Table 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 Survey. Seasonally adjusted, August 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
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	2 264	1 723	104	4.4	93	112
March	2 377	2 274	1 768	102	4.3	91	111
April	2 378	2 274	1 772	104	4.4	92	111
May	2 383	2 278	1 771	105	4.4	93	110
June	2 383	2 278	1 775	105	4.4	92	109

July	2 384	2 279	1 772	105	4.4	92	108
August	2 388	2 280	1 778	108	4.5	91	107
September	2 390	2 283	1 765	107	4.5	91	106
October	2 393	2 285	1 762	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	104
February	2 386	2 277	1 807	109	4.6	88	104
March	2 387	2 275	1 805	113	4.7	88	102
April	2 391	2 279	1 820	112	4.7	86	102
May	2 391	2 280	1 797	111	4.6	85	99
June	2 402	2 291	1 790	111	4.6	84	98

July	2 407	2 291	1 755	116	4.8	83	97
August	2 409	2 294	1 754	114	4.7	81	95
September	2 403	2 291	1 771	112	4.6	81	93
October	2 409	2 298	1 811	111	4.6	81	92
November	2 414	2 304	1 843	110	4.6	78	87
December	2 418	2 312	1 840	106	4.4	76	86

2006
January	2 422	2 321	1 836	101	4.2	73	84
February	2 421	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	1 806	95	3.9	68	77
May	2 435	2 343	1 820	92	3.8	66	75
June	2 436	2 351	1 810	86	3.5	65	74

July	2 439	2 356	1 817	83	3.4	62	73
August	2 443	2 364	1 817	80	3.3	60	71
September	2 448	2 370	1 836	78	3.2	58	68
October	2 450	2 376	1 838	74	3.0	56	66
November	2 456	2 385	1 842	72	2.9	54	65
December	2 459	2 389	1 850	70	2.9	53	63

2007
January	2 463	2 394	1 859	69	2.8	52	62
February	2 468	2 400	1 865	68	2.8	51	61
March	2 474	2 406	1 851	67	2.7	49	60
April	2 484	2 418	1 847	66	2.7	48	59
May	2 489	2 427	1 854	62	2.5	46	57
June	2 493	2 432	1 863	61	2.4	46	56

July	2 503	2 440	1 865	62	2.5	47	55
August	2 506	2 443	1 865	62	2.5	45	55
September	2 519	2 454	1 880	65	2.6	43	53
October	2 532	2 469	1 904	63	2.5	42	53
November	2 545	2 481	1 892	64	2.5	42	52
December	2 551	2 489	1 909	63	2.5	41	51

2008
January	2 554	2 492	1 903	62	2.4	41	51
February	2 566	2 502	1 927	64	2.5	41	51
March	2 573	2 512	1 931	62	2.4	41	51
April	2 577	2 515	1 945	63	2.4	40	51
May	2 579	2 515	1 952	64	2.5	40	52
June	2 578	2 512	1 930	65	2.5	40	52

July	2 577	2 515	1 934	62	2.4	41	51
August	2 584	2 522	1 931	62	2.4	41	51
September	..	..	..	..	..	42	54