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, May 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
June	2 372	2 285	1 786	87	3.7	75	84

July	2 374	2 288	1 789	86	3.6	75	85
August	2 377	2 288	1 785	89	3.7	77	86
September	2 380	2 288	1 778	92	3.9	79	88
October	2 374	2 279	1 777	95	4.0	81	90
November	2 373	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	1 765	102	4.3	86	98
February	2 374	2 273	1 769	102	4.3	88	99
March	2 371	2 269	1 757	103	4.3	91	102
April	2 374	2 268	1 745	106	4.5	93	104
May	2 374	2 266	1 747	108	4.6	94	107
June	2 372	2 262	1 760	110	4.7	95	110

July	2 371	2 263	1 770	108	4.5	91	108
August	2 378	2 269	1 785	110	4.6	95	111
September	2 381	2 273	1 780	108	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	111
December	2 375	2 265	1 726	110	4.6	95	112

2004
January	2 369	2 263	1 720	106	4.5	93	111
February	2 370	2 267	1 727	103	4.3	93	112
March	2 376	2 274	1 770	102	4.3	91	111
April	2 376	2 273	1 774	103	4.3	92	111
May	2 381	2 275	1 773	107	4.5	93	110
June	2 381	2 274	1 773	107	4.5	92	109

July	2 384	2 278	1 770	106	4.4	92	108
August	2 388	2 280	1 774	108	4.5	91	106
September	2 390	2 284	1 764	106	4.4	91	106
October	2 392	2 285	1 763	107	4.5	91	106
November	2 389	2 282	1 770	107	4.5	90	106
December	2 391	2 285	1 788	106	4.4	89	105

2005
January	2 389	2 281	1 792	109	4.5	89	104
February	2 387	2 279	1 805	108	4.5	88	104
March	2 388	2 275	1 808	112	4.7	88	102
April	2 390	2 278	1 821	112	4.7	86	102
May	2 391	2 278	1 807	113	4.7	85	100
June	2 399	2 286	1 788	114	4.7	84	98

July	2 406	2 288	1 753	118	4.9	83	96
August	2 408	2 293	1 748	115	4.8	81	94
September	2 403	2 292	1 770	111	4.6	81	93
October	2 408	2 298	1 813	111	4.6	81	92
November	2 414	2 305	1 841	109	4.5	78	87
December	2 421	2 316	1 841	105	4.3	76	86

2006
January	2 425	2 326	1 837	100	4.1	73	83
February	2 425	2 330	1 814	96	3.9	70	81
March	2 429	2 332	1 807	97	4.0	69	80
April	2 430	2 335	1 806	94	3.9	68	77
May	2 433	2 339	1 822	94	3.8	66	76
June	2 432	2 345	1 805	88	3.6	64	74

July	2 437	2 352	1 814	84	3.5	63	72
August	2 442	2 361	1 810	80	3.3	61	70
September	2 448	2 370	1 835	78	3.2	58	68
October	2 451	2 377	1 840	74	3.0	56	66
November	2 457	2 386	1 841	71	2.9	54	65
December	2 462	2 393	1 855	69	2.8	53	63

2007
January	2 465	2 398	1 861	67	2.7	52	62
February	2 472	2 405	1 872	67	2.7	51	61
March	2 476	2 409	1 855	67	2.7	49	60
April	2 484	2 417	1 877	66	2.7	48	59
May	2 487	2 424	1 887	63	2.5	46	57
June	..	..	..	..	..	46	56