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Labour Force Survey. Seasonally adjusted, November 2002
1 Persons aged 16-74 years by labour force status, seasonally adjusted, three-months moving average. 1000
  Labour force Employed persons Man-weeks worked of 37.5 hours Unemployed persons (LFS) Unemployed persons (LFS) in per cent of the labour force Registered unemployed1 Registered unemployed +government measures1
               
1997              
December 2 306 2 221 1 811 85 3.7 64 87
               
1998              
January 2 309 2 224 1 809 85 3.7 66 85
February 2 308 2 232 1 809 76 3.3 64 83
March 2 316 2 238 1 802 77 3.3 62 81
April 2 322 2 242 1 806 79 3.4 61 79
May 2 325 2 246 1 809 79 3.4 59 76
June 2 324 2 245 1 807 79 3.4 59 75
               
July 2 326 2 250 1 803 76 3.3 58 73
August 2 325 2 253 1 810 72 3.1 58 71
September 2 325 2 258 1 814 67 2.9 57 69
October 2 325 2 258 1 821 67 2.9 58 68
November 2 330 2 261 1 823 69 3.0 58 67
December 2 328 2 261 1 833 67 2.9 59 66
               
1999              
January 2 327 2 261 1 814 67 2.9 58 67
February 2 326 2 258 1 803 67 2.9 58 67
March 2 326 2 255 1 789 71 3.1 59 66
April 2 321 2 251 1 797 70 3.0 60 68
May 2 329 2 257 1 792 72 3.1 55 63
June 2 329 2 258 1 795 71 3.0 59 68
               
July 2 330 2 256 1 790 73 3.2 62 72
August 2 326 2 250 1 793 77 3.3 62 70
September 2 340 2 254 1 790 86 3.7 61 69
October 2 350 2 262 1 802 88 3.7 61 67
November 2 352 2 267 1 804 84 3.6 61 70
December 2 344 2 261 1 797 83 3.5 61 69
               
2000              
January 2 347 2 263 1 800 84 3.6 62 71
February 2 346 2 261 1 804 85 3.6 62 72
March 2 346 2 263 1 805 83 3.5 62 73
April 2 349 2 270 1 802 79 3.4 62 73
May2 2 350 2 275 1 806 75 3.2 65 74
June 2 346 2 272 1 796 74 3.2 62 74
July 2 349 2 271 1 799 78 3.3 63 75
August 2 349 2 269 1 790 80 3.4 62 75
September 2 355 2 274 1 795 80 3.4 62 75
October 2 355 2 277 1 798 78 3.3 62 76
November 2 354 2 272 1 781 83 3.5 62 74
December 2 351 2 267 1 779 84 3.6 63 74
               
2001              
January 2 352 2 267 1 770 85 3.6 62 73
February 2 353 2 272 1 790 80 3.4 61 73
March 2 363 2 284 1 801 79 3.3 61 73
April 2 359 2 282 1 809 77 3.3 60 72
May 2 358 2 276 1 802 81 3.4 60 71
June 2 359 2 275 1 799 84 3.6 60 71
               
July 2 356 2 272 1 792 85 3.6 60 71
August 2 357 2 272 1 791 85 3.6 62 71
September 2 368 2 279 1 787 89 3.8 64 72
October 2 373 2 281 1 784 91 3.9 64 72
November 2 378 2 289 1 782 89 3.7 69 76
December 2 371 2 285 1 764 86 3.6 68 76
               
2002              
January 2 373 2 287 1 763 86 3.6 68 77
February 2 375 2 286 1 760 90 3.8 68 77
March 2 379 2 290 1 778 89 3.7 70 79
April 2 377 2 286 1 774 91 3.8 72 81
May 2 379 2 288 1 781 91 3.8 74 83
June 2 371 2 283 1 782 88 3.7 75 85
               
July 2 373 2 286 1 783 87 3.7 74 86
August 2 376 2 286 1 780 90 3.8 77 87
September 2 382 2 289 1 776 93 3.9 80 88
October 2 380 2 285 1 773 96 4.0 81 90
November 2 381 2 284 1 775 97 4.1 82 90
December .. .. .. .. .. 81 91

1 These are monthly figures, and not three-months moving average. The figures previous to January 1999 are adjusted for the definition-break in the series.
2 Due to the method of estimation the result of the strike in May is not included in the figures of man-week worked.