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, February 2008
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



2003
March	2 370	2 268	1 756	103	4.3	90	102
April	2 373	2 267	1 744	106	4.5	93	104
May	2 373	2 264	1 746	108	4.6	94	107
June	2 372	2 262	1 760	110	4.6	95	110

July	2 371	2 263	1 770	107	4.5	92	108
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	2 386	2 278	1 779	107	4.5	94	111
November	2 378	2 269	1 762	109	4.6	93	111
December	2 375	2 265	1 725	110	4.6	96	112

2004
January	2 369	2 263	1 720	106	4.5	93	111
February	2 369	2 267	1 724	102	4.3	93	112
March	2 375	2 273	1 769	101	4.3	91	111
April	2 375	2 272	1 773	103	4.3	92	111
May	2 380	2 274	1 771	106	4.5	92	110
June	2 381	2 275	1 774	106	4.5	92	109

July	2 385	2 279	1 773	106	4.4	92	108
August	2 389	2 281	1 779	108	4.5	91	106
September	2 391	2 285	1 769	107	4.5	91	106
October	2 391	2 285	1 764	107	4.5	92	106
November	2 389	2 282	1 770	107	4.5	90	106
December	2 390	2 284	1 785	107	4.5	89	105

2005
January	2 390	2 281	1 790	109	4.6	89	105
February	2 385	2 278	1 800	107	4.5	88	104
March	2 386	2 274	1 805	112	4.7	88	102
April	2 389	2 278	1 818	111	4.7	86	102
May	2 392	2 279	1 804	113	4.7	85	100
June	2 400	2 287	1 788	113	4.7	84	98

July	2 406	2 289	1 756	117	4.9	83	96
August	2 409	2 294	1 755	115	4.8	81	95
September	2 405	2 293	1 775	111	4.6	81	93
October	2 408	2 297	1 812	111	4.6	82	92
November	2 414	2 305	1 841	109	4.5	78	88
December	2 419	2 314	1 838	105	4.3	77	86

2006
January	2 425	2 325	1 835	100	4.1	73	84
February	2 424	2 329	1 809	95	3.9	70	81
March	2 428	2 331	1 804	97	4.0	69	79
April	2 429	2 335	1 802	94	3.9	68	77
May	2 433	2 339	1 818	93	3.8	66	76
June	2 434	2 346	1 806	87	3.6	64	74

July	2 438	2 353	1 820	84	3.5	62	72
August	2 443	2 362	1 820	81	3.3	60	70
September	2 450	2 372	1 841	78	3.2	58	68
October	2 450	2 376	1 838	74	3.0	56	66
November	2 457	2 385	1 841	71	2.9	55	65
December	2 459	2 390	1 848	69	2.8	53	64

2007
January	2 465	2 398	1 855	67	2.7	52	62
February	2 470	2 404	1 861	66	2.7	51	61
March	2 474	2 408	1 848	66	2.7	49	60
April	2 483	2 418	1 860	66	2.7	48	59
May	2 487	2 424	1 868	63	2.5	46	57
June	2 492	2 429	1 872	62	2.5	46	56

July	2 501	2 438	1 861	63	2.5	47	56
August	2 505	2 442	1 860	63	2.5	45	54
September	2 522	2 456	1 878	66	2.6	44	54
October	2 533	2 470	1 898	63	2.5	43	53
November	2 545	2 481	1 887	64	2.5	42	52
December	2 549	2 488	1 903	62	2.4	41	51

2008
January	2 556	2 495	1 898	61	2.4	41	51
February	2 565	2 503	1 918	62	2.4	41	51
March	..	..	..	..	..	41	51