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, July 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
August	2 378	2 268	1 786	110	4.6	95	111
September	2 381	2 271	1 779	110	4.6	95	112
October	2 387	2 279	1 778	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	2 368	2 265	1 723	104	4.4	93	112
March	2 377	2 274	1 769	102	4.3	91	111
April	2 378	2 274	1 773	104	4.4	92	111
May	2 383	2 277	1 772	105	4.4	93	110
June	2 383	2 278	1 775	105	4.4	92	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	1 764	107	4.5	91	106
October	2 393	2 286	1 763	107	4.5	91	106
November	2 389	2 282	1 772	107	4.5	90	106
December	2 388	2 281	1 788	107	4.5	89	105

2005
January	2 386	2 277	1 793	109	4.6	89	105
February	2 387	2 278	1 807	109	4.6	88	104
March	2 387	2 275	1 806	113	4.7	88	102
April	2 391	2 279	1 820	112	4.7	86	102
May	2 390	2 280	1 798	110	4.6	85	99
June	2 402	2 291	1 791	111	4.6	84	98

July	2 407	2 290	1 754	116	4.8	83	96
August	2 409	2 294	1 752	114	4.7	81	94
September	2 403	2 291	1 769	112	4.6	81	93
October	2 409	2 298	1 812	111	4.6	82	92
November	2 414	2 304	1 843	110	4.6	78	88
December	2 418	2 312	1 840	106	4.4	77	86

2006
January	2 422	2 321	1 836	101	4.2	73	84
February	2 422	2 325	1 810	97	4.0	70	81
March	2 428	2 330	1 805	98	4.0	69	80
April	2 431	2 337	1 807	95	3.9	68	77
May	2 435	2 343	1 822	92	3.8	66	75
June	2 436	2 350	1 811	86	3.5	64	74

July	2 438	2 355	1 815	83	3.4	62	72
August	2 443	2 363	1 814	80	3.3	60	70
September	2 448	2 370	1 833	78	3.2	58	68
October	2 450	2 376	1 838	74	3.0	56	66
November	2 456	2 385	1 842	71	2.9	55	65
December	2 459	2 389	1 851	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	68	2.8	51	61
March	2 474	2 407	1 853	68	2.7	49	60
April	2 485	2 418	1 849	66	2.7	48	59
May	2 489	2 427	1 857	62	2.5	46	57
June	2 492	2 431	1 865	61	2.4	46	56

July	2 502	2 439	1 863	62	2.5	47	55
August	2 506	2 443	1 861	62	2.5	45	54
September	2 519	2 454	1 876	65	2.6	43	54
October	2 533	2 470	1 904	63	2.5	42	53
November	2 545	2 481	1 892	64	2.5	42	52
December	2 552	2 489	1 909	63	2.5	41	51

2008
January	2 554	2 492	1 903	62	2.4	42	51
February	2 567	2 503	1 928	65	2.5	41	51
March	2 574	2 512	1 933	62	2.4	41	51
April	2 578	2 515	1 947	63	2.4	40	51
May	2 578	2 515	1 955	63	2.5	40	52
June	2 581	2 515	1 937	65	2.5	40	51

July	2 579	2 517	1 951	62	2.4	40	51
August	..	..	..	..	..	40	51