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 2008
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



2003
June	2 374	2 264	1 757	109	4.6	95	110

July	2 370	2 263	1 770	107	4.5	92	108
August	2 378	2 267	1 784	110	4.6	95	111
September	2 381	2 271	1 780	110	4.6	95	112
October	2 387	2 279	1 779	108	4.5	94	111
November	2 378	2 269	1 761	109	4.6	94	111
December	2 373	2 263	1 726	109	4.6	95	112

2004
January	2 366	2 260	1 720	105	4.5	93	111
February	2 369	2 265	1 724	104	4.4	93	112
March	2 377	2 274	1 769	102	4.3	91	111
April	2 378	2 274	1 771	104	4.4	92	111
May	2 383	2 277	1 771	105	4.4	93	110
June	2 383	2 278	1 772	105	4.4	91	109

July	2 384	2 279	1 771	105	4.4	92	108
August	2 388	2 280	1 777	108	4.5	91	106
September	2 390	2 283	1 767	107	4.5	91	106
October	2 393	2 285	1 765	107	4.5	91	106
November	2 389	2 282	1 771	107	4.5	90	106
December	2 388	2 282	1 787	107	4.5	89	105

2005
January	2 386	2 277	1 792	109	4.6	89	105
February	2 385	2 276	1 807	109	4.6	88	104
March	2 387	2 275	1 806	113	4.7	88	103
April	2 391	2 279	1 818	112	4.7	86	102
May	2 392	2 281	1 797	111	4.6	85	99
June	2 402	2 290	1 788	112	4.7	84	98

July	2 407	2 291	1 755	116	4.8	83	96
August	2 408	2 294	1 754	114	4.7	81	94
September	2 403	2 291	1 774	111	4.6	81	93
October	2 409	2 298	1 813	111	4.6	82	92
November	2 414	2 305	1 841	110	4.6	78	88
December	2 419	2 313	1 839	106	4.4	77	86

2006
January	2 422	2 321	1 835	101	4.2	73	84
February	2 422	2 325	1 809	97	4.0	70	81
March	2 428	2 330	1 804	98	4.0	69	80
April	2 431	2 336	1 805	95	3.9	68	77
May	2 435	2 343	1 821	92	3.8	66	75
June	2 435	2 349	1 808	86	3.5	64	74

July	2 438	2 355	1 818	83	3.4	62	72
August	2 443	2 363	1 817	79	3.3	60	70
September	2 448	2 370	1 839	77	3.2	58	68
October	2 451	2 377	1 838	74	3.0	56	66
November	2 456	2 385	1 840	71	2.9	55	65
December	2 460	2 390	1 849	70	2.9	53	64

2007
January	2 463	2 394	1 859	69	2.8	52	62
February	2 469	2 400	1 866	69	2.8	51	61
March	2 474	2 406	1 852	68	2.7	49	60
April	2 484	2 418	1 847	67	2.7	48	59
May	2 488	2 426	1 855	62	2.5	46	56
June	2 491	2 430	1 861	62	2.5	46	56

July	2 501	2 439	1 865	62	2.5	47	56
August	2 505	2 443	1 864	62	2.5	45	54
September	2 520	2 455	1 881	64	2.6	43	53
October	2 534	2 471	1 903	63	2.5	43	53
November	2 545	2 481	1 891	64	2.5	42	52
December	2 552	2 490	1 909	63	2.5	42	51

2008
January	2 554	2 492	1 904	62	2.4	42	51
February	2 566	2 501	1 929	65	2.5	41	51
March	2 574	2 512	1 932	62	2.4	41	51
April	2 578	2 515	1 946	63	2.4	40	51
May	2 580	2 516	1 953	64	2.5	40	52
June	..	..	..	..	..	40	51