Table 5.2 :  POPULATION 15 YEARS OF AGE AND OVER BY TYPE OF ACTIVITY, CROSS CLASSIFIED BY REGION, HIES 2009/2010 (with unemployed including discouraged workers)
			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		136,886	98,393	38,493		75,157	1,829		64.0		28.1
15-19	38,443		13,588	5,530	8,057		24,520	335		35.3		59.3
20-24	34,248		26,198	17,172	9,026		7,829	221		76.5		34.5
25-29	27,600		21,053	15,239	5,814		6,133	413		76.3		27.6
30-34	21,387		15,973	12,348	3,625		5,225	189		74.7		22.7
35-39	19,725		15,084	12,248	2,836		4,579	61		76.5		18.8
40-44	18,950		15,178	12,090	3,088		3,718	54		80.1		20.3
45-49	14,537		11,425	9,072	2,353		2,976	136		78.6		20.6
50-54	11,915		9,037	7,560	1,477		2,778	99		75.8		16.3
55-59	6,483		4,311	3,141	1,169		2,152	20		66.5		27.1
60-64	4,678		2,311	1,986	325		2,334	33		49.4		14.1
65+	15,520		2,523	1,913	610		12,812	186		16.3		24.2
Age not stated	387		206	95	111		100	81		0.0		0.0
Male'	82,289		52,153	39,775	12,378		29,478	658		63.4		23.7
15-19	15,920		5,404	2,655	2,749		10,394	122		33.9		50.9
20-24	15,831		11,868	8,751	3,117		3,830	133		75.0		26.3
25-29	11,459		8,784	6,940	1,844		2,567	108		76.7		21.0
30-34	8,262		6,160	5,214	946		2,065	36		74.6		15.4
35-39	7,031		5,112	4,099	1,013		1,886	33		72.7		19.8
40-44	7,464		5,764	4,904	860		1,700	0		77.2		14.9
45-49	4,576		3,503	2,953	550		1,044	29		76.6		15.7
50-54	4,323		3,043	2,404	639		1,200	80		70.4		21.0
55-59	2,432		1,327	977	350		1,105	0		54.6		26.3
60-64	1,433		649	522	127		784	0		45.3		19.6
65+	3,295		355	283	72		2,903	36		10.8		20.3
Age not stated	263		182	71	111		0	81		69.1		60.8
Table 5.2 (Continued)
Atolls	131,584		84,733	58,618	26,115		45,679	1,172		64.4		30.8
15-19	22,523		8,183	2,875	5,308		14,127	213		36.3		64.9
20-24	18,417		14,329	8,421	5,909		3,999	89		77.8		41.2
25-29	16,140		12,269	8,299	3,970		3,566	306		76.0		32.4
30-34	13,125		9,813	7,133	2,680		3,159	153		74.8		27.3
35-39	12,694		9,972	8,148	1,824		2,693	28		78.6		18.3
40-44	11,486		9,414	7,186	2,228		2,018	54		82.0		23.7
45-49	9,961		7,921	6,119	1,803		1,932	107		79.5		22.8
50-54	7,592		5,994	5,156	838		1,579	19		79.0		14.0
55-59	4,051		2,984	2,164	820		1,047	20		73.7		27.5
60-64	3,245		1,662	1,464	198		1,550	33		51.2		11.9
65+	12,226		2,167	1,630	538		9,909	150		17.7		24.8
Age not stated	124		0	24	0		100	0		0.0		0.0
Source :  Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES 2009/2010)
Department of National Planning
Note:
Includes only the local population but  excludes those locals working in resorts and industrial islands