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Labour Force Survey. Seasonally adjusted, May 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              
June 2 360 2 276 1 786 83 3.5 60 71
               
July 2 356 2 273 1 790 83 3.5 61 70
August 2 358 2 274 1 794 84 3.6 62 71
September 2 365 2 278 1 801 88 3.7 63 72
October 2 368 2 277 1 793 91 3.8 64 72
November 2 372 2 284 1 778 88 3.7 69 77
December 2 370 2 282 1 771 88 3.7 67 77
               
2002              
January 2 375 2 287 1 761 88 3.7 68 78
February 2 381 2 288 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 1 782 91 3.8 73 82
June 2 371 2 284 1 786 87 3.7 75 84
               
July 2 373 2 287 1 786 85 3.6 75 85
August 2 375 2 287 1 783 88 3.7 77 86
September 2 380 2 288 1 777 92 3.8 79 88
October 2 375 2 280 1 776 95 4.0 81 90
November 2 373 2 276 1 762 97 4.1 83 92
December 2 373 2 274 1 761 99 4.2 82 93
               
2003              
January 2 377 2 274 1 769 102 4.3 87 98
February 2 375 2 273 1 772 102 4.3 88 99
March 2 372 2 269 1 757 103 4.3 90 102
April 2 375 2 268 1 743 107 4.5 93 105
May 2 375 2 266 1 746 109 4.6 94 107
June 2 371 2 261 1 758 110 4.7 95 110
               
July 2 369 2 262 1 768 107 4.5 92 109
August 2 377 2 268 1 784 109 4.6 95 111
September 2 382 2 274 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 2 375 2 265 1 729 110 4.6 94 111
               
2004              
January 2 369 2 263 1 724 106 4.5 93 111
February 2 370 2 267 1 730 103 4.4 93 112
March 2 377 2 275 1 769 102 4.3 91 111
April 2 377 2 273 1 772 104 4.4 92 111
May 2 382 2 275 1 772 107 4.5 93 110
June 2 379 2 273 1 771 107 4.5 92 109
               
July 2 382 2 277 1 768 105 4.4 93 109
August 2 386 2 279 1 772 107 4.5 92 107
September 2 391 2 285 1 765 106 4.4 91 106
October 2 393 2 287 1 765 106 4.4 91 106
November 2 389 2 283 1 769 107 4.5 90 106
December 2 391 2 284 1 788 106 4.4 88 104
               
2005              
January 2 389 2 280 1 794 108 4.5 89 104
February 2 388 2 280 1 805 108 4.5 88 104
March 2 389 2 276 1 806 113 4.7 88 103
April 2 392 2 279 1 820 113 4.7 87 102
May 2 391 2 278 1 807 114 4.8 85 100
June 2 398 2 284 1 787 114 4.7 85 98
               
July 2 403 2 286 1 749 117 4.9 84 97
August 2 406 2 292 1 746 114 4.7 82 95
September 2 404 2 293 1 771 111 4.6 81 93
October 2 410 2 300 1 815 110 4.6 81 91
November 2 415 2 306 1 842 109 4.5 77 88
December 2 419 2 316 1 838 103 4.3 75 86
               
2006              
January 2 423 2 325 1 841 98 4.0 72 83
February 2 423 2 330 1 818 93 3.8 70 80
March 2 427 2 332 1 813 95 3.9 70 80
April 2 426 2 336 1 805 90 3.7 68 77
May 2 424 2 339 1 826 85 3.5 67 76
June .. .. .. .. .. 65 75

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.