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Labour Force Survey. Seasonally adjusted, March 2006
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
               
2001              
April 2 362 2 284 1 778 78 3.3 60 71
May 2 358 2 278 1 776 80 3.4 60 70
June 2 359 2 276 1 783 83 3.5 60 71
               
July 2 356 2 273 1 792 83 3.5 61 70
August 2 357 2 274 1 793 84 3.6 62 71
September 2 365 2 278 1 799 88 3.7 63 72
October 2 368 2 277 1 791 91 3.8 64 72
November 2 372 2 284 1 780 88 3.7 69 77
December 2 370 2 282 1 773 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 1 772 92 3.9 70 78
April 2 383 2 289 1 773 94 3.9 71 80
May 2 383 2 292 1 782 91 3.8 73 82
June 2 370 2 284 1 784 86 3.6 75 84
               
July 2 372 2 287 1 786 85 3.6 75 85
August 2 375 2 287 1 781 88 3.7 77 86
September 2 380 2 288 1 775 91 3.8 79 88
October 2 375 2 280 1 775 95 4.0 81 90
November 2 374 2 276 1 764 97 4.1 83 92
December 2 373 2 275 1 761 99 4.2 82 93
               
2003              
January 2 378 2 275 1 769 103 4.3 86 98
February 2 376 2 274 1 770 102 4.3 89 99
March 2 373 2 269 1 757 104 4.4 91 102
April 2 375 2 267 1 745 107 4.5 93 105
May 2 373 2 265 1 751 108 4.5 94 107
June 2 369 2 260 1 762 109 4.6 95 110
               
July 2 368 2 262 1 769 106 4.5 92 109
August 2 376 2 268 1 781 109 4.6 95 111
September 2 382 2 273 1 778 108 4.5 95 112
October 2 387 2 280 1 778 107 4.5 94 111
November 2 378 2 270 1 758 109 4.6 93 110
December 2 376 2 266 1 727 110 4.6 95 111
               
2004              
January 2 370 2 263 1 723 107 4.5 93 111
February 2 372 2 268 1 729 104 4.4 94 112
March 2 378 2 275 1 770 103 4.3 92 111
April 2 377 2 272 1 769 105 4.4 93 111
May 2 380 2 274 1 773 106 4.5 93 110
June 2 377 2 272 1 772 105 4.4 92 109
               
July 2 381 2 277 1 771 104 4.4 92 109
August 2 386 2 279 1 773 107 4.5 91 107
September 2 391 2 285 1 766 106 4.4 91 106
October 2 393 2 286 1 765 106 4.4 91 106
November 2 390 2 283 1 769 107 4.5 90 106
December 2 392 2 285 1 786 107 4.5 88 104
               
2005              
January 2 390 2 281 1 792 109 4.6 89 104
February 2 390 2 281 1 803 109 4.6 88 104
March 2 391 2 277 1 806 114 4.8 89 103
April 2 392 2 278 1 819 113 4.7 87 102
May 2 389 2 276 1 808 113 4.7 85 100
June 2 395 2 283 1 788 112 4.7 84 98
               
July 2 402 2 286 1 752 116 4.8 83 97
August 2 405 2 292 1 748 113 4.7 82 95
September 2 404 2 293 1 773 111 4.6 81 93
October 2 410 2 299 1 815 110 4.6 80 91
November 2 416 2 306 1 841 109 4.5 77 88
December 2 420 2 317 1 844 104 4.3 75 86
               
2006              
January 2 424 2 326 1 848 98 4.1 73 83
February 2 425 2 331 1 824 94 3.9 70 80
March 2 431 2 333 1 811 98 4.0 70 80
April .. .. .. .. .. 69 77

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.