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Labour Force Survey. Seasonally adjusted, April 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              
May 2 359 2 278 1 778 80 3.4 60 70
June 2 360 2 277 1 787 83 3.5 60 71
               
July 2 356 2 273 1 790 83 3.5 61 70
August 2 357 2 274 1 792 84 3.6 62 71
September 2 365 2 278 1 798 88 3.7 63 72
October 2 368 2 277 1 790 91 3.8 64 72
November 2 372 2 284 1 780 88 3.7 69 77
December 2 370 2 282 1 772 88 3.7 67 77
               
2002              
January 2 375 2 287 1 761 88 3.7 68 78
February 2 382 2 289 1 768 93 3.9 68 77
March 2 385 2 293 1 771 92 3.9 70 78
April 2 383 2 289 1 776 94 3.9 71 80
May 2 383 2 292 1 785 91 3.8 73 82
June 2 371 2 284 1 787 87 3.7 75 84
               
July 2 373 2 288 1 786 85 3.6 75 85
August 2 375 2 287 1 780 88 3.7 77 86
September 2 380 2 288 1 775 91 3.8 79 88
October 2 375 2 280 1 774 95 4.0 81 90
November 2 373 2 276 1 763 97 4.1 83 92
December 2 373 2 274 1 761 99 4.2 82 93
               
2003              
January 2 377 2 275 1 769 103 4.3 87 98
February 2 375 2 273 1 770 102 4.3 88 99
March 2 373 2 269 1 757 103 4.4 90 102
April 2 375 2 268 1 743 108 4.5 93 105
May 2 374 2 266 1 748 109 4.6 94 107
June 2 371 2 261 1 759 110 4.6 95 110
               
July 2 369 2 262 1 770 107 4.5 92 109
August 2 377 2 268 1 783 109 4.6 95 111
September 2 381 2 273 1 780 108 4.5 95 112
October 2 387 2 280 1 779 107 4.5 94 111
November 2 378 2 269 1 759 109 4.6 93 110
December 2 376 2 265 1 728 110 4.6 94 111
               
2004              
January 2 369 2 263 1 723 106 4.5 93 111
February 2 371 2 268 1 729 103 4.4 93 112
March 2 377 2 275 1 769 102 4.3 91 111
April 2 378 2 273 1 771 105 4.4 92 111
May 2 382 2 274 1 774 107 4.5 93 110
June 2 379 2 273 1 773 106 4.5 92 109
               
July 2 382 2 277 1 771 105 4.4 93 109
August 2 386 2 279 1 774 107 4.5 92 107
September 2 390 2 285 1 767 106 4.4 91 106
October 2 392 2 286 1 765 106 4.4 91 106
November 2 390 2 283 1 768 107 4.5 90 106
December 2 391 2 284 1 785 107 4.5 88 104
               
2005              
January 2 389 2 281 1 791 109 4.6 89 104
February 2 389 2 281 1 803 108 4.5 88 104
March 2 390 2 277 1 805 113 4.7 88 103
April 2 392 2 279 1 819 114 4.7 87 102
May 2 391 2 277 1 809 113 4.7 86 100
June 2 397 2 284 1 789 113 4.7 84 98
               
July 2 403 2 286 1 753 116 4.8 84 97
August 2 405 2 292 1 748 113 4.7 82 95
September 2 403 2 293 1 774 111 4.6 81 93
October 2 409 2 299 1 815 110 4.6 81 91
November 2 415 2 306 1 840 109 4.5 77 88
December 2 419 2 316 1 843 103 4.3 75 86
               
2006              
January 2 423 2 325 1 847 98 4.0 72 83
February 2 424 2 330 1 824 93 3.9 70 80
March 2 430 2 333 1 811 97 4.0 70 80
April 2 428 2 337 1 799 91 3.7 68 77
May .. .. .. .. .. 67 76

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.