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 series, August 2007

	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
September	2 380	2 288	1 776	92	3.9	79	88
October	2 374	2 279	1 776	95	4.0	81	90
November	2 373	2 276	1 763	97	4.1	83	92
December	2 373	2 274	1 759	99	4.2	83	93

2003
January	2 377	2 275	1 766	102	4.3	86	98
February	2 375	2 273	1 768	102	4.3	88	99
March	2 372	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	4.6	95	110

July	2 370	2 262	1 770	107	4.5	92	108
August	2 378	2 268	1 786	110	4.6	95	111
September	2 381	2 273	1 781	109	4.6	95	112
October	2 386	2 278	1 779	107	4.5	94	111
November	2 377	2 269	1 759	109	4.6	94	110
December	2 376	2 266	1 725	110	4.6	95	112

2004
January	2 369	2 263	1 719	106	4.5	93	111
February	2 370	2 267	1 726	103	4.3	93	112
March	2 376	2 274	1 769	102	4.3	91	111
April	2 376	2 273	1 772	103	4.3	92	111
May	2 382	2 275	1 771	107	4.5	93	110
June	2 381	2 274	1 773	106	4.5	92	109

July	2 383	2 277	1 772	106	4.4	92	108
August	2 387	2 279	1 779	108	4.5	91	106
September	2 390	2 283	1 768	107	4.5	91	106
October	2 392	2 285	1 765	107	4.5	91	106
November	2 389	2 283	1 768	107	4.5	90	106
December	2 391	2 285	1 785	106	4.4	89	105

2005
January	2 390	2 281	1 789	109	4.5	89	105
February	2 388	2 280	1 802	108	4.5	88	104
March	2 388	2 276	1 805	112	4.7	88	103
April	2 391	2 279	1 818	112	4.7	86	102
May	2 391	2 279	1 804	113	4.7	85	100
June	2 399	2 286	1 789	114	4.7	84	98

July	2 404	2 287	1 758	117	4.9	83	96
August	2 406	2 291	1 755	115	4.8	81	95
September	2 402	2 291	1 776	111	4.6	81	93
October	2 409	2 298	1 813	111	4.6	82	91
November	2 415	2 306	1 838	109	4.5	78	87
December	2 421	2 317	1 837	104	4.3	76	86

2006
January	2 426	2 326	1 833	100	4.1	73	84
February	2 426	2 330	1 811	96	3.9	70	81
March	2 430	2 333	1 804	97	4.0	70	80
April	2 431	2 337	1 803	94	3.9	68	77
May	2 433	2 340	1 820	93	3.8	66	76
June	2 433	2 345	1 807	88	3.6	65	74

July	2 435	2 350	1 821	84	3.5	62	72
August	2 439	2 359	1 820	80	3.3	60	70
September	2 446	2 368	1 841	78	3.2	58	68
October	2 451	2 377	1 840	75	3.0	56	66
November	2 458	2 387	1 838	71	2.9	54	65
December	2 462	2 393	1 850	69	2.8	53	63

2007
January	2 466	2 399	1 857	67	2.7	52	62
February	2 473	2 406	1 868	67	2.7	51	61
March	2 477	2 410	1 852	67	2.7	50	60
April	2 485	2 419	1 875	66	2.7	48	59
May	2 488	2 425	1 884	63	2.5	46	57
June	2 491	2 428	1 887	63	2.5	46	56

July	2 499	2 435	1 866	63	2.5	47	56
August	2 501	2 438	1 864	63	2.5	45	54
September	..	..	..	..	..	43	53