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Labour Force Survey. Seasonally adjusted, June 2004
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
               
1999              
July 2 334 2 259 1 749 75 3.2 60 69
August 2 331 2 254 1 755 77 3.3 62 69
September 2 339 2 254 1 783 85 3.7 61 68
October 2 348 2 261 1 808 87 3.7 62 68
November 2 349 2 263 1 814 85 3.6 61 69
December 2 344 2 260 1 807 85 3.6 62 69
               
2000              
January 2 348 2 263 1 818 85 3.6 61 70
February 2 347 2 261 1 812 86 3.7 62 71
March 2 346 2 262 1 796 84 3.6 62 71
April 2 350 2 269 1 775 80 3.4 62 72
May2 2 351 2 275 1 780 76 3.2 64 73
June 2 349 2 274 1 789 75 3.2 63 73
July 2 350 2 272 1 801 78 3.3 63 74
August 2 350 2 269 1 796 81 3.4 63 74
September 2 353 2 274 1 800 79 3.4 61 74
October 2 352 2 274 1 805 78 3.3 63 74
November 2 352 2 271 1 792 81 3.4 63 74
December 2 354 2 271 1 802 84 3.6 64 74
               
2001              
January 2 357 2 273 1 802 84 3.6 62 72
February 2 357 2 276 1 813 81 3.4 62 72
March 2 364 2 285 1 785 79 3.3 61 72
April 2 361 2 285 1 784 77 3.3 60 70
May 2 361 2 279 1 777 82 3.5 60 69
June 2 363 2 277 1 792 86 3.6 60 69
               
July 2 358 2 272 1 785 86 3.6 61 70
August 2 357 2 272 1 789 84 3.6 62 70
September 2 364 2 277 1 798 87 3.7 64 71
October 2 367 2 276 1 793 90 3.8 64 71
November 2 371 2 283 1 784 88 3.7 69 75
December 2 371 2 284 1 779 87 3.7 68 76
               
2002              
January 2 375 2 288 1 766 87 3.7 68 76
February 2 383 2 291 1 769 92 3.8 68 76
March 2 383 2 292 1 770 91 3.8 70 77
April 2 381 2 289 1 782 93 3.9 71 79
May 2 383 2 291 1 788 92 3.9 73 81
June 2 372 2 284 1 789 89 3.7 74 82
               
July 2 375 2 287 1 775 88 3.7 76 84
August 2 375 2 286 1 772 89 3.8 77 85
September 2 379 2 287 1 767 92 3.9 79 87
October 2 373 2 279 1 771 95 4.0 81 88
November 2 373 2 276 1 768 97 4.1 83 90
December 2 375 2 277 1 771 98 4.1 82 91
               
2003              
January 2 379 2 277 1 778 101 4.3 86 96
February 2 374 2 274 1 775 100 4.2 88 98
March 2 370 2 268 1 759 102 4.3 91 100
April 2 372 2 267 1 743 106 4.5 93 103
May 2 374 2 265 1 744 109 4.6 93 105
June 2 372 2 261 1 752 111 4.7 95 107
               
July 2 371 2 261 1 760 110 4.6 93 107
August 2 378 2 267 1 772 110 4.6 96 109
September 2 381 2 272 1 771 109 4.6 95 110
October 2 385 2 278 1 775 107 4.5 94 110
November 2 378 2 270 1 768 109 4.6 93 108
December 2 378 2 269 1 745 109 4.6 94 109
               
2004              
January 2 371 2 266 1 741 105 4.4 92 108
February 2 370 2 268 1 741 102 4.3 92 109
March 2 375 2 273 1 780 102 4.3 91 109
April 2 375 2 272 1 785 104 4.4 92 109
May 2 381 2 274 1 784 108 4.5 93 109
June 2 382 2 274 1 781 108 4.5 91 108
               
July .. .. .. .. .. 94 109

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.