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Labour Force Survey. Seasonally adjusted, December 2005
1 Employment and unemployment for persons aged 16-74 years, seasonally adjusted, three-months moving average. Absolute figures in 1 000 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
               
2001              
January 2 358 2 272 1 806 85 3.6 62 74
February 2 359 2 276 1 816 83 3.5 62 73
March 2 366 2 285 1 786 81 3.4 61 73
April 2 363 2 284 1 772 78 3.3 60 71
May 2 359 2 278 1 771 80 3.4 60 70
June 2 360 2 277 1 785 83 3.5 60 71
               
July 2 356 2 273 1 794 83 3.5 61 70
August 2 357 2 274 1 795 84 3.6 62 71
September 2 365 2 277 1 802 88 3.7 63 72
October 2 367 2 276 1 794 91 3.9 64 72
November 2 371 2 283 1 783 88 3.7 69 77
December 2 370 2 282 1 775 88 3.7 67 77
               
2002              
January 2 375 2 287 1 763 88 3.7 68 78
February 2 382 2 289 1 769 93 3.9 68 77
March 2 385 2 293 1 771 92 3.9 70 78
April 2 383 2 289 1 773 94 3.9 71 80
May 2 383 2 292 1 781 91 3.8 73 82
June 2 371 2 285 1 784 87 3.7 75 84
               
July 2 373 2 288 1 785 85 3.6 75 85
August 2 376 2 287 1 781 89 3.7 77 86
September 2 379 2 288 1 776 92 3.9 79 88
October 2 374 2 279 1 776 95 4.0 81 90
November 2 373 2 276 1 766 97 4.1 83 92
December 2 373 2 274 1 763 99 4.2 82 93
               
2003              
January 2 378 2 276 1 768 102 4.3 86 98
February 2 376 2 274 1 767 102 4.3 89 99
March 2 373 2 270 1 754 103 4.3 91 102
April 2 375 2 268 1 745 107 4.5 93 105
May 2 374 2 266 1 751 108 4.6 94 107
June 2 371 2 261 1 762 110 4.6 95 110
               
July 2 369 2 262 1 768 107 4.5 92 109
August 2 377 2 268 1 781 109 4.6 95 111
September 2 381 2 273 1 779 108 4.6 95 112
October 2 386 2 278 1 779 108 4.5 94 111
November 2 378 2 269 1 761 109 4.6 93 110
December 2 375 2 265 1 730 110 4.6 95 112
               
2004              
January 2 369 2 263 1 723 106 4.5 93 111
February 2 371 2 267 1 726 103 4.4 93 112
March 2 377 2 275 1 767 102 4.3 92 111
April 2 377 2 273 1 768 104 4.4 92 111
May 2 381 2 275 1 773 107 4.5 93 110
June 2 379 2 274 1 772 106 4.4 92 108
               
July 2 382 2 277 1 771 105 4.4 92 109
August 2 387 2 280 1 773 107 4.5 91 107
September 2 391 2 285 1 768 106 4.4 91 106
October 2 392 2 285 1 767 107 4.5 91 106
November 2 389 2 282 1 771 107 4.5 90 106
December 2 390 2 284 1 787 107 4.5 89 104
               
2005              
January 2 390 2 281 1 791 108 4.5 89 105
February 2 388 2 280 1 802 108 4.5 88 103
March 2 389 2 276 1 803 113 4.7 89 103
April 2 392 2 278 1 818 113 4.7 87 102
May 2 391 2 278 1 806 113 4.7 85 100
June 2 397 2 285 1 788 113 4.7 84 98
               
July 2 404 2 287 1 751 116 4.8 83 97
August 2 407 2 293 1 747 114 4.7 82 95
September 2 404 2 293 1 775 111 4.6 81 93
October 2 409 2 298 1 818 111 4.6 81 91
November 2 415 2 305 1 844 109 4.5 78 88
December 2 423 2 320 1 846 103 4.2 76 86
               
2006              
January .. .. .. .. .. 73 83

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.