Table 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 Survey. Seasonally adjusted, December 2006
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



2002
January	2 375	2 286	1 758	88	3.7	68	78
February	2 381	2 288	1 767	93	3.9	68	77
March	2 385	2 293	1 771	92	3.8	70	78
April	2 382	2 289	1 774	93	3.9	71	80
May	2 384	2 293	1 783	91	3.8	73	82
June	2 372	2 285	1 788	87	3.7	75	84

July	2 374	2 288	1 788	86	3.6	75	85
August	2 377	2 288	1 785	89	3.7	77	86
September	2 379	2 288	1 778	92	3.9	79	88
October	2 374	2 279	1 777	95	4.0	81	90
November	2 372	2 275	1 761	97	4.1	83	92
December	2 372	2 273	1 757	99	4.2	83	93

2003
January	2 377	2 274	1 764	103	4.3	86	98
February	2 375	2 273	1 769	102	4.3	88	100
March	2 372	2 269	1 757	103	4.3	91	102
April	2 375	2 268	1 744	107	4.5	93	104
May	2 375	2 267	1 748	108	4.5	94	106
June	2 372	2 262	1 761	110	4.6	95	109

July	2 371	2 263	1 771	108	4.5	92	109
August	2 379	2 269	1 786	110	4.6	95	111
September	2 381	2 273	1 781	109	4.6	95	112
October	2 385	2 278	1 779	107	4.5	94	111
November	2 376	2 268	1 758	108	4.6	94	110
December	2 374	2 264	1 724	110	4.6	95	111

2004
January	2 369	2 262	1 719	106	4.5	93	111
February	2 370	2 267	1 726	104	4.4	93	112
March	2 377	2 275	1 769	102	4.3	92	111
April	2 377	2 274	1 773	103	4.3	92	111
May	2 382	2 276	1 774	106	4.5	92	110
June	2 381	2 275	1 774	106	4.4	92	108

July	2 384	2 278	1 771	106	4.4	92	109
August	2 388	2 280	1 775	108	4.5	91	107
September	2 391	2 284	1 765	107	4.5	91	106
October	2 391	2 284	1 763	107	4.5	91	106
November	2 387	2 281	1 769	106	4.4	90	106
December	2 389	2 283	1 787	106	4.4	89	104

2005
January	2 388	2 280	1 792	108	4.5	89	105
February	2 388	2 279	1 802	108	4.5	88	104
March	2 389	2 276	1 806	113	4.7	89	103
April	2 392	2 280	1 822	112	4.7	86	102
May	2 392	2 280	1 810	112	4.7	85	100
June	2 400	2 287	1 790	113	4.7	84	97

July	2 405	2 288	1 753	117	4.9	83	97
August	2 408	2 293	1 748	115	4.8	81	95
September	2 403	2 291	1 771	112	4.7	81	93
October	2 408	2 297	1 813	111	4.6	81	91
November	2 412	2 304	1 840	108	4.5	78	87
December	2 418	2 314	1 840	104	4.3	76	86

2006
January	2 424	2 325	1 836	100	4.1	73	83
February	2 426	2 329	1 813	96	4.0	70	81
March	2 430	2 332	1 805	98	4.0	70	80
April	2 432	2 338	1 806	95	3.9	68	77
May	2 434	2 341	1 825	93	3.8	66	76
June	2 434	2 347	1 809	87	3.6	64	74

July	2 436	2 353	1 815	84	3.4	62	72
August	2 441	2 361	1 810	80	3.3	60	70
September	2 448	2 369	1 836	79	3.2	58	68
October	2 450	2 375	1 840	75	3.1	56	66
November	2 455	2 384	1 840	70	2.9	54	65
December	2 459	2 391	1 854	68	2.8	53	63

2007
January	..	..	..	..	..	52	61