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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th Qu. 2006
2 Population aged 15-741 år in the labour force, employed persons and unemployed persons by sex (LFS)3. 1000 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
1999 1 603 1 579 1 250 1 083 1 208 1 050 42 33
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 Old 1 691 1 660 1 292 1 147 1 246 1 108 46 39
2006 New 1 714 1 684 1 296 1 150 1 251 1 111 45 39
                 
  Changes from the year before
1999 9 7 - 11 -3 13 3 -2
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
                 
  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
1999 100 100 78.0 68.6 75.3 66.5 3.4 3.0
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 Old 100 100 76.4 69.1 73.7 66.7 3.6 3.4
2006 New 100 100 75.6 68.3 73.0 66.0 3.5 3.4
  Quarterly figures
2004                
4th quarter 1 654 1 628 1 257 1 114 1 200 1 075 57 40
                 
2005                
1st quarter 1 670 1 642 1 262 1 116 1 199 1 069 63 47
2nd quarter 1 670 1 642 1 275 1 128 1 212 1 074 63 53
3rd quarter 1 670 1 642 1 280 1 141 1 217 1 087 63 54
4th quarter 1 670 1 643 1 271 1 125 1 216 1 082 55 43
                 
2006                
1st quarter 1 705 1 677 1 284 1 137 1 232 1 094 52 43
2nd quarter 1 711 1 681 1 298 1 154 1 245 1 109 53 46
3rd quarter 1 717 1 686 1 305 1 159 1 262 1 119 43 40
4th quarter New 1 723 1 691 1 298 1 152 1 265 1 124 33 27
4th quarter Old 1 693 1 661 1 293 1 147 1 259 1 119 34 27
  Changes from same quarter the year before2
2004                
4th quarter 13 13 7 6 8 6 -1 -
                 
2005                
1st quarter 15 14 6 10 7 5 -1 5
2nd quarter 15 15 8 1 9 -5 -1 6
3rd quarter 16 15 9 12 7 7 2 4
4th quarter 16 15 14 11 17 7 -2 4
                 
2006                
1st quarter 20 17 19 18 27 22 -8 -4
2nd quarter 20 17 19 23 30 31 -11 -7
3rd quarter 21 18 21 14 41 28 -21 -14
4th quarter 23 18 22 22 43 37 -21 -16

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