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Labour Force Survey. Seasonally adjusted, February 2007
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              
March 2 384 2 292 1 770 92 3.8 70 78
April 2 382 2 289 1 774 93 3.9 71 80
May 2 383 2 292 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 91 3.8 79 88
October 2 374 2 279 1 777 95 4.0 81 90
November 2 372 2 275 1 762 97 4.1 83 92
December 2 373 2 274 1 758 99 4.2 83 93
               
2003              
January 2 377 2 274 1 764 103 4.3 86 98
February 2 374 2 272 1 768 101 4.3 88 99
March 2 372 2 269 1 756 103 4.3 91 102
April 2 374 2 268 1 744 106 4.5 93 104
May 2 375 2 266 1 748 108 4.6 94 107
June 2 372 2 262 1 761 110 4.6 95 110
               
July 2 371 2 263 1 771 108 4.5 91 108
August 2 379 2 269 1 786 110 4.6 95 111
September 2 381 2 273 1 780 109 4.6 95 112
October 2 386 2 278 1 779 107 4.5 94 111
November 2 377 2 268 1 758 109 4.6 94 110
December 2 375 2 265 1 725 110 4.6 95 112
               
2004              
January 2 368 2 262 1 719 106 4.5 93 111
February 2 369 2 266 1 725 103 4.3 93 112
March 2 376 2 274 1 769 102 4.3 92 111
April 2 377 2 273 1 773 103 4.3 92 111
May 2 382 2 276 1 775 107 4.5 92 110
June 2 381 2 275 1 774 106 4.4 92 109
               
July 2 384 2 278 1 771 106 4.4 92 108
August 2 389 2 281 1 774 108 4.5 91 106
September 2 391 2 284 1 765 107 4.5 91 106
October 2 392 2 285 1 764 107 4.5 91 106
November 2 388 2 282 1 769 107 4.5 90 106
December 2 390 2 284 1 787 106 4.4 89 105
               
2005              
January 2 388 2 280 1 791 108 4.5 89 105
February 2 387 2 279 1 802 108 4.5 88 104
March 2 387 2 275 1 806 112 4.7 89 103
April 2 391 2 279 1 822 112 4.7 86 102
May 2 391 2 280 1 810 111 4.7 85 100
June 2 400 2 287 1 790 113 4.7 84 98
               
July 2 405 2 288 1 753 117 4.9 83 96
August 2 408 2 293 1 748 115 4.8 81 94
September 2 403 2 292 1 771 111 4.6 81 93
October 2 409 2 297 1 813 112 4.6 81 91
November 2 414 2 304 1 841 109 4.5 78 87
December 2 420 2 315 1 840 105 4.3 76 86
               
2006              
January 2 424 2 325 1 835 99 4.1 73 83
February 2 424 2 329 1 811 95 3.9 70 81
March 2 428 2 331 1 804 97 4.0 70 80
April 2 431 2 337 1 806 94 3.9 68 77
May 2 435 2 341 1 826 94 3.8 66 76
June 2 434 2 346 1 809 87 3.6 64 74
               
July 2 437 2 353 1 815 84 3.4 63 72
August 2 442 2 361 1 810 80 3.3 61 70
September 2 448 2 370 1 836 78 3.2 58 68
October 2 451 2 376 1 840 75 3.1 56 66
November 2 456 2 385 1 841 71 2.9 54 65
December 2 461 2 392 1 853 69 2.8 53 63
               
2007              
January 2 464 2 397 1 859 67 2.7 52 62
February 2 470 2 404 1 869 67 2.7 51 61
March .. .. .. .. .. 50 60

1 These are monthly figures, and not three-months moving average.