MALDIVES, POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS 2006
TABLE EC 2 : POPULATION 15 YEARS OF AGE & OVER, NOT ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE BY REASONS FOR NOT WORKING, LOCALITY AGE & SEX
Locality,
sex & age
Not
economically
active1
Reasons for not working Not stated
Studying / Attending training Household works and caring for children Income recipient (pension, rent) Objection to work by family & relatives    Needs special care  Unable to work due to health condition Other reasons 
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Republic
Both sexes 63,642 26,810 16,353 615 1,155 888 14,151 3,148 522
15-19 23,730 21,786 329 20 200 166 374 771 84
20-24 7,932 3,715 2,256 34 243 126 692 774 92
25-29 5,187 824 3,151 36 122 95 496 388 75
30-34 4,211 280 3,000 37 66 75 435 276 42
35-39 3,740 105 2,634 45 49 64 580 216 47
40-44 3,270 42 2,118 61 51 47 732 177 42
45-49 2,709 26 1,462 62 68 43 841 177 30
50-54 1,756 13 682 62 59 21 788 113 18
55-59 1,469 6 374 50 67 27 852 80 13
60-64 1,888 4 201 49 87 40 1,425 67 15
65+ 7,718 9 146 159 143 184 6,904 109 64
Not stated 32 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0
Male 20,648 12,758 279 272 209 444 5,022 1,506 158
15-19 11,366 10,597 28 10 79 91 136 385 40
20-24 2,200 1,521 30 6 24 63 177 352 27
25-29 837 401 29 9 4 42 131 202 19
30-34 505 143 28 10 3 36 117 158 10
35-39 375 51 29 9 3 31 140 101 11
40-44 362 16 31 11 2 27 186 81 8
45-49 365 15 41 22 6 16 180 77 8
50-54 314 7 23 20 7 11 199 44 3
55-59 335 2 12 24 6 11 243 35 2
60-64 526 2 9 26 20 14 425 26 4
65+ 3,448 3 19 125 55 102 3,073 45 26
Not stated 15 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0
Female 42,994 14,052 16,074 343 946 444 9,129 1,642 364
15-19 12,364 11,189 301 10 121 75 238 386 44
20-24 5,732 2,194 2,226 28 219 63 515 422 65
25-29 4,350 423 3,122 27 118 53 365 186 56
30-34 3,706 137 2,972 27 63 39 318 118 32
35-39 3,365 54 2,605 36 46 33 440 115 36
40-44 2,908 26 2,087 50 49 20 546 96 34
45-49 2,344 11 1,421 40 62 27 661 100 22
50-54 1,442 6 659 42 52 10 589 69 15
55-59 1,134 4 362 26 61 16 609 45 11
60-64 1,362 2 192 23 67 26 1,000 41 11
65+ 4,270 6 127 34 88 82 3,831 64 38
Not stated 17 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0
                   
Male'
Both sexes 26,392 13,012 6,592 472 554 163 3,850 1,544 205
15-19 9,666 8,886 82 8 70 41 105 434 40
20-24 4,466 2,968 700 19 117 31 224 375 32
25-29 2,339 730 1,153 24 75 20 145 162 30
30-34 1,850 246 1,244 30 34 15 149 116 16
35-39 1,538 94 1,077 38 25 12 188 87 17
40-44 1,446 41 962 51 31 9 246 85 21
45-49 1,196 26 702 56 39 6 279 79 9
50-54 767 11 322 57 27 3 275 67 5
55-59 631 3 189 44 39 3 304 43 6
60-64 691 3 106 37 36 7 459 38 5
65+ 1,795 4 55 108 61 16 1,469 58 24
Not stated 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
Male 7,712 5,539 62 190 81 75 1,139 568 58
15-19 4,212 3,894 6 5 29 23 45 192 18
20-24 1,331 1,106 6 3 15 12 55 125 9
25-29 465 336 7 5 2 7 42 61 5
30-34 247 118 12 9 0 5 48 51 4
35-39 144 44 5 8 1 7 50 26 3
40-44 134 16 5 8 2 5 68 23 7
45-49 123 15 10 21 3 4 48 20 2
50-54 121 6 4 18 2 0 65 25 1
55-59 121 1 3 18 3 2 77 16 1
60-64 163 1 1 17 8 2 120 13 1
65+ 648 2 3 78 16 8 518 16 7
Not stated 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Female 18,680 7,473 6,530 282 473 88 2,711 976 147
15-19 5,454 4,992 76 3 41 18 60 242 22
20-24 3,135 1,862 694 16 102 19 169 250 23
25-29 1,874 394 1,146 19 73 13 103 101 25
30-34 1,603 128 1,232 21 34 10 101 65 12
35-39 1,394 50 1,072 30 24 5 138 61 14
40-44 1,312 25 957 43 29 4 178 62 14
45-49 1,073 11 692 35 36 2 231 59 7
50-54 646 5 318 39 25 3 210 42 4
55-59 510 2 186 26 36 1 227 27 5
60-64 528 2 105 20 28 5 339 25 4
65+ 1,147 2 52 30 45 8 951 42 17
Not stated 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
                   
Atolls
Both sexes 37,250 13,798 9,761 143 601 725 10,301 1,604 317
15-19 14,064 12,900 247 12 130 125 269 337 44
20-24 3,466 747 1,556 15 126 95 468 399 60
25-29 2,848 94 1,998 12 47 75 351 226 45
30-34 2,361 34 1,756 7 32 60 286 160 26
35-39 2,202 11 1,557 7 24 52 392 129 30
40-44 1,824 1 1,156 10 20 38 486 92 21
45-49 1,513 0 760 6 29 37 562 98 21
50-54 989 2 360 5 32 18 513 46 13
55-59 838 3 185 6 28 24 548 37 7
60-64 1,197 1 95 12 51 33 966 29 10
65+ 5,923 5 91 51 82 168 5,435 51 40
Not stated 25 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0
Male 12,936 7,219 217 82 128 369 3,883 938 100
15-19 7,154 6,703 22 5 50 68 91 193 22
20-24 869 415 24 3 9 51 122 227 18
25-29 372 65 22 4 2 35 89 141 14
30-34 258 25 16 1 3 31 69 107 6
35-39 231 7 24 1 2 24 90 75 8
40-44 228 0 26 3 0 22 118 58 1
45-49 242 0 31 1 3 12 132 57 6
50-54 193 1 19 2 5 11 134 19 2
55-59 214 1 9 6 3 9 166 19 1
60-64 363 1 8 9 12 12 305 13 3
65+ 2,800 1 16 47 39 94 2,555 29 19
Not stated 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0
Female 24,314 6,579 9,544 61 473 356 6,418 666 217
15-19 6,910 6,197 225 7 80 57 178 144 22
20-24 2,597 332 1,532 12 117 44 346 172 42
25-29 2,476 29 1,976 8 45 40 262 85 31
30-34 2,103 9 1,740 6 29 29 217 53 20
35-39 1,971 4 1,533 6 22 28 302 54 22
40-44 1,596 1 1,130 7 20 16 368 34 20
45-49 1,271 0 729 5 26 25 430 41 15
50-54 796 1 341 3 27 7 379 27 11
55-59 624 2 176 0 25 15 382 18 6
60-64 834 0 87 3 39 21 661 16 7
65+ 3,123 4 75 4 43 74 2,880 22 21
Not stated 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
 1 Not economically active persons are those who do not seek and are not available for work during the census reference period
                   
MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT