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Labour Force Survey. Seasonally adjusted, April 2005
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
               
May2 2 352 2 275 1 779 76 3.2 64 74
June 2 349 2 274 1 788 76 3.2 63 74
July 2 351 2 272 1 803 78 3.3 63 76
August 2 350 2 269 1 798 80 3.4 63 75
September 2 353 2 273 1 802 79 3.4 61 75
October 2 352 2 273 1 806 78 3.3 63 76
November 2 351 2 270 1 793 81 3.4 63 75
December 2 354 2 271 1 802 83 3.5 64 75
               
2001              
January 2 357 2 273 1 801 84 3.6 62 74
February 2 357 2 276 1 811 81 3.4 62 73
March 2 365 2 285 1 782 79 3.3 61 73
April 2 362 2 285 1 781 77 3.3 60 71
May 2 362 2 279 1 775 82 3.5 60 70
June 2 364 2 277 1 791 86 3.7 60 71
               
July 2 359 2 273 1 787 87 3.7 61 71
August 2 357 2 273 1 792 84 3.6 62 71
September 2 363 2 276 1 801 87 3.7 63 73
October 2 366 2 276 1 795 90 3.8 64 72
November 2 370 2 283 1 786 87 3.7 69 77
December 2 370 2 283 1 777 87 3.7 68 77
               
2002              
January 2 375 2 288 1 763 87 3.6 68 78
February 2 383 2 291 1 766 92 3.8 68 77
March 2 383 2 293 1 767 91 3.8 70 78
April 2 382 2 289 1 779 93 3.9 71 80
May 2 384 2 291 1 785 93 3.9 73 82
June 2 374 2 285 1 789 89 3.8 75 84
               
July 2 376 2 287 1 778 89 3.7 75 86
August 2 375 2 286 1 776 89 3.7 77 86
September 2 377 2 286 1 771 92 3.8 79 88
October 2 372 2 278 1 774 94 4.0 81 90
November 2 372 2 276 1 770 96 4.1 83 92
December 2 374 2 276 1 769 98 4.1 82 93
               
2003              
January 2 378 2 277 1 774 101 4.2 86 98
February 2 375 2 274 1 770 100 4.2 88 99
March 2 371 2 268 1 755 102 4.3 90 102
April 2 374 2 267 1 738 106 4.5 93 104
May 2 375 2 266 1 740 110 4.6 94 107
June 2 374 2 262 1 751 112 4.7 95 109
               
July 2 373 2 262 1 765 111 4.7 93 109
August 2 377 2 267 1 778 110 4.6 96 111
September 2 379 2 270 1 777 109 4.6 95 112
October 2 383 2 277 1 779 107 4.5 94 112
November 2 377 2 269 1 772 108 4.5 93 110
December 2 377 2 268 1 741 109 4.6 94 111
               
2004              
January 2 370 2 266 1 731 104 4.4 92 110
February 2 370 2 268 1 727 102 4.3 93 111
March 2 376 2 274 1 765 101 4.3 91 111
April 2 377 2 273 1 771 104 4.4 92 111
May 2 382 2 274 1 771 108 4.5 93 110
June 2 382 2 274 1 769 108 4.5 91 108
               
July 2 385 2 277 1 761 108 4.5 94 110
August 2 386 2 279 1 762 108 4.5 92 107
September 2 388 2 282 1 758 107 4.5 92 107
October 2 389 2 283 1 762 106 4.4 91 106
November 2 389 2 283 1 784 106 4.4 89 106
December 2 392 2 287 1 803 105 4.4 88 104
               
2005              
January 2 390 2 284 1 800 106 4.4 88 104
February 2 389 2 283 1 793 106 4.4 87 103
March 2 389 2 279 1 790 110 4.6 88 103
April 2 393 2 283 1 804 110 4.6 86 101
May .. .. .. .. .. 85 100

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.