	4.4	4.1	7.4	3.3	64.1	64.1	64.4	0.3
Ireland	68.9	70.1	67.0	-3.1	5.4	4.5	5.9	1.4	62.0	62.6	60.6	-2.0
Greece	55.1	56.5	56.4	-0.1	18.7	16.8	16.2	-0.6	51.7	51.6	51.0	-0.6
Spain	63.0	63.7	61.3	-2.4	14.5	13.8	16.1	2.3	57.9	58.0	57.4	-0.6
France	65.4	65.9	65.6	-0.3	9.0	8.4	8.3	-0.1	55.6	55.4	54.8	-0.6
Croatia	60.6	62.2	61.5	-0.7	8.6	7.2	9.2	2.0	51.0	51.3	51.2	-0.1
Italy	58.5	59.2	58.4	-0.8	10.8	9.9	9.5	-0.4	50.0	49.9	48.9	-1.0
Cyprus	69.2	71.0	69.9	-1.1	7.6	6.4	8.1	1.7	62.5	62.9	63.1	0.2
Latvia	71.8	72.7	71.5	-1.2	6.9	6.0	7.9	1.9	61.2	61.3	61.1	-0.2
Lithuania	72.9	73.2	71.4	-1.8	6.0	6.4	9.1	2.7	61.6	62.2	62.7	0.5
Luxembourg	68.1	67.9	68.5	0.6	5.3	5.8	6.6	0.8	60.6	60.7	61.8	1.1
Hungary	69.5	70.3	70.2	-0.1	3.6	3.3	4.2	0.9	56.8	57.1	57.1	0.0
Malta	72.8	73.9	73.8	-0.1	3.6	3.5	4.4	0.9	60.8	62.3	62.2	-0.1
Netherlands	77.9	78.4	77.9	-0.5	3.5	3.3	4.0	0.7	64.5	64.9	64.7	-0.2
Austria	73.3	73.8	72.8	-1.0	4.6	4.2	5.5	1.3	61.5	61.4	61.0	-0.4
Poland	67.3	68.5	69.4	0.9	3.8	2.9	3.1	0.2	56.1	56.0	56.5	0.5
Portugal	69.9	70.6	69.5	-1.1	6.8	6.8	7.2	0.4	59.1	59.3	58.7	-0.6
Romania	64.5	66.0	65.8	-0.2	4.1	3.9	5.2	1.3	54.4	55.1	55.2	0.1
Slovenia	71.8	71.6	71.1	-0.5	4.3	4.0	5.1	1.1	58.5	57.5	58.1	0.6
Slovakia	68.2	68.5	67.8	-0.7	6.1	5.6	7.0	1.4	60.0	59.8	59.4	-0.4
Finland	72.1	72.7	71.8	-0.9	6.0	6.0	7.4	1.4	58.5	58.7	58.5	-0.2
Sweden	77.0	76.7	75.3	-1.4	5.9	6.3	7.9	1.6	65.3	65.8	65.8	0.0
Source: Eurostat
¹ Trends in some member states may be affected by changes in methodology
² pp refers to percentage point change
³ Eurozone consists of EU14 states (with the exceptions of Denmark and Sweden), Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Slovakia and Slovenia.
⁴ : Not available

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Table 9.12 A1 Estimated number of persons aged 15 years and over classified by citizenship and ILO Economic Status

Table A2 Number of employees in the Public Sector by sub-sector and in the Private Sector

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Table 9.5 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by sex and employment status¹
								'000
Employment status		Q1 19	Q4 19	Q1 20	Q2 20	Q3 20	Q4 20	Q1 21
Males
	Self employed (with paid employees)	76.4	76.0	71.0	65.1	65.1	74.5	58.0
	Self employed (with no paid employees)	172.2	174.6	177.3	163.9	169.8	165.4	154.6
	Total self employed	248.6	250.6	248.3	229.0	234.9	239.9	212.7
	Employee	981.8	1,016.8	1,013.0	939.1	984.7	986.6	974.1
	Assisting relative	[5.8]	[5.2]	6.4	[7.1]	7.2	[5.8]	13.8
	Total males	1,236.1	1,272.7	1,267.8	1,175.2	1,226.7	1,232.3	1,200.6

Females
	Self employed (with paid employees)	21.1	22.8	25.5	23.9	22.3	26.8	18.6
	Self employed (with no paid employees)	54.0	57.7	57.6	55.4	55.1	59.1	49.7
	Total self employed	75.1	80.5	83.0	79.2	77.4	85.9	68.3
	Employee	981.7	997.5	990.1	875.3	939.3	951.4	947.9
	Assisting relative	[5.4]	6.6	6.2	8.3	[6.5]	7.2	13.8
	Total females	1,062.2	1,084.7	1,079.3	962.9	1,023.3	1,044.5	1,030.0

All persons
	Self employed (with paid employees)	97.5	98.8	96.4	88.9	87.4	101.3	76.6
	Self employed (with no paid employees)	226.2	232.3	234.9	219.3	224.9	224.5	204.3
	Total self employed	323.7	331.1	331.4	308.2	312.3	325.8	281.0
	Employee	1,963.5	2,014.3	2,003.1	1,814.4	1,924.0	1,938.0	1,922.0
	Assisting relative	11.1	11.9	12.7	15.5	13.7	13.0	27.6
	Total persons	2,298.3	2,357.3	2,347.2	2,138.1	2,250.0	2,276.8	2,230.6
¹ A new framework regulation governing the production of European Statistics on persons and households (Integration European Social Statistics framework regulation – IESS FR) came into force on 01 January 2021. This has led to some minor changes to previously published series. Users should note that some further changes may be necessary by the end of 2021

Table 9.6 Persons aged 15 years and over classified by sex and duration of unemployment (ILO)¹
								'000
Duration of unemployment (ILO)		Q1 19	Q4 19	Q1 20	Q2 20	Q3 20	Q4 20	Q1 21
Males
	Less than 1 year	36.5	35.4	43.4	48.3	70.6	51.8	62.6
	1 year and over	26.6	22.8	17.8	14.8	17.1	23.3	27.0
	Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Total males	65.8	62.1	63.9	65.9	91.7	78.8	93.5

Females
	Less than 1 year	33.6	31.2	36.0	42.8	67.0	47.9	61.6
	1 year and over	14.3	15.8	14.1	10.9	17.4	13.5	13.7
	Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Total females	48.7	48.4	50.8	55.1	87.5	63.0	77.0

All persons
	Less than 1 year	70.2	66.6	79.4	91.2	137.6	99.7	124.2
	1 year and over	40.9	38.6	31.9	25.7	34.6	36.8	40.8
	Not stated	*	[5.4]	*	*	[7.1]	*	*
	Total persons	114.5	110.5	114.7	121.1	179.2	141.7	170.5

Long-term unemployment rate % (Persons aged 15-74)		1.7	1.6	1.3	1.1	1.4	1.5	1.7
¹ A new framework regulation governing the production of European Statistics on persons and households (Integration European Social Statistics framework regulation – IESS FR) came into force on 01 January 2021. This has led to some minor changes to previously published series. Users should note that some further changes may be necessary by the end of 2021

Table 9.12 A1 Estimated number of persons aged 15 years and over classified by Citizenship and ILO Economic Status^1,2,3
						'000
Citizenship		ILO Economic Status				Total
Citizenship		In employment	Unemployed	In labour force	Not in labour force	Total
Q1 21
Irish Citizens		1,866.2	134.5	2,000.6	1,421.2	3,421.8
Non-Irish Citizens		364.4	36.0	400.4	182.2	582.6
of which:
	United Kingdom	55.9	*	60.0	50.7	110.7
	EU14 excl. Irl	60.5	*	65.2	15.3	80.5
	EU15 to EU27	149.2	[16.6]	165.8	59.7	225.5
	Other	98.8	*	109.4	56.6	166.0
Total persons		2,230.6	170.5	2,401.1	1,603.4	4,004.4

Q1 20
Irish Citizens		1,953.7	91.3	2,044.9	1,338.3	3,383.2
Non-Irish Citizens		393.5	23.4	416.9	158.2	575.1
of which:
	United Kingdom	58.6	*	61.8	48.4	110.2
	EU14 excl. Irl	64.4	*	66.5	14.5	81.0
	EU15 to EU27	163.2	[10.0]	173.2	47.1	220.3
	Other	107.2	[8.1]	115.4	48.3	163.6
Total persons		2,347.2	114.7	2,461.8	1,496.5	3,958.4

Year on year changes
Irish Citizens		-87.5	43.2	-44.3	82.9	38.5
Non-Irish Citizens		-29.0	12.6	-16.4	24.0	7.5
of which:
	United Kingdom	-2.7	*	-1.8	2.3	0.5
	EU1 excl. Irl	-3.9	*	-1.3	0.7	-0.5
	EU15 to EU27	-14.0	[6.6]	-7.4	12.6	5.2
	Other	-8.4	*	-5.9	8.3	2.4
Total persons		-116.6	55.8	-60.8	106.8	46.1
¹ Persons whose Citizenship is not stated are included with Irish Citizens
² A new framework regulation governing the production of European Statistics on persons and households (Integration European Social Statistics framework 1 regulation – IESS FR) came into force on 01 January 2021. This has led to some minor changes to previously published series. Users should note that some further changes may be necessary by the end of 2021
³ The 'EU15-EU27' and 'Other' categories for Q1 2021 have been updated

Table 9.13 A2 Number of employees in the Public Sector by sub-sector and in the Private Sector
'000
	Q1 18	Q1 19	Q1 20	Q4 20	Q1 21¹
Civil Service	41.0	42.3	44.4	45.2	45.1
Defence	9.4	9.3	9.0	9.0	9.0
Garda Siochána	14.0	14.3	14.6	14.6	14.5
Education	114.5	114.1	114.5	112.0	112.0
Regional bodies	33.6	34.5	35.1	34.9	34.8
Health	131.1	133.8	138.1	142.2	144.6
Total Public Sector excluding Semi-State bodies	343.6	348.3	355.7	357.8	360.0

Semi-State bodies	53.9	55.4	56.9	57.2	56.9

Total Public Sector including Semi-State bodies	397.5	403.8	412.6	415.0	416.9

Total Private Sector	1,386.1	1,479.8	1,512.4	1,463.1	:²
¹ Preliminary.
² : Employment data from the Earnings, Hours Worked and Employment Cost Survey (EHECS) data not available at time of release. Updated series will be issued with the next Earnings and Labour Costs quarterly release.