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, November 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
December	2 373	2 263	1 728	109	4.6	95	112

2004
January	2 366	2 260	1 722	106	4.5	93	111
February	2 368	2 264	1 724	104	4.4	93	112
March	2 377	2 274	1 769	102	4.3	91	111
April	2 378	2 274	1 772	104	4.4	92	111
May	2 383	2 278	1 772	105	4.4	93	110
June	2 383	2 278	1 772	105	4.4	92	109

July	2 384	2 279	1 770	105	4.4	92	108
August	2 388	2 280	1 776	108	4.5	91	107
September	2 390	2 283	1 766	107	4.5	91	106
October	2 393	2 286	1 763	107	4.5	92	106
November	2 389	2 282	1 772	107	4.5	90	106
December	2 388	2 281	1 789	107	4.5	89	105

2005
January	2 386	2 277	1 794	109	4.6	89	104
February	2 386	2 278	1 806	109	4.6	88	103
March	2 387	2 275	1 804	113	4.7	88	102
April	2 391	2 279	1 817	112	4.7	86	101
May	2 391	2 280	1 796	111	4.6	85	99
June	2 403	2 291	1 790	112	4.7	84	98

July	2 407	2 290	1 755	117	4.8	83	97
August	2 409	2 294	1 755	115	4.8	82	95
September	2 402	2 291	1 773	111	4.6	81	93
October	2 408	2 298	1 811	110	4.6	82	92
November	2 414	2 304	1 843	109	4.5	78	88
December	2 419	2 313	1 839	106	4.4	76	86

2006
January	2 423	2 322	1 837	101	4.2	72	83
February	2 422	2 325	1 806	97	4.0	69	80
March	2 428	2 330	1 802	98	4.0	69	79
April	2 431	2 336	1 803	95	3.9	68	76
May	2 436	2 343	1 819	93	3.8	66	75
June	2 437	2 350	1 812	87	3.6	65	74

July	2 439	2 355	1 818	84	3.4	63	73
August	2 443	2 363	1 820	80	3.3	61	71
September	2 446	2 369	1 836	77	3.1	59	69
October	2 449	2 376	1 835	73	3.0	57	67
November	2 455	2 385	1 843	70	2.9	54	65
December	2 460	2 390	1 850	71	2.9	52	63

2007
January	2 464	2 395	1 862	69	2.8	51	62
February	2 469	2 401	1 862	69	2.8	50	60
March	2 474	2 406	1 850	68	2.7	49	59
April	2 485	2 418	1 846	67	2.7	48	58
May	2 489	2 427	1 853	62	2.5	46	56
June	2 493	2 432	1 866	62	2.5	46	56

July	2 502	2 439	1 865	63	2.5	47	56
August	2 506	2 443	1 867	63	2.5	45	55
September	2 517	2 453	1 878	64	2.5	44	54
October	2 532	2 470	1 899	62	2.5	43	53
November	2 544	2 481	1 894	63	2.5	41	52
December	2 553	2 490	1 910	63	2.5	41	51

2008
January	2 556	2 493	1 910	62	2.4	41	50
February	2 567	2 503	1 927	64	2.5	40	50
March	2 574	2 512	1 933	62	2.4	40	50
April	2 578	2 515	1 948	63	2.4	39	50
May	2 579	2 515	1 954	64	2.5	40	51
June	2 577	2 511	1 936	66	2.6	40	51

July	2 576	2 513	1 958	63	2.4	41	51
August	2 584	2 521	1 956	63	2.4	41	52
September	2 585	2 520	1 973	65	2.5	43	54
October	2 590	2 519	1 959	71	2.7	45	56
November	2 594	2 518	1 955	76	2.9	48	60
December	..	..	..	..	..	52	64