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Labour Force Survey. Seasonally adjusted, July 2003
1 Employment and unemployment for persons aged 16-74 years, seasonally adjusted, three-months moving average. Absolute figures in 1000 and unemployed persons in per cent of the labour force.
  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
               
1998              
August 2 325 2 253 1 811 72 3.1 58 71
September 2 325 2 258 1 814 67 2.9 57 69
October 2 325 2 258 1 820 67 2.9 58 68
November 2 330 2 260 1 823 70 3.0 58 67
December 2 329 2 261 1 833 68 2.9 59 66
               
1999              
January 2 329 2 261 1 815 67 2.9 58 67
February 2 327 2 259 1 803 67 2.9 58 67
March 2 325 2 254 1 789 71 3.1 59 66
April 2 321 2 251 1 797 70 3.0 60 68
May 2 328 2 257 1 792 71 3.1 55 63
June 2 329 2 258 1 796 71 3.0 59 68
               
July 2 330 2 256 1 790 73 3.2 62 72
August 2 327 2 249 1 794 77 3.3 62 70
September 2 339 2 252 1 790 87 3.7 61 69
October 2 349 2 261 1 801 88 3.8 61 67
November 2 350 2 266 1 803 84 3.6 61 70
December 2 346 2 263 1 797 83 3.5 61 70
               
2000              
January 2 349 2 265 1 800 84 3.6 62 71
February 2 349 2 263 1 805 86 3.6 62 72
March 2 347 2 264 1 806 83 3.5 62 73
April 2 350 2 270 1 802 80 3.4 62 72
May2 2 350 2 275 1 805 75 3.2 64 74
June 2 347 2 273 1 798 74 3.2 62 74
July 2 349 2 271 1 801 78 3.3 63 75
August 2 348 2 269 1 791 80 3.4 62 75
September 2 353 2 273 1 793 80 3.4 62 75
October 2 353 2 275 1 796 78 3.3 62 76
November 2 352 2 269 1 779 83 3.5 63 75
December 2 352 2 268 1 779 85 3.6 63 75
               
2001              
January 2 354 2 269 1 770 85 3.6 62 73
February 2 355 2 275 1 790 80 3.4 61 73
March 2 364 2 285 1 802 79 3.3 61 73
April 2 360 2 283 1 810 76 3.2 60 71
May 2 358 2 277 1 801 81 3.5 60 70
June 2 360 2 276 1 802 84 3.6 60 70
               
July 2 357 2 272 1 794 85 3.6 61 71
August 2 357 2 273 1 793 84 3.6 62 71
September 2 366 2 277 1 785 89 3.7 64 73
October 2 370 2 279 1 781 92 3.9 64 72
November 2 376 2 286 1 779 89 3.8 68 76
December 2 372 2 285 1 764 87 3.7 68 76
               
2002              
January 2 375 2 288 1 764 87 3.6 68 77
February 2 378 2 288 1 762 90 3.8 68 77
March 2 381 2 290 1 778 91 3.8 69 78
April 2 379 2 287 1 774 92 3.9 71 80
May 2 381 2 289 1 779 92 3.9 73 82
June 2 372 2 284 1 784 88 3.7 75 84
               
July 2 374 2 286 1 786 87 3.7 75 85
August 2 376 2 287 1 784 89 3.8 77 86
September 2 379 2 287 1 773 92 3.9 80 89
October 2 378 2 282 1 770 96 4.0 81 90
November 2 378 2 280 1 771 98 4.1 82 91
December 2 375 2 276 1 765 98 4.1 83 93
               
2003              
January 2 376 2 276 1 771 100 4.2 85 96
February 2 371 2 273 1 764 98 4.1 87 98
March 2 368 2 267 1 763 101 4.3 90 102
April 2 369 2 265 1 758 105 4.4 93 105
May 2 369 2 261 1 758 108 4.6 94 106
June 2 371 2 262 1 755 109 4.6 94 109
               
July 2 372 2 264 1 748 108 4.5 92 109
August .. .. .. .. .. 95 111

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.