MALDIVES, POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS 2006
Table EC 1: POPULATION 15 YEARS OF AGE & OVER BY ACTIVITY STATUS, CLASSIFIED BY LOCALITY, AGE AND SEX
Locality, sex & age  Total 15 years of age  & over Economically active Not economically  active Not stated Labour force participation rate Unemployment rate
Total Employed Unemployed1
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
Republic
Both Sexes 205,931 128,836 110,231 18,605 63,642 13,453 62.6 14.4
15-19 39,904 14,055 9,913 4,142 23,730 2,119 35.2 29.5
20-24 34,809 25,420 20,802 4,618 7,932 1,457 73.0 18.2
25-29 24,581 18,379 16,056 2,323 5,187 1,015 74.8 12.6
30-34 20,635 15,559 13,896 1,663 4,211 865 75.4 10.7
35-39 18,174 13,697 12,193 1,504 3,740 737 75.4 11.0
40-44 15,871 11,944 10,608 1,336 3,270 657 75.3 11.2
45-49 13,569 10,346 9,132 1,214 2,709 514 76.2 11.7
50-54 7,936 5,892 5,267 625 1,756 288 74.2 10.6
55-59 5,859 4,192 3,795 397 1,469 198 71.5 9.5
60-64 5,566 3,500 3,171 329 1,888 178 62.9 9.4
65+ 13,944 5,847 5,393 454 7,718 379 41.9 7.8
Not stated 5,083 5 5 0 32 5,046 0.1 0.0
Male 103,634 75,682 69,701 5,981 20,648 7,304 73.0 7.9
15-19 20,155 7,730 5,819 1,911 11,366 1,059 38.4 24.7
20-24 16,933 14,022 12,579 1,443 2,200 711 82.8 10.3
25-29 11,915 10,563 9,933 630 837 515 88.7 6.0
30-34 10,022 9,104 8,732 372 505 413 90.8 4.1
35-39 8,780 8,075 7,764 311 375 330 92.0 3.9
40-44 7,828 7,176 6,903 273 362 290 91.7 3.8
45-49 6,872 6,285 6,002 283 365 222 91.5 4.5
50-54 4,147 3,692 3,514 178 314 141 89.0 4.8
55-59 3,046 2,618 2,479 139 335 93 85.9 5.3
60-64 2,852 2,240 2,096 144 526 86 78.5 6.4
65+ 7,790 4,174 3,877 297 3,448 168 53.6 7.1
Not stated 3,294 3 3 0 15 3,276 0.1 0.0
Female 102,297 53,154 40,530 12,624 42,994 6,149 52.0 23.7
15-19 19,749 6,325 4,094 2,231 12,364 1,060 32.0 35.3
20-24 17,876 11,398 8,223 3,175 5,732 746 63.8 27.9
25-29 12,666 7,816 6,123 1,693 4,350 500 61.7 21.7
30-34 10,613 6,455 5,164 1,291 3,706 452 60.8 20.0
35-39 9,394 5,622 4,429 1,193 3,365 407 5