Economically Active Population Survey National results Inactive population who have worked previously by reason for leaving last job, sex and age group. Percentages with regards the total in each age group Units: % 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 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Dismissal from or withdrawal of post (includes regulation of employment) 3.7 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.7 1.7 2.5 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.2 2.0 1.6 1.7 9.0 1.7 2.1 2.2 2.7 1.7 2.9 3.4 4.0 6.0 6.4 5.1 3.4 3.2 2.9 18.1 4.8 7.4 5.3 9.5 7.6 10.8 12.4 10.8 13.9 12.3 18.4 8.7 6.4 5.3 14.6 5.3 4.3 4.6 6.5 5.2 10.5 9.9 9.7 9.2 10.5 7.9 5.0 4.2 4.7 8.5 2.8 2.8 3.2 2.6 3.4 4.9 5.9 5.6 5.1 5.2 5.4 3.2 2.3 2.7 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.2 1.2 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.7 End of contract 9.7 8.0 7.4 7.3 6.8 7.1 7.1 7.2 7.6 7.8 8.5 8.0 8.3 7.7 7.7 61.7 56.8 60.6 63.6 58.6 62.3 58.1 59.2 54.1 55.3 52.0 47.5 45.4 41.7 41.1 42.0 43.8 38.7 40.3 38.4 37.8 40.0 34.7 37.1 34.5 34.5 30.4 30.4 29.5 28.6 24.0 25.5 22.3 21.5 20.4 22.1 20.9 21.3 21.0 20.2 20.5 19.9 19.8 17.2 18.0 19.0 16.0 14.3 13.6 13.1 14.0 13.8 13.9 13.4 13.1 14.1 11.8 12.6 9.8 10.6 2.1 1.7 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.6 1.2 1.5 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.0 Sickness or incapacity 2.1 2.4 2.3 2.1 2.0 1.8 2.1 2.0 2.3 2.5 2.7 2.9 3.1 3.0 3.2 1.1 2.8 1.7 1.0 1.8 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.7 1.4 0.9 1.8 2.1 2.0 1.9 2.9 4.5 3.8 4.3 3.7 3.4 3.2 3.5 4.2 4.7 5.0 6.9 5.9 5.7 6.2 6.8 6.9 6.2 6.5 5.2 4.9 4.7 6.7 5.9 5.7 5.6 6.4 7.7 7.6 5.5 6.4 7.7 7.8 6.9 7.5 6.1 6.2 5.9 5.7 6.6 7.6 7.6 7.2 6.8 7.9 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.7 1.6 1.9 1.7 1.9 Following educational or training courses 1.1 1.4 1.3 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 1.1 1.2 1.7 2.1 2.6 2.6 2.5 16.3 26.5 23.2 20.8 20.2 18.5 19.1 17.4 21.2 20.1 24.6 32.3 34.8 33.7 35.0 4.6 6.9 8.5 4.5 4.9 4.0 4.9 3.7 4.8 6.0 5.7 5.5 7.6 7.7 6.7 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.6 .. 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 .. 0.1 0.1 .. 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.1 .. 0.0 0.0 .. 0.0 .. .. .. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .. 0.0 .. Care of children or sick adults, disabled or the elderly 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.4 0.7 0.1 0.2 0.8 0.7 0.1 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.2 0.5 1.0 1.2 2.5 3.9 4.6 5.8 4.2 3.5 3.0 3.2 3.7 4.8 7.0 5.7 7.5 8.6 8.2 2.9 4.3 5.0 4.2 3.8 3.8 3.1 3.7 2.8 4.1 4.4 6.1 4.2 5.6 4.8 0.9 0.7 1.1 1.3 0.9 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.7 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.4 1.9 1.7 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 Other family or personal obligations 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 .. 0.1 0.0 0.3 .. 0.1 0.5 .. 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.8 1.2 1.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 1.0 1.4 1.8 2.2 2.2 0.4 1.3 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.5 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 2.0 1.8 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.7 0.5 1.4 1.1 1.2 1.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 Early retirement 1.9 2.1 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.0 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.9 2.1 1.6 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.0 .. 0.1 0.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.1 0.1 .. .. 0.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.2 1.7 1.6 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.8 2.6 2.8 2.6 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.7 2.0 Normal retirement 4.1 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.7 4.0 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.3 3.2 2.9 2.8 2.4 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.1 0.4 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 .. 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 5.3 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.7 5.0 4.6 4.8 4.7 5.0 4.5 4.5 4.2 4.0 3.5 Other reasons 2.4 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.8 1.6 1.7 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.7 3.3 2.9 7.4 7.5 6.1 6.4 7.1 9.9 6.0 5.9 5.9 6.7 7.5 6.5 8.8 12.7 10.6 9.8 12.0 8.3 7.9 7.1 8.9 6.6 6.4 8.0 7.3 8.3 9.2 13.0 13.2 12.2 8.1 7.8 7.2 7.4 5.3 5.4 5.3 4.6 5.7 5.6 5.0 5.5 5.8 7.0 5.0 5.4 2.6 3.4 3.3 3.7 3.6 2.3 2.8 3.2 3.2 4.3 3.5 3.5 4.4 3.1 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 Does not know the reason 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.3 .. 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.6 .. 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.5 .. 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.8 .. 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 Inactive population who left their last job 3 or more years ago 74.3 78.2 78.9 79.8 80.6 79.9 79.5 78.6 77.8 76.5 75.2 74.6 74.8 75.0 76.0 3.1 4.0 5.0 4.2 8.2 6.2 11.3 12.1 12.0 9.5 7.4 5.8 4.2 4.6 6.5 19.2 22.8 27.7 29.7 31.3 33.8 30.4 35.6 30.8 28.1 26.1 22.1 24.7 26.4 29.9 42.0 48.0 52.8 54.3 58.0 56.9 54.2 52.4 53.8 53.5 51.8 52.5 55.7 55.7 59.7 58.6 69.0 69.3 70.7 71.1 70.4 71.4 69.6 70.2 69.0 66.0 67.9 69.3 71.6 71.0 86.6 87.7 88.1 88.6 88.8 87.9 87.8 87.3 87.0 87.1 87.5 87.7 88.3 88.6 89.6 Males Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Dismissal from or withdrawal of post (includes regulation of employment) 3.7 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.8 2.6 2.9 3.5 3.3 2.9 3.6 2.0 1.6 1.9 10.1 1.1 2.8 1.7 2.8 2.6 2.8 2.8 4.7 6.8 5.8 4.9 4.1 3.5 2.8 20.7 2.7 5.6 5.4 8.5 6.6 8.4 11.1 13.7 16.7 11.2 21.4 10.7 7.9 9.1 17.7 2.9 4.6 6.8 7.4 9.2 12.9 11.3 16.0 15.6 15.5 15.5 8.4 6.4 8.1 11.3 4.1 2.3 4.7 3.6 4.6 8.2 8.4 8.2 9.1 7.0 9.5 6.5 3.6 3.8 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 1.1 1.6 1.8 2.1 1.5 1.4 1.4 0.7 0.8 1.0 End of contract 8.5 6.4 5.8 5.9 5.4 5.5 5.7 5.6 6.0 6.3 7.4 6.4 7.3 6.2 6.7 62.3 55.6 60.1 62.0 61.9 60.0 60.0 55.1 53.8 55.0 53.1 47.1 45.1 41.3 41.3 44.8 47.4 38.1 42.3 40.9 43.3 42.8 39.6 39.4 38.3 45.6 32.5 37.2 35.9 35.2 22.2 27.2 21.0 23.5 16.7 23.8 21.2 20.5 22.1 22.3 19.9 19.8 27.9 18.0 23.7 17.5 13.8 10.2 13.3 10.3 11.6 12.9 11.6 9.8 11.7 13.8 9.0 13.4 9.8 12.3 1.4 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 1.1 0.8 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.7 Sickness or incapacity 2.3 2.6 2.7 2.3 2.1 2.0 2.4 2.3 2.8 2.8 3.1 3.6 3.9 3.6 3.9 1.3 4.0 3.3 1.1 1.8 1.5 0.5 1.2 1.7 0.8 0.9 1.5 0.9 2.1 2.0 3.6 3.4 4.0 6.1 3.9 3.6 4.2 4.1 6.7 4.9 7.0 10.8 9.1 6.4 9.3 11.8 10.1 15.6 11.2 7.6 10.2 8.8 13.1 11.7 12.3 12.8 14.3 19.1 19.2 13.3 8.9 12.6 13.3 11.0 12.6 11.6 9.6 9.1 9.5 9.4 13.0 14.9 13.9 14.6 16.6 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.7 1.4 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.3 2.0 2.4 Following educational or training courses 1.1 1.5 1.5 1.0 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.3 1.3 1.8 2.6 3.2 3.2 3.2 15.3 27.5 25.4 22.9 16.3 18.6 20.1 20.7 21.8 19.2 24.9 35.6 38.2 37.0 37.6 5.0 10.1 13.6 5.7 8.0 7.0 5.9 5.8 7.7 9.3 7.9 10.6 12.2 15.5 12.4 0.6 1.5 2.0 0.5 .. 2.3 0.3 0.2 2.0 .. 0.8 .. 0.3 1.2 .. .. 0.3 .. .. 0.2 .. 0.3 .. .. 0.1 0.3 .. .. 0.1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.0 .. 0.0 .. .. .. Care of children or sick adults, disabled or the elderly 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.4 .. 0.1 0.7 .. 0.2 0.4 .. .. 0.2 .. .. .. .. .. 0.2 .. 1.4 0.2 .. .. 0.2 0.1 .. 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.1 1.1 2.2 1.2 0.9 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.2 2.0 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.5 1.2 1.7 0.2 .. 0.1 0.9 0.7 1.0 0.2 1.2 0.5 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Other family or personal obligations 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 .. 0.2 .. 0.1 0.1 .. .. 0.2 .. .. 0.1 .. 0.3 .. 0.1 0.3 .. 0.2 .. 0.9 .. 0.2 0.1 .. 0.2 0.5 1.2 .. .. .. 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.7 .. .. 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.5 1.8 0.5 0.5 .. 0.3 0.7 .. 0.1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.1 0.1 .. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .. 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 .. 0.0 0.0 .. 0.0 0.0 Early retirement 2.7 3.0 3.1 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.0 3.4 3.2 3.7 3.4 3.5 3.3 3.6 2.9 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.1 .. 0.1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.1 0.2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.2 0.9 0.5 1.4 0.4 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.4 1.3 0.4 1.1 2.2 1.8 1.6 2.3 2.8 3.7 4.9 5.0 3.3 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.6 3.9 3.5 4.0 3.8 4.4 4.0 4.2 3.9 4.2 3.2 Normal retirement 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.9 4.8 5.2 4.9 5.2 5.1 5.6 4.9 4.9 4.6 4.7 4.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.2 0.1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.0 0.1 .. .. .. .. 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.4 .. 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.4 .. 6.0 5.8 5.6 5.8 5.7 6.1 5.8 6.3 6.2 6.8 6.1 6.1 5.8 5.9 5.1 Other reasons 2.1 1.7 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.7 1.6 1.7 2.1 2.6 2.7 7.5 8.1 4.7 7.3 6.5 9.3 5.8 6.4 5.2 6.7 6.8 5.2 7.7 11.6 10.8 9.9 14.2 5.4 5.4 6.8 7.1 9.8 4.8 7.3 6.2 6.0 7.7 13.3 13.2 14.9 8.2 10.2 7.8 5.7 7.5 5.1 5.2 6.7 8.0 7.8 5.3 7.9 5.8 10.6 8.4 6.3 2.2 2.6 4.6 3.1 3.5 1.6 2.9 2.4 3.1 4.5 2.9 4.6 6.4 3.2 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 1.0 Does not know the reason 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.4 1.0 1.0 0.2 0.3 0.1 .. .. 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.5 .. 1.1 .. 0.5 0.9 .. 0.9 0.1 0.7 1.0 .. 0.1 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.2 2.9 .. .. 0.6 1.1 .. .. .. 1.3 0.2 0.4 .. 0.7 0.7 0.1 .. 0.4 0.1 .. 0.3 0.2 .. 0.3 0.4 .. 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .. 0.1 .. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 Inactive population who left their last job 3 or more years ago 74.4 78.6 79.4 80.1 80.9 79.8 78.8 77.8 76.4 75.2 74.5 73.5 73.3 74.1 74.4 2.5 3.3 3.1 3.3 9.4 7.4 10.1 13.6 12.7 11.3 8.1 5.3 3.5 3.6 4.9 15.7 20.7 31.8 34.1 31.0 31.4 27.7 34.3 24.3 23.6 21.8 15.7 15.2 19.5 18.1 39.2 46.4 43.4 50.7 59.8 47.9 49.7 48.0 39.6 40.0 42.5 41.1 35.8 40.4 43.8 53.6 65.3 70.0 63.3 67.2 67.7 65.9 65.5 67.3 63.5 57.4 60.6 56.1 59.5 57.9 85.9 86.8 87.0 87.4 87.4 86.4 85.9 84.9 84.3 83.7 84.8 84.5 85.7 85.5 86.5 Females Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Dismissal from or withdrawal of post (includes regulation of employment) 3.7 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.9 1.5 2.5 3.0 2.5 2.7 3.3 3.0 1.9 1.6 1.5 7.9 2.3 1.4 2.7 2.7 0.9 3.0 3.9 3.4 5.2 7.1 5.2 2.8 2.9 3.1 16.3 6.0 8.3 5.2 10.0 8.1 12.0 13.2 9.3 12.5 12.9 16.9 7.8 5.8 3.8 13.3 6.4 4.2 3.8 6.1 3.9 9.6 9.3 7.5 7.3 9.1 5.6 4.1 3.6 3.9 7.1 2.2 3.0 2.6 2.1 2.8 3.4 4.8 4.5 3.5 4.5 4.0 2.1 2.0 2.4 1.1 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.9 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.4 End of contract 10.7 9.3 8.8 8.5 8.0 8.5 8.3 8.5 8.9 9.1 9.4 9.3 9.1 8.7 8.5 60.9 57.8 61.1 64.9 55.6 64.3 56.2 63.1 54.5 55.7 51.0 47.9 45.8 42.0 40.8 40.1 41.8 39.0 39.3 37.0 34.7 38.6 31.9 35.9 32.5 28.8 29.4 27.5 27.0 26.0 24.9 24.7 22.7 20.7 21.8 21.6 20.8 21.6 20.6 19.5 20.7 19.9 17.6 17.0 16.7 19.8 17.0 16.3 13.7 14.3 15.0 14.2 14.8 14.8 13.6 14.2 12.8 12.3 9.8 10.1 2.8 2.3 1.6 1.8 1.8 2.1 1.9 1.8 2.0 1.6 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.3 Sickness or incapacity 1.9 2.1 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.8 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.6 2.6 2.6 1.0 1.8 0.3 0.9 1.7 0.9 1.9 1.3 1.6 2.0 0.9 2.0 3.3 1.9 1.8 2.4 5.1 3.7 3.3 3.5 3.2 2.7 3.2 3.0 4.6 3.9 5.0 4.5 5.4 5.0 4.6 5.5 2.8 4.8 4.3 3.1 3.2 4.3 3.8 3.7 3.6 4.1 4.7 5.0 3.7 5.1 5.4 5.3 5.1 5.2 3.7 4.8 4.5 4.1 5.5 5.6 5.1 5.0 4.5 5.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.5 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.5 Following educational or training courses 1.1 1.3 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.9 1.2 1.5 1.8 2.2 2.2 2.0 17.4 25.6 21.3 19.0 23.8 18.4 18.1 14.2 20.7 20.9 24.4 29.5 31.6 31.0 32.5 4.3 5.2 5.8 3.9 3.1 2.3 4.4 2.6 3.3 4.3 4.6 3.0 5.6 4.8 4.5 1.1 0.5 0.4 0.6 .. 0.1 0.3 0.4 .. 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 .. 0.1 0.0 .. .. .. 0.1 .. 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.2 .. 0.0 0.0 .. 0.0 .. .. .. 0.0 .. 0.0 0.0 .. 0.0 .. Care of children or sick adults, disabled or the elderly 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.1 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.9 1.3 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.3 2.3 1.0 0.2 0.4 1.0 1.4 .. 1.0 0.8 1.2 0.6 1.5 0.4 1.0 1.9 2.3 4.2 6.0 6.3 8.7 6.5 5.4 4.5 4.9 5.5 7.3 10.4 8.3 10.7 11.6 11.1 4.1 5.7 6.0 5.3 4.8 5.0 4.0 5.0 3.6 5.1 5.4 7.8 5.3 6.4 5.8 1.3 0.8 1.4 1.3 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.6 1.3 1.0 1.7 1.5 2.3 1.9 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.4 Other family or personal obligations 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.8 .. .. .. 0.6 .. .. 1.0 .. 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.1 1.0 1.8 2.5 1.0 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.4 1.4 1.8 2.0 3.1 3.0 0.6 1.8 0.5 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.3 0.6 1.4 1.1 1.4 1.3 2.1 2.1 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.5 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.8 1.0 0.7 1.9 1.4 1.6 1.4 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 Early retirement 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.6 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.0 0.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.1 .. .. .. 0.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.2 .. 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.9 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.8 0.7 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.3 0.9 Normal retirement 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.1 2.8 3.0 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.7 1.4 1.2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.6 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 .. .. 0.2 .. 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.3 3.8 4.0 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.7 2.2 2.1 Other reasons 2.6 2.1 2.3 2.1 1.8 2.2 1.7 1.9 2.4 2.2 2.6 2.7 3.2 3.8 3.0 7.4 6.9 7.3 5.6 7.5 10.4 6.2 5.5 6.6 6.6 8.1 7.5 9.8 13.7 10.3 9.7 10.7 9.8 9.2 7.3 9.9 5.0 7.4 8.4 7.8 9.4 9.9 12.8 13.2 11.2 8.0 6.8 7.0 8.0 4.4 5.5 5.4 3.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.8 5.8 6.2 4.2 5.0 2.8 3.7 2.7 3.9 3.7 2.6 2.7 3.6 3.3 4.2 3.8 3.1 3.8 3.1 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.2 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.1 0.9 Does not know the reason 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 .. 0.7 0.8 0.2 .. 0.4 0.6 0.6 .. 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.2 .. 0.5 0.1 0.7 0.1 0.2 .. 0.2 .. 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.9 0.2 0.0 0.1 .. 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 .. 0.1 .. 0.0 0.2 0.2 .. .. 0.7 .. 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Inactive population who left their last job 3 or more years ago 74.3 77.8 78.4 79.6 80.4 80.0 80.0 79.2 78.9 77.7 75.8 75.4 75.9 75.6 77.2 3.7 4.6 6.8 5.1 7.1 5.1 12.6 10.7 11.4 8.0 6.7 6.2 4.8 5.5 8.0 21.7 23.9 25.5 27.5 31.5 35.0 31.8 36.3 34.1 30.4 28.3 25.2 28.9 29.1 34.5 43.2 48.7 56.2 55.6 57.4 60.0 55.8 54.0 58.8 57.6 54.5 56.0 60.9 59.2 63.5 61.0 70.8 68.9 73.9 72.9 71.5 73.7 71.3 71.4 71.2 69.3 70.4 73.6 75.2 74.7 87.2 88.5 89.2 89.8 90.1 89.4 89.7 89.6 89.6 90.5 90.0 90.7 90.7 91.6 92.4 Notes: Source: National Statistics Institute