"Figure 11: Proportion of people unemployed who are out of work for more than 12 months by age group Quarter 1 2008 to Quarter 3 2016, seasonally adjusted","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. Seasonally adjusted. 2. Q1 refers to Quarter 1 (January to March), Q2 refers to Quarter 2 (April to June), Q3 refers to Quarter 3 (July to September) and Q4 refers to Quarter 4 (October to December)." "Unit","%" "","" "Quarter ","All 16 and over","16 to 17","18 to 24","25 to 49","50 and over " "Q1 2008","24.5","7.0","19.0","28.3","38.1" "Q2 2008","24.8","5.9","20.0","28.6","38.0" "Q3 2008","24.1","6.1","19.0","28.4","34.4" "Q4 2008","22.7","8.2","17.0","26.1","32.8" "Q1 2009","22.8","11.0","17.4","25.7","31.1" "Q2 2009","22.6","10.7","19.7","23.9","30.3" "Q3 2009","25.5","12.7","23.1","27.2","31.8" "Q4 2009","27.0","14.6","22.1","30.0","33.4" "Q1 2010","30.4","12.4","25.5","34.0","37.9" "Q2 2010","32.3","11.2","25.3","36.4","43.6" "Q3 2010","33.3","14.4","26.7","37.0","43.8" "Q4 2010","33.5","12.0","28.1","38.0","42.2" "Q1 2011","34.6","12.1","27.3","39.5","46.0" "Q2 2011","33.3","12.2","27.0","38.3","42.0" "Q3 2011","33.0","16.4","27.6","36.9","40.8" "Q4 2011","32.3","15.6","25.7","35.3","44.5" "Q1 2012","33.7","15.7","28.2","36.4","45.5" "Q2 2012","34.4","14.2","29.1","38.1","44.9" "Q3 2012","35.6","18.3","30.1","37.9","48.1" "Q4 2012","34.9","15.0","31.7","37.0","45.2" "Q1 2013","35.7","14.4","31.9","38.4","45.3" "Q2 2013","36.3","11.8","32.3","39.6","46.6" "Q3 2013","36.0","14.5","32.4","38.4","46.5" "Q4 2013","35.9","13.2","31.6","39.8","44.7" "Q1 2014","36.9","13.2","32.7","40.8","45.8" "Q2 2014","35.9","15.3","29.9","38.8","47.5" "Q3 2014","35.3","10.2","32.8","37.9","44.4" "Q4 2014","34.0","11.7","31.0","35.5","46.8" "Q1 2015","32.2","11.7","26.7","35.5","43.8" "Q2 2015","31.2","10.4","24.9","36.8","38.2" "Q3 2015","29.4","9.7","23.2","32.5","40.1" "Q4 2015","28.9","10.9","22.7","30.5","41.9" "Q1 2016","27.6","6.9","19.2","30.2","42.3" "Q2 2016","27.2","7.4","19.0","29.3","44.3" "Q3 2016","27.0","10.5","18.9","28.3","42.7"