Economically Active Population Survey National results Unemployed population who have previously worked by reason for leaving last job, sex and age group. Absolute values Units: Thousands Persons Total From 16 to 24 years From 25 to 34 years (current quarter) From 35 to 44 years From 45 to 54 years 55 and more years 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 Both sexes Total 3,233.4 2,931.9 3,144.0 3,533.2 4,027.4 4,530.8 5,090.6 5,521.3 5,335.2 4,599.1 4,288.9 3,864.8 2,371.2 1,656.6 1,644.1 365.7 287.6 299.1 322.5 353.9 395.7 474.2 586.9 616.5 608.4 617.7 647.4 440.9 307.0 314.5 798.3 671.9 725.6 817.6 971.8 1,139.3 1,348.8 1,541.8 1,568.9 1,384.9 1,340.4 1,220.9 740.9 509.0 538.6 798.2 730.4 812.9 943.1 1,110.0 1,264.3 1,450.0 1,562.4 1,497.4 1,279.7 1,177.3 1,027.8 609.8 417.7 409.8 768.2 752.7 807.5 913.1 1,018.6 1,139.1 1,217.9 1,254.1 1,146.9 923.7 795.2 669.5 399.5 287.5 257.5 503.0 489.3 498.9 536.9 573.2 592.4 599.7 576.1 505.5 402.3 358.4 299.1 180.1 135.4 123.7 Dismissal from or withdrawal of post (includes regulation of employment) 583.1 297.5 343.4 365.0 414.2 560.0 864.3 1,109.3 1,130.9 1,076.7 1,099.6 999.2 419.4 208.3 218.6 56.5 21.3 27.5 23.7 27.4 28.6 49.4 77.3 63.6 91.5 117.6 131.3 53.8 29.5 32.4 157.0 56.6 68.9 83.9 95.3 116.5 201.3 293.0 310.6 324.1 334.3 319.3 125.6 62.6 63.3 157.1 81.0 109.4 103.2 123.1 204.9 272.9 350.3 365.9 330.4 351.3 297.0 115.0 49.6 58.2 125.0 86.9 86.1 96.7 108.8 132.5 228.4 259.3 264.8 237.7 204.7 179.5 82.8 46.6 40.9 87.5 51.8 51.6 57.4 59.6 77.5 112.3 129.5 126.0 92.9 91.7 72.0 42.3 20.0 23.9 End of contract 1,729.3 1,635.9 1,677.6 1,869.6 2,042.1 2,211.4 2,424.6 2,711.1 2,703.0 2,394.3 2,235.0 2,033.2 1,289.3 860.9 808.3 249.3 219.0 214.7 246.2 257.0 277.4 325.1 387.1 426.5 402.2 369.5 410.3 273.5 193.5 178.5 484.5 445.9 464.8 503.8 590.2 650.0 739.9 824.4 895.8 772.3 762.3 682.6 431.0 291.6 291.2 407.5 393.0 434.4 506.5 550.6 613.6 675.7 765.9 705.4 642.2 588.3 500.0 326.2 202.9 201.0 386.1 364.2 368.7 421.3 458.3 504.2 484.3 552.4 511.0 426.7 365.1 319.9 188.1 120.8 102.1 202.0 213.7 195.0 191.8 186.0 166.3 199.5 181.4 164.3 150.9 149.7 120.4 70.5 52.1 35.5 Sickness or incapacity 51.9 39.6 53.9 39.6 42.2 55.3 39.6 58.3 57.8 58.4 49.0 59.0 49.3 35.6 49.2 4.1 3.6 2.2 2.3 2.1 4.2 3.5 4.2 2.1 5.4 6.8 3.5 6.7 1.0 7.7 6.6 7.6 12.2 8.4 11.8 17.6 10.0 17.3 18.5 10.8 18.2 18.1 17.8 7.2 14.0 23.8 11.0 15.7 11.6 15.6 8.1 11.2 21.7 21.8 19.7 9.8 18.8 13.3 15.8 13.5 8.7 11.0 14.3 11.9 6.5 14.5 11.2 8.6 11.4 9.7 11.4 13.2 10.7 8.4 8.8 8.8 6.4 9.4 5.4 6.2 10.9 3.9 6.6 3.9 12.8 2.7 5.3 0.9 3.2 5.2 Following educational or training courses 28.6 26.3 27.4 21.0 27.4 22.6 21.8 28.4 33.0 41.5 46.7 44.5 51.3 42.5 47.8 19.6 14.3 18.3 14.9 19.8 15.0 14.5 18.6 21.5 21.7 26.0 30.8 32.1 29.9 27.6 6.4 8.1 4.8 3.1 2.6 5.1 5.6 8.9 8.3 16.5 18.2 12.2 18.0 9.7 19.0 2.3 3.6 3.0 2.7 1.3 1.0 1.7 0.9 1.8 2.5 1.1 0.6 1.0 2.4 1.2 0.2 .. 1.3 0.3 3.1 1.1 .. .. 1.2 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.4 .. .. 0.3 .. .. 0.6 0.4 .. .. 0.3 .. 1.0 0.4 .. .. .. Care of children or sick adults, disabled or the elderly 9.7 17.8 18.1 9.1 20.7 14.6 15.8 17.2 26.3 21.5 25.5 28.5 30.0 25.8 23.5 0.8 .. 0.4 0.8 0.8 1.0 .. 0.5 3.7 2.3 2.0 1.0 6.8 1.4 1.9 0.5 3.0 5.0 0.5 5.2 3.9 5.4 7.8 7.1 6.7 13.9 13.3 11.9 16.2 9.5 6.2 10.5 8.8 7.2 8.6 7.4 6.6 6.1 9.0 8.9 4.6 10.3 7.2 4.5 7.9 1.9 1.9 3.4 0.7 5.8 0.7 3.3 2.7 4.8 3.4 3.7 2.9 3.3 3.3 4.2 0.3 2.3 0.5 .. 0.3 1.6 0.5 0.1 1.7 0.2 1.2 1.1 0.8 0.4 .. Other family or personal obligations 10.9 8.1 9.5 10.1 7.8 7.0 8.4 5.0 12.4 8.5 14.5 13.2 13.8 15.4 12.7 .. .. .. 2.9 1.0 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.2 2.0 0.9 1.2 1.3 1.0 4.6 2.0 3.0 4.7 1.6 3.4 3.6 1.9 4.0 5.0 6.1 5.1 7.0 5.7 5.1 4.4 3.0 2.8 1.2 3.9 2.0 1.8 2.5 5.2 2.9 4.7 4.2 4.7 4.9 3.9 1.1 0.8 2.5 0.7 1.2 0.9 1.4 0.5 1.6 0.2 1.7 1.5 0.8 1.3 2.4 0.8 2.3 1.1 0.6 .. 0.4 0.9 .. 1.4 0.2 .. 1.5 0.2 2.2 0.3 Retirement (normal or early) 9.2 3.8 7.3 6.6 6.8 8.0 7.4 7.5 5.4 11.2 24.5 18.9 3.1 5.2 4.5 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.2 2.1 1.3 0.5 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.3 7.2 10.0 .. 0.7 0.4 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.7 5.6 3.3 1.5 3.3 2.3 3.3 2.7 5.0 5.8 5.4 3.8 4.3 5.3 3.2 5.3 4.8 1.6 1.1 0.1 1.0 6.0 1.1 2.3 0.8 1.4 4.2 3.1 2.2 2.1 3.7 4.7 2.7 .. 1.0 0.8 Other reasons 210.5 195.0 195.9 202.8 232.2 240.7 303.1 297.5 309.8 278.0 290.4 309.1 240.3 201.4 221.0 24.6 17.5 25.9 20.4 26.2 30.1 26.2 25.2 30.1 32.8 50.6 48.9 53.3 38.6 52.0 59.3 55.6 61.3 53.2 51.0 59.9 96.4 82.6 97.4 85.1 75.7 87.1 82.2 67.2 81.9 64.9 61.6 54.3 66.8 73.5 65.2 84.8 83.7 88.3 81.3 80.8 86.7 51.6 51.9 52.5 41.5 37.8 33.5 40.7 55.7 51.7 70.6 74.8 66.2 53.6 65.1 58.1 35.5 34.6 29.4 20.1 22.5 20.8 21.8 25.8 33.8 25.2 31.3 27.9 25.2 18.2 28.3 17.7 9.2 5.2 Does not know the reason 6.5 7.2 7.9 7.9 9.0 11.1 8.5 11.2 15.0 5.0 11.0 10.5 11.7 11.7 13.9 2.1 0.6 1.8 1.9 3.1 0.4 0.3 1.0 2.0 1.1 2.4 4.5 4.0 2.5 0.2 0.4 3.0 1.8 2.8 1.7 6.1 7.3 4.3 5.4 2.0 2.7 2.2 6.6 3.6 8.7 2.1 3.0 1.1 1.0 0.7 1.5 0.6 2.7 3.8 1.9 1.2 1.3 0.8 3.9 3.3 1.9 0.7 3.2 1.8 3.2 0.7 0.3 1.9 2.8 .. 4.1 2.4 0.3 0.8 1.1 .. .. .. 0.3 0.3 2.3 0.1 1.3 0.9 .. 0.5 .. .. 0.9 0.6 They have left their last job 3 or more years ago 593.7 700.8 803.0 1,001.6 1,225.1 1,400.2 1,397.0 1,275.7 1,041.5 704.2 492.8 348.7 262.9 249.8 244.6 8.8 11.4 8.3 9.4 16.5 38.8 54.7 72.9 66.7 51.0 38.6 14.8 9.1 9.2 13.1 79.0 90.1 103.7 157.2 212.4 276.7 279.4 301.7 221.8 161.1 101.6 70.9 40.9 44.5 45.6 129.8 163.8 183.4 243.0 332.7 360.6 394.6 328.6 296.3 189.1 129.9 105.6 88.5 78.4 66.0 198.6 246.6 289.5 333.3 370.6 429.0 414.0 348.7 279.8 186.3 134.0 90.0 76.7 71.2 67.6 177.4 188.9 218.2 258.7 293.0 295.1 254.3 223.8 176.9 116.6 88.8 67.5 47.7 46.4 52.4 Males Total 1,554.8 1,376.4 1,519.7 1,730.0 2,010.4 2,308.9 2,685.3 2,972.1 2,916.5 2,527.9 2,381.2 2,174.4 1,228.3 746.2 722.1 211.4 148.4 182.1 183.2 188.0 214.7 271.9 331.2 337.8 351.2 354.6 384.0 250.6 146.5 145.1 388.1 328.1 340.2 406.6 485.0 579.5 695.4 826.2 876.9 756.2 739.2 689.1 382.6 225.4 231.1 351.0 315.8 362.6 418.2 524.8 609.7 728.5 804.1 784.0 676.0 626.9 560.8 289.0 175.2 167.5 350.8 335.8 376.7 431.9 495.6 570.7 640.4 672.7 621.6 499.2 432.2 362.9 204.9 124.6 105.7 253.4 248.4 258.2 290.1 317.0 334.3 349.0 337.9 296.2 245.3 228.3 177.6 101.1 74.5 72.6 Dismissal from or withdrawal of post (includes regulation of employment) 293.9 172.5 176.7 193.5 225.8 285.7 462.2 665.7 699.7 668.8 721.8 656.2 265.0 110.9 108.3 30.8 12.9 18.2 16.6 13.3 15.0 22.4 42.4 38.3 55.2 78.8 94.1 30.1 12.4 15.2 73.7 32.7 31.4 42.7 57.0 55.0 101.8 168.5 194.6 189.1 211.7 211.4 83.5 29.0 32.5 70.4 36.7 53.0 44.2 56.6 95.9 138.4 202.3 203.1 196.9 221.1 182.1 70.9 28.2 29.5 65.8 56.9 41.8 53.5 60.5 69.2 124.9 160.5 177.0 150.4 136.9 118.1 48.9 27.9 15.3 53.2 33.3 32.4 36.4 38.5 50.5 74.6 92.0 86.7 77.2 73.3 50.5 31.7 13.3 15.9 End of contract 860.3 796.3 871.0 967.1 1,051.0 1,184.0 1,342.8 1,483.1 1,493.2 1,371.4 1,261.4 1,172.7 717.4 407.1 380.2 145.2 119.4 137.1 139.4 140.9 149.5 189.2 216.1 219.0 239.5 214.2 242.7 167.8 90.2 83.2 250.5 219.3 233.5 263.2 288.8 342.2 392.3 431.6 494.1 439.3 418.7 383.2 229.5 137.7 133.5 178.8 184.5 209.4 235.1 284.8 326.6 368.1 420.8 387.4 365.9 318.2 297.2 172.4 93.4 92.5 187.5 162.0 179.0 223.1 229.5 269.8 276.4 305.9 288.3 235.2 205.6 175.5 105.9 54.0 51.0 98.2 111.2 111.9 106.4 107.0 95.9 117.0 108.7 104.5 91.4 104.5 74.0 41.7 31.8 20.0 Sickness or incapacity 28.1 17.4 25.2 23.9 28.6 32.5 20.0 35.5 33.2 31.5 23.9 30.8 27.4 15.3 21.5 3.2 0.9 0.7 1.6 1.4 2.7 2.6 0.5 1.6 3.1 2.0 2.3 4.3 0.8 3.1 3.7 3.7 4.1 5.8 7.4 8.9 4.3 13.2 11.2 6.5 9.4 8.1 6.1 2.8 5.2 12.2 4.7 9.8 7.3 11.4 5.1 6.1 13.2 12.2 9.9 3.8 7.3 10.3 6.0 4.3 4.3 5.8 7.5 5.4 4.3 11.3 5.1 5.2 5.8 5.3 7.1 8.5 6.3 3.8 5.2 4.7 2.4 3.1 3.8 4.1 4.4 1.9 3.5 2.4 6.8 1.6 4.7 0.4 1.9 3.7 Following educational or training courses 13.9 11.2 11.0 12.9 14.3 10.6 8.5 16.0 20.4 20.1 25.3 17.5 30.2 20.9 21.7 9.1 5.5 6.5 9.0 10.5 6.6 6.6 9.2 15.1 9.4 13.6 11.0 19.9 16.1 13.7 2.2 5.3 2.0 1.5 1.4 2.0 1.8 5.8 4.6 8.2 9.9 5.7 10.0 4.1 7.4 2.3 0.5 1.6 2.4 0.6 0.6 .. 0.9 .. 2.5 0.3 .. 0.3 0.7 0.6 0.2 .. 0.9 .. 1.9 1.1 .. .. 0.5 .. 0.5 0.4 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.4 .. .. 0.3 .. 1.0 0.4 .. .. .. Care of children or sick adults, disabled or the elderly 0.2 7.1 3.5 2.7 5.9 3.4 3.2 1.9 2.9 1.9 3.9 1.7 2.0 1.0 0.6 .. .. .. .. .. 1.0 .. 0.2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.2 0.7 1.2 .. 1.1 .. 0.7 .. 0.3 .. 1.2 .. .. .. 0.3 .. 5.2 2.0 2.7 3.3 1.5 0.9 0.2 2.3 0.3 0.3 0.6 1.2 .. .. .. .. 0.3 .. 1.4 0.4 1.5 1.4 0.3 1.7 1.9 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.3 .. 1.1 .. .. .. 0.5 .. .. .. .. 0.5 0.7 .. 0.4 .. Other family or personal obligations 1.1 2.6 3.2 4.1 2.4 1.8 0.5 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.7 3.6 2.3 3.6 .. .. .. 2.2 0.7 0.3 0.2 .. .. 0.2 .. 0.4 1.2 .. 0.3 0.5 .. 1.1 1.5 .. 1.2 0.3 0.5 .. 0.9 1.2 0.9 1.9 .. 2.0 .. 1.0 0.4 0.3 0.5 .. .. 0.8 .. .. .. 0.5 0.5 1.2 1.0 0.7 .. 0.9 0.1 1.2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.4 .. .. 1.6 0.8 .. .. 0.4 .. .. 1.1 .. .. .. .. 0.7 0.3 Retirement (normal or early) 7.6 3.1 5.1 4.9 5.7 6.0 6.7 6.5 3.1 8.2 17.6 15.0 1.5 4.3 3.9 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.2 1.2 0.8 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.3 6.7 8.4 .. .. 0.2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.7 3.7 2.6 1.1 3.3 2.3 2.5 2.0 4.1 4.1 5.1 3.4 3.7 4.5 1.6 2.3 1.6 0.8 0.4 .. 0.6 5.1 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.6 2.6 2.9 2.0 1.6 3.7 4.4 2.4 .. 1.0 0.8 Other reasons 109.4 86.7 98.1 105.3 131.1 134.8 165.1 172.2 181.2 151.9 160.4 179.4 113.7 101.2 95.6 16.5 3.6 15.1 9.2 10.4 14.7 13.8 15.0 17.1 13.1 19.6 25.3 19.0 23.3 25.0 26.5 27.6 27.0 23.7 26.0 35.3 49.4 44.0 54.9 42.5 39.6 44.4 42.1 36.5 30.3 36.5 29.3 27.7 36.2 46.4 32.6 46.9 47.0 49.5 45.5 49.6 49.2 20.5 19.1 21.8 19.9 15.3 17.5 23.5 32.3 29.2 41.2 45.9 39.0 36.1 39.1 37.9 20.9 18.2 13.7 9.9 10.9 10.9 12.7 15.9 23.0 13.8 20.3 20.8 14.6 12.6 22.5 11.2 4.0 4.8 Does not know the reason 6.1 2.9 4.8 4.7 5.2 5.6 5.7 5.4 9.1 1.5 7.8 6.7 4.9 6.6 9.0 2.1 .. 1.6 0.5 2.0 0.4 .. 0.4 0.4 0.9 2.4 2.1 3.5 1.2 0.2 .. 1.2 0.9 2.4 0.7 1.8 5.0 2.6 3.1 .. 1.5 1.3 0.3 1.7 6.5 2.1 1.4 0.7 .. .. 1.5 0.5 1.4 2.9 0.6 1.2 1.2 0.8 2.9 1.4 1.9 0.2 1.7 1.8 2.3 0.5 .. 0.8 1.8 .. 2.2 2.1 0.3 0.8 0.8 .. .. .. .. 0.3 1.3 0.1 0.2 0.9 .. 0.5 .. .. .. .. They have left their last job 3 or more years ago 234.1 276.8 321.1 410.8 540.5 644.5 670.7 584.4 472.6 271.4 157.9 92.8 62.6 76.5 77.7 4.5 6.2 2.9 4.6 8.9 24.6 37.0 47.2 46.4 29.6 22.8 5.2 4.8 2.4 4.6 30.7 37.6 39.1 65.8 102.6 133.1 139.7 159.9 114.1 68.4 39.3 25.7 9.3 13.6 13.3 48.7 52.4 58.0 90.0 121.3 146.0 167.7 117.5 126.5 53.7 28.7 20.1 11.1 20.3 14.0 68.0 93.6 122.9 120.3 157.1 185.7 187.6 148.5 107.6 68.2 37.4 19.2 21.4 18.9 18.9 82.3 86.9 98.1 130.0 150.7 155.1 138.7 111.4 78.0 51.5 29.8 22.6 16.1 21.4 27.0 Females Total 1,678.6 1,555.5 1,624.2 1,803.2 2,017.0 2,221.9 2,405.3 2,549.2 2,418.7 2,071.2 1,907.7 1,690.3 1,142.9 910.4 922.1 154.4 139.2 117.0 139.3 165.8 181.0 202.3 255.7 278.7 257.2 263.1 263.4 190.2 160.5 169.3 410.2 343.8 385.4 411.0 486.8 559.8 653.4 715.6 692.0 628.7 601.2 531.8 358.2 283.6 307.5 447.2 414.6 450.3 524.9 585.1 654.6 721.4 758.3 713.5 603.7 550.4 467.0 320.8 242.5 242.3 417.3 416.9 430.9 481.2 523.1 568.3 577.5 581.4 525.2 424.5 363.0 306.6 194.6 162.8 151.8 249.6 240.9 240.7 246.8 256.2 258.1 250.7 238.2 209.3 157.0 130.1 121.5 79.0 61.0 51.2 Dismissal from or withdrawal of post (includes regulation of employment) 289.2 125.0 166.6 171.5 188.4 274.3 402.1 443.6 431.2 407.9 377.7 343.0 154.4 97.4 110.3 25.6 8.4 9.3 7.1 14.1 13.6 26.9 34.9 25.4 36.3 38.8 37.2 23.7 17.1 17.2 83.3 23.8 37.5 41.3 38.3 61.4 99.5 124.5 116.0 135.1 122.6 107.9 42.1 33.5 30.8 86.7 44.3 56.4 58.9 66.6 109.1 134.5 148.0 162.7 133.6 130.2 115.0 44.1 21.4 28.7 59.2 30.0 44.2 43.2 48.3 63.3 103.5 98.7 87.9 87.3 67.8 61.4 33.9 18.7 25.6 34.3 18.5 19.2 21.0 21.1 26.9 37.7 37.5 39.3 15.7 18.3 21.6 10.6 6.7 7.9 End of contract 869.0 839.6 806.6 902.4 991.1 1,027.4 1,081.7 1,228.0 1,209.9 1,022.9 973.6 860.5 572.0 453.9 428.1 104.1 99.6 77.6 106.8 116.1 127.9 136.0 171.0 207.6 162.7 155.3 167.6 105.7 103.3 95.4 233.9 226.7 231.3 240.7 301.3 307.8 347.7 392.7 401.8 333.0 343.5 299.5 201.5 153.9 157.6 228.6 208.5 224.9 271.4 265.8 287.0 307.6 345.1 318.0 276.3 270.1 202.8 153.8 109.5 108.5 198.5 202.2 189.7 198.1 228.8 234.4 208.0 246.5 222.7 191.5 159.5 144.3 82.2 66.8 51.1 103.8 102.6 83.1 85.4 79.1 70.3 82.5 72.7 59.8 59.4 45.2 46.3 28.8 20.3 15.5 Sickness or incapacity 23.8 22.2 28.7 15.7 13.6 22.8 19.7 22.8 24.6 26.8 25.1 28.2 21.9 20.3 27.7 0.9 2.7 1.5 0.7 0.6 1.5 0.9 3.7 0.5 2.3 4.8 1.3 2.4 0.2 4.6 2.9 3.9 8.2 2.6 4.5 8.7 5.7 4.0 7.2 4.3 8.8 10.0 11.7 4.4 8.8 11.7 6.3 6.0 4.3 4.2 3.0 5.1 8.6 9.6 9.8 6.0 11.5 3.0 9.7 9.2 4.4 5.3 6.8 6.6 2.2 3.2 6.1 3.4 5.7 4.5 4.4 4.7 4.4 4.6 3.6 4.0 4.0 6.3 1.6 2.1 6.4 2.0 3.1 1.6 6.0 1.1 0.6 0.5 1.4 1.5 Following educational or training courses 14.7 15.1 16.5 8.1 13.1 12.0 13.3 12.4 12.6 21.4 21.5 26.9 21.1 21.5 26.1 10.5 8.8 11.9 5.9 9.3 8.4 7.8 9.4 6.4 12.2 12.4 19.8 12.2 13.8 13.9 4.2 2.8 2.9 1.6 1.3 3.1 3.8 3.1 3.7 8.3 8.3 6.5 8.0 5.6 11.6 .. 3.1 1.4 0.3 0.7 0.5 1.7 .. 1.8 .. 0.8 0.6 0.6 1.7 0.6 .. .. 0.4 0.3 1.2 .. .. .. 0.7 0.8 .. .. 0.3 0.4 .. .. 0.3 .. .. 0.6 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Care of children or sick adults, disabled or the elderly 9.5 10.7 14.7 6.4 14.8 11.2 12.6 15.3 23.4 19.5 21.6 26.9 28.1 24.8 22.9 0.8 .. 0.4 0.8 0.8 .. .. 0.2 3.7 2.3 2.0 1.0 6.8 1.4 1.9 0.3 2.3 3.8 0.5 4.0 3.9 4.6 7.8 6.8 6.7 12.7 13.3 11.9 16.2 9.2 6.2 5.3 6.9 4.5 5.2 5.9 5.7 5.9 6.7 8.6 4.4 9.7 6.0 4.5 7.9 1.9 1.9 3.1 0.7 4.4 0.3 1.8 1.3 4.6 1.7 1.8 2.5 2.5 2.7 3.9 0.3 1.2 0.5 .. 0.3 1.1 0.5 0.1 1.7 0.2 0.7 0.4 0.8 .. .. Other family or personal obligations 9.7 5.5 6.3 6.0 5.4 5.1 7.9 3.8 11.3 7.4 13.3 11.4 10.2 13.0 9.2 .. .. .. 0.7 0.3 .. 0.5 0.2 0.2 .. 2.0 0.6 .. 1.3 0.7 4.1 2.0 2.0 3.1 1.6 2.2 3.3 1.4 4.0 4.1 4.9 4.2 5.1 5.7 3.1 4.4 2.0 2.4 0.9 3.5 2.0 1.8 1.7 5.2 2.9 4.7 3.6 4.2 3.7 2.9 0.4 0.8 1.6 0.6 .. 0.9 1.4 0.5 1.6 0.2 1.7 1.5 0.8 0.9 2.4 0.8 0.7 0.3 0.6 .. .. 0.9 .. 0.3 0.2 .. 1.5 0.2 1.5 .. Retirement (normal or early) 1.7 0.7 2.2 1.7 1.2 1.9 0.7 1.0 2.3 3.0 6.9 4.0 1.6 0.9 0.6 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.9 0.5 0.5 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.6 1.6 .. 0.7 0.2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.9 0.8 0.5 .. .. 0.8 0.7 0.9 1.7 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.7 3.0 3.2 0.8 0.7 0.1 0.4 0.9 .. 1.3 .. 0.8 1.6 0.1 0.2 0.6 .. 0.3 0.3 .. 0.1 .. Other reasons 101.1 108.3 97.7 97.5 101.1 105.9 138.0 125.2 128.6 126.1 129.9 129.8 126.5 100.2 125.4 8.2 13.9 10.8 11.1 15.8 15.4 12.3 10.1 13.0 19.7 31.0 23.6 34.2 15.3 27.1 32.7 28.1 34.3 29.5 25.0 24.6 47.0 38.5 42.5 42.6 36.2 42.7 40.1 30.7 51.6 28.4 32.2 26.7 30.6 27.0 32.6 37.9 36.7 38.8 35.8 31.2 37.4 31.1 32.8 30.6 21.6 22.5 16.0 17.1 23.4 22.5 29.4 28.9 27.2 17.5 26.1 20.2 14.6 16.3 15.7 10.2 11.6 9.9 9.1 9.9 10.8 11.4 11.0 7.2 10.5 5.5 5.8 6.5 5.2 0.3 Does not know the reason 0.4 4.3 3.0 3.2 3.8 5.5 2.9 5.8 5.9 3.5 3.2 3.8 6.7 5.1 4.9 .. 0.6 0.2 1.4 1.1 .. 0.3 0.5 1.6 0.2 .. 2.4 0.4 1.3 .. 0.4 1.8 0.9 0.4 1.0 4.4 2.2 1.7 2.3 2.0 1.2 0.9 6.3 1.9 2.2 .. 1.5 0.4 1.0 0.7 .. 0.1 1.3 0.9 1.3 .. 0.1 .. 1.0 1.9 .. 0.5 1.5 .. 0.9 0.2 0.3 1.1 1.1 .. 2.0 0.4 .. .. 0.2 .. .. .. 0.3 .. 1.0 .. 1.1 .. .. .. .. .. 0.9 0.6 They have left their last job 3 or more years ago 359.6 424.0 481.9 590.7 684.7 755.7 726.4 691.3 568.9 432.7 334.9 255.9 200.3 173.3 166.9 4.3 5.2 5.3 4.7 7.7 14.3 17.6 25.8 20.3 21.5 15.8 9.6 4.3 6.8 8.5 48.3 52.5 64.5 91.4 109.8 143.6 139.7 141.8 107.7 92.7 62.4 45.2 31.6 30.9 32.3 81.1 111.3 125.3 153.0 211.4 214.6 227.0 211.0 169.8 135.4 101.2 85.5 77.4 58.2 52.0 130.6 153.0 166.6 212.9 213.5 243.3 226.5 200.2 172.2 118.1 96.6 70.8 55.3 52.3 48.8 95.2 102.0 120.1 128.7 142.3 140.0 115.6 112.4 98.9 65.0 59.0 44.9 31.7 25.0 25.4 Notes: Source: National Statistics Institute