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Labour Force Survey. Seasonally adjusted, June 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              
July 2 357 2 273 1 790 84 3.5 61 70
August 2 358 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 1 793 91 3.8 64 72
November 2 371 2 283 1 778 88 3.7 69 77
December 2 369 2 282 1 771 87 3.7 67 77
               
2002              
January 2 375 2 287 1 761 88 3.7 68 78
February 2 382 2 289 1 769 93 3.9 68 77
March 2 385 2 293 1 770 91 3.8 70 78
April 2 383 2 289 1 772 93 3.9 71 80
May 2 384 2 293 1 782 92 3.8 73 82
June 2 372 2 284 1 786 88 3.7 75 84
               
July 2 374 2 287 1 787 86 3.6 75 85
August 2 376 2 287 1 784 89 3.7 77 86
September 2 379 2 288 1 777 92 3.8 79 88
October 2 374 2 279 1 776 95 4.0 81 90
November 2 372 2 275 1 762 97 4.1 83 92
December 2 372 2 274 1 761 98 4.1 82 93
               
2003              
January 2 378 2 276 1 768 102 4.3 87 98
February 2 375 2 274 1 771 101 4.3 88 99
March 2 372 2 270 1 756 102 4.3 90 102
April 2 375 2 268 1 743 106 4.5 93 105
May 2 375 2 266 1 746 109 4.6 94 107
June 2 372 2 261 1 759 111 4.7 95 109
               
July 2 370 2 261 1 770 109 4.6 92 109
August 2 377 2 268 1 785 110 4.6 95 111
September 2 381 2 273 1 780 108 4.5 95 112
October 2 385 2 278 1 779 107 4.5 94 111
November 2 376 2 268 1 759 108 4.5 93 110
December 2 375 2 265 1 729 109 4.6 94 111
               
2004              
January 2 369 2 263 1 723 106 4.5 93 111
February 2 370 2 268 1 729 103 4.3 93 112
March 2 376 2 275 1 768 101 4.3 91 111
April 2 377 2 273 1 771 103 4.4 92 111
May 2 383 2 275 1 772 108 4.5 93 110
June 2 381 2 273 1 772 108 4.5 92 108
               
July 2 384 2 277 1 770 107 4.5 93 109
August 2 387 2 280 1 774 108 4.5 92 107
September 2 390 2 284 1 765 106 4.4 91 106
October 2 391 2 285 1 764 106 4.4 91 106
November 2 387 2 281 1 769 106 4.4 90 106
December 2 390 2 284 1 787 106 4.4 88 104
               
2005              
January 2 389 2 281 1 792 108 4.5 89 104
February 2 388 2 280 1 803 107 4.5 88 104
March 2 388 2 276 1 805 112 4.7 88 103
April 2 391 2 279 1 820 112 4.7 86 102
May 2 393 2 279 1 807 114 4.8 85 100
June 2 400 2 285 1 788 115 4.8 84 97
               
July 2 405 2 287 1 751 119 4.9 84 97
August 2 407 2 293 1 748 115 4.8 82 95
September 2 403 2 292 1 772 111 4.6 81 93
October 2 408 2 298 1 815 110 4.6 81 91
November 2 412 2 304 1 842 108 4.5 77 88
December 2 418 2 315 1 843 102 4.2 75 86
               
2006              
January 2 423 2 326 1 839 97 4.0 72 83
February 2 422 2 330 1 815 92 3.8 70 81
March 2 426 2 332 1 805 94 3.9 70 80
April 2 426 2 337 1 805 89 3.7 68 77
May 2 425 2 340 1 824 85 3.5 67 76
June 2 426 2 349 1 812 76 3.2 65 74
               
July .. .. .. .. .. 63 72

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.