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, March 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
April	2 374	2 268	1 744	106	4.5	93	104
May	2 374	2 266	1 746	108	4.6	94	107
June	2 372	2 262	1 760	110	4.6	95	110

July	2 370	2 263	1 771	108	4.5	92	108
August	2 378	2 268	1 788	110	4.6	95	111
September	2 381	2 273	1 781	109	4.6	95	112
October	2 386	2 278	1 777	108	4.5	94	111
November	2 378	2 269	1 761	109	4.6	93	111
December	2 375	2 265	1 725	110	4.6	96	112

2004
January	2 369	2 262	1 720	106	4.5	93	111
February	2 368	2 266	1 723	102	4.3	93	112
March	2 375	2 274	1 770	101	4.3	91	111
April	2 376	2 273	1 773	103	4.3	92	111
May	2 382	2 276	1 772	106	4.5	92	110
June	2 381	2 274	1 774	106	4.5	92	109

July	2 384	2 278	1 773	106	4.4	92	108
August	2 388	2 280	1 778	108	4.5	91	106
September	2 391	2 285	1 767	107	4.5	91	106
October	2 392	2 285	1 762	107	4.5	92	106
November	2 389	2 282	1 771	107	4.5	90	106
December	2 390	2 284	1 786	107	4.5	89	105

2005
January	2 389	2 280	1 792	109	4.6	89	105
February	2 384	2 278	1 806	107	4.5	88	104
March	2 387	2 275	1 806	112	4.7	88	102
April	2 390	2 279	1 819	111	4.6	86	101
May	2 392	2 280	1 800	112	4.7	85	100
June	2 400	2 286	1 789	113	4.7	84	98

July	2 406	2 288	1 755	118	4.9	83	96
August	2 408	2 293	1 752	115	4.8	81	95
September	2 405	2 294	1 772	111	4.6	81	93
October	2 409	2 298	1 811	111	4.6	82	92
November	2 415	2 305	1 843	110	4.5	78	88
December	2 419	2 314	1 840	105	4.3	77	86

2006
January	2 425	2 325	1 838	100	4.1	73	84
February	2 422	2 327	1 810	95	3.9	70	81
March	2 428	2 331	1 805	97	4.0	69	80
April	2 430	2 336	1 803	94	3.9	68	76
May	2 435	2 341	1 819	93	3.8	66	76
June	2 434	2 346	1 806	88	3.6	65	74

July	2 437	2 352	1 817	84	3.5	62	72
August	2 442	2 361	1 816	81	3.3	60	70
September	2 451	2 372	1 838	78	3.2	58	68
October	2 451	2 377	1 838	75	3.0	56	66
November	2 457	2 386	1 843	71	2.9	55	65
December	2 459	2 390	1 850	69	2.8	53	64

2007
January	2 464	2 397	1 858	67	2.7	52	62
February	2 468	2 402	1 862	66	2.7	51	61
March	2 474	2 407	1 848	66	2.7	49	60
April	2 484	2 418	1 860	66	2.6	48	58
May	2 489	2 426	1 868	63	2.5	46	57
June	2 492	2 429	1 872	62	2.5	46	56

July	2 501	2 437	1 858	63	2.5	47	56
August	2 505	2 441	1 856	63	2.5	45	54
September	2 522	2 456	1 876	66	2.6	44	54
October	2 534	2 471	1 900	64	2.5	43	53
November	2 546	2 482	1 889	64	2.5	42	52
December	2 550	2 488	1 905	61	2.4	41	51

2008
January	2 556	2 495	1 900	61	2.4	41	51
February	2 564	2 502	1 925	62	2.4	41	51
March	2 568	2 507	1 927	61	2.4	41	51
April	..	..	..	..	..	39	51