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| LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 2nd Qu. 2007 | |
| 2 | Population aged 15-741 år 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 |
| 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 | 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 | 100 | 100 | 75.6 | 68.3 | 73.0 | 66.0 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
| Quarterly figures | ||||||||
| 2005 | ||||||||
| 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 | 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 |
| Changes from same quarter the year before3 | ||||||||
| 2005 | ||||||||
| 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 |
| 2007 | ||||||||
| 1st quarter | 24 | 18 | 17 | 26 | 33 | 38 | -16 | -12 |
| 2nd quarter | 26 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 40 | 40 | -16 | -14 |