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, December 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



2004
January	2 365	2 260	1 722	106	4.5	93	111
February	2 368	2 264	1 725	104	4.4	93	112
March	2 377	2 274	1 768	103	4.3	91	111
April	2 378	2 273	1 771	104	4.4	92	111
May	2 383	2 277	1 771	106	4.4	92	110
June	2 383	2 278	1 773	106	4.4	92	109

July	2 384	2 279	1 771	105	4.4	92	108
August	2 388	2 280	1 776	108	4.5	91	107
September	2 390	2 282	1 761	107	4.5	91	106
October	2 393	2 285	1 758	107	4.5	92	106
November	2 389	2 281	1 771	107	4.5	90	106
December	2 388	2 281	1 790	107	4.5	89	105

2005
January	2 386	2 277	1 798	109	4.6	88	105
February	2 386	2 278	1 808	108	4.5	88	104
March	2 387	2 275	1 807	112	4.7	88	102
April	2 391	2 279	1 821	112	4.7	86	102
May	2 390	2 280	1 799	111	4.6	85	99
June	2 402	2 291	1 789	111	4.6	84	98

July	2 407	2 291	1 751	116	4.8	83	97
August	2 409	2 294	1 750	114	4.8	81	95
September	2 401	2 291	1 768	110	4.6	81	93
October	2 408	2 298	1 807	110	4.6	82	92
November	2 413	2 304	1 841	109	4.5	78	88
December	2 419	2 313	1 842	106	4.4	76	86

2006
January	2 422	2 322	1 843	101	4.2	72	83
February	2 422	2 325	1 812	97	4.0	69	81
March	2 428	2 330	1 806	98	4.0	69	79
April	2 431	2 336	1 807	95	3.9	68	76
May	2 436	2 343	1 824	93	3.8	66	75
June	2 437	2 350	1 809	86	3.5	65	74

July	2 439	2 355	1 814	84	3.4	63	73
August	2 443	2 363	1 812	80	3.3	61	71
September	2 446	2 369	1 834	77	3.1	59	69
October	2 449	2 376	1 834	73	3.0	57	67
November	2 455	2 385	1 841	70	2.9	55	65
December	2 461	2 390	1 854	71	2.9	53	64

2007
January	2 464	2 395	1 866	69	2.8	51	62
February	2 469	2 401	1 869	69	2.8	50	61
March	2 474	2 406	1 853	68	2.7	49	59
April	2 484	2 418	1 850	67	2.7	48	58
May	2 489	2 427	1 858	62	2.5	46	56
June	2 493	2 432	1 860	62	2.5	46	56

July	2 502	2 439	1 859	63	2.5	47	55
August	2 506	2 443	1 858	63	2.5	45	55
September	2 517	2 453	1 877	64	2.5	44	54
October	2 532	2 470	1 898	62	2.5	43	53
November	2 544	2 481	1 891	63	2.5	42	52
December	2 553	2 490	1 918	63	2.5	41	51

2008
January	2 556	2 493	1 917	62	2.4	40	50
February	2 567	2 503	1 939	64	2.5	40	50
March	2 574	2 512	1 934	62	2.4	40	50
April	2 577	2 514	1 948	63	2.4	39	50
May	2 579	2 514	1 953	64	2.5	40	51
June	2 577	2 511	1 934	66	2.6	40	51

July	2 576	2 513	1 960	63	2.4	41	51
August	2 583	2 521	1 956	63	2.4	41	51
September	2 585	2 520	1 971	65	2.5	43	54
October	2 590	2 519	1 952	71	2.7	45	57
November	2 594	2 518	1 944	76	2.9	49	61
December	2 600	2 522	1 913	77	3.0	52	64

2009
January	..	..	..	..	..	55	70