Table 5.1 :  LOCAL POPULATION 15 YEARS OF AGE AND OVER BY TYPE OF ACTIVITY, CROSS CLASSIFIED BY AGE AND LOCALITY, HIES 2009/2010
(with unemployed as per ILO definition of seeking and available of work)
		Activity Status
		Economically Active
	Total 15 years of				Not Economically		Not Stated	Age specific	Unemployment
Age group	age and over	Total	Employed	Unemployed	Active			activity rate	Rate
Republic	213,872	111,426	98,393	13,033	100,617		1,829	52.1	11.7
15-19	38,443	8,528	5,530	2,998	29,580		335	22.2	35.2
20-24	34,248	21,905	17,172	4,733	12,122		221	64.0	21.6
25-29	27,600	16,836	15,239	1,597	10,350		413	61.0	9.5
30-34	21,387	13,273	12,348	926	7,924		189	62.1	7.0
35-39	19,725	13,243	12,248	995	6,421		61	67.1	7.5
40-44	18,950	12,858	12,090	768	6,037		54	67.9	6.0
45-49	14,537	9,433	9,072	362	4,967		136	64.9	3.8
50-54	11,915	7,877	7,560	317	3,939		99	66.1	4.0
55-59	6,483	3,312	3,141	171	3,151		20	51.1	5.2
60-64	4,678	2,036	1,986	50	2,610		33	43.5	2.5
65+	15,520	2,030	1,913	117	13,305		186	13.1	5.8
Age not stated	387	95	95	0	211		81	0.0	0.0
Male'	82,289	43,782	39,775	4,006	37,849		658	53.2	9.2
15-19	15,920	3,825	2,655	1,170	11,973		122	24.0	30.6
20-24	15,831	10,251	8,751	1,500	5,447		133	64.8	14.6
25-29	11,459	7,412	6,940	472	3,940		108	64.7	6.4
30-34	8,262	5,419	5,214	204	2,807		36	65.6	3.8
35-39	7,031	4,442	4,099	343	2,556		33	63.2	7.7
40-44	7,464	4,977	4,904	73	2,487		0	66.7	1.5
45-49	4,576	2,953	2,953	0	1,594		29	64.5	0.0
50-54	4,323	2,536	2,404	132	1,707		80	58.7	5.2
55-59	2,432	1,060	977	83	1,371		0	43.6	7.8
60-64	1,433	551	522	29	882		0	38.4	5.3
65+	3,295	283	283	0	2,975		36	8.6	0.0
Age not stated	263	71	71	0	111		81	27	0
Atolls	131,584	67,645	58,618	9,027	62,767		1,172	51.4	13.3
15-19	22,523	4,702	2,875	1,828	17,607		213	20.9	38.9
20-24	18,417	11,654	8,421	3,233	6,675		89	63.3	27.7
25-29	16,140	9,424	8,299	1,125	6,411		306	58.4	11.9
30-34	13,125	7,855	7,133	722	5,117		153	59.8	9.2
35-39	12,694	8,801	8,148	652	3,865		28	69.3	7.4
40-44	11,486	7,881	7,186	695	3,551		54	68.6	8.8
45-49	9,961	6,480	6,119	362	3,373		107	65.1	5.6
50-54	7,592	5,341	5,156	185	2,232		19	70.3	3.5
55-59	4,051	2,252	2,164	88	1,779		20	55.6	3.9
60-64	3,245	1,485	1,464	21	1,728		33	45.8	1.4
65+	12,226	1,747	1,630	117	10,329		150	14.3	6.7
Age not stated	124	24	24	0	100		0	19.3	0.0
Source :  Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES 2009/2010)
Department of National Planning
Note: Includs only the local population