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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd Qu. 2008
2 Population aged 15-741 in the labour force, employed persons and unemployed persons by sex (LFS)2. 1 000 and per cent
  Population Labour force Employed persons Unemployed persons
Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females
                 
  Annual average
1985 1 503 1 501 1 174 893 1 149 865 25 28
1990 1 554 1 540 1 181 961 1 115 915 66 46
2000 1 614 1 587 1 258 1 092 1 212 1 057 46 35
2001 1 621 1 593 1 260 1 102 1 214 1 064 46 38
2002 1 631 1 603 1 262 1 116 1 210 1 076 52 41
2003 1 642 1 615 1 259 1 116 1 198 1 071 62 45
2004 1 654 1 627 1 263 1 119 1 201 1 074 62 45
2005 1 670 1 642 1 272 1 127 1 211 1 078 61 49
2006 1 714 1 684 1 296 1 150 1 251 1 111 45 39
2007 1 742 1 703 1 323 1 183 1 289 1 154 34 29
                 
  Changes from the year before3
2000 10 8 8 9 4 7 4 2
2001 7 6 2 9 2 7 - 3
2002 10 10 2 15 -4 12 6 3
2003 11 12 -3 -1 -12 -5 10 4
2004 12 12 3 3 3 4 - -
2005 15 15 9 8 10 4 -1 5
2006 21 18 20 20 35 30 -16 -10
2007 28 20 28 33 39 42 -11 -10
                 
  Per cent of total population Per cent of the labour force
1985 100 100 78.1 59.5 76.4 57.7 2.2 3.1
1990 100 100 76.0 62.4 71.8 59.4 5.6 4.8
2000 100 100 77.9 68.8 75.1 66.6 3.6 3.2
2001 100 100 77.7 69.2 74.9 66.8 3.7 3.4
2002 100 100 77.4 69.6 74.2 67.1 4.1 3.6
2003 100 100 76.7 69.1 72.9 66.3 4.9 4.0
2004 100 100 76.3 68.8 72.6 66.0 4.9 4.0
2005 100 100 76.2 68.7 72.5 65.6 4.8 4.4
2006 100 100 75.6 68.3 73.0 66.0 3.5 3.4
2007 100 100 76.0 69.5 74.0 67.8 2.6 2.5
  Quarterly figures
2006                
3rd quarter 1 717 1 686 1 305 1 159 1 262 1 119 43 40
4th quarter 1 723 1 691 1 298 1 152 1 265 1 124 33 27
                 
2007                
1st quarter 1 729 1 695 1 300 1 163 1 264 1 132 36 31
2nd quarter 1 737 1 700 1 322 1 181 1 285 1 149 37 32
3rd quarter 1 745 1 705 1 332 1 190 1 299 1 160 33 30
4th quarter 1 756 1 712 1 340 1 199 1 309 1 175 31 24
                 
2008 4                
1st quarter 1 765 1 718 1 350 1 212 1 313 1 183 37 29
2nd quarter 1 773 1 725 1 380 1 224 1 339 1 193 40 31
3rd quarter 1 781 1 731 1 382 1 226 1 345 1 197 36 29
  Changes from same quarter the year before3
2006                
3rd quarter 21 18 21 14 41 28 -21 -14
4th quarter 23 18 22 22 43 37 -21 -16
                 
2007                
1st quarter 24 18 17 26 33 38 -16 -12
2nd quarter 26 19 24 27 40 40 -16 -14
3rd quarter 28 20 28 31 37 41 -10 -10
4th quarter 32 22 42 47 44 50 -3 -3
                 
2008 4                
1st quarter 35 23 50 49 49 51 1 -2
2nd quarter 36 25 58 43 54 44 4 -1
3rd quarter 36 25 50 36 46 37 3 -1

1 See note 1, table 1.
2 See note 2, table 1.
3 The figures for change from 2005 to 2006 are adjusted because of a major revision of the LFS from 2006.
4 See note 6, table 1.