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, February 2009
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
March	2 377	2 279	1 769	98	4.1	91	111
April	2 378	2 278	1 772	100	4.2	92	111
May	2 383	2 282	1 771	101	4.2	94	112
June	2 384	2 282	1 772	101	4.3	91	108

July	2 384	2 282	1 769	102	4.3	92	108
August	2 387	2 282	1 775	105	4.4	91	106
September	2 389	2 285	1 761	104	4.4	91	106
October	2 392	2 287	1 758	105	4.4	92	106
November	2 389	2 284	1 772	105	4.4	90	106
December	2 388	2 283	1 790	105	4.4	89	105

2005
January	2 385	2 279	1 798	106	4.5	89	105
February	2 387	2 279	1 808	108	4.5	88	104
March	2 387	2 277	1 808	111	4.6	88	102
April	2 392	2 281	1 821	111	4.6	86	101
May	2 391	2 282	1 799	108	4.5	85	99
June	2 403	2 294	1 788	109	4.5	84	98

July	2 406	2 293	1 750	113	4.7	83	96
August	2 408	2 297	1 749	111	4.6	81	95
September	2 401	2 293	1 768	107	4.5	81	93
October	2 408	2 300	1 808	108	4.5	82	92
November	2 413	2 306	1 842	108	4.5	78	88
December	2 418	2 314	1 842	105	4.3	77	86

2006
January	2 422	2 324	1 842	98	4.0	72	84
February	2 422	2 328	1 812	94	3.9	69	80
March	2 429	2 333	1 807	96	3.9	69	79
April	2 432	2 338	1 809	94	3.9	68	76
May	2 436	2 345	1 825	91	3.7	66	75
June	2 437	2 353	1 808	84	3.5	64	74

July	2 438	2 357	1 813	81	3.3	62	72
August	2 442	2 364	1 811	78	3.2	61	71
September	2 445	2 370	1 833	75	3.1	59	69
October	2 449	2 377	1 834	72	2.9	57	67
November	2 455	2 386	1 842	69	2.8	55	66
December	2 460	2 390	1 854	70	2.8	53	64

2007
January	2 464	2 396	1 866	68	2.8	51	62
February	2 470	2 402	1 868	68	2.7	50	60
March	2 475	2 408	1 854	67	2.7	49	59
April	2 486	2 420	1 851	66	2.6	48	58
May	2 490	2 428	1 858	61	2.5	46	56
June	2 494	2 433	1 860	61	2.5	46	56

July	2 502	2 441	1 859	61	2.4	47	56
August	2 505	2 444	1 858	61	2.4	45	55
September	2 516	2 454	1 877	62	2.5	44	54
October	2 531	2 470	1 898	62	2.4	43	54
November	2 543	2 481	1 891	63	2.5	42	53
December	2 552	2 490	1 918	62	2.4	41	51

2008
January	2 556	2 495	1 916	61	2.4	40	50
February	2 569	2 506	1 936	63	2.5	40	50
March	2 575	2 514	1 932	61	2.4	40	50
April	2 579	2 517	1 946	62	2.4	39	50
May	2 579	2 517	1 953	63	2.4	40	51
June	2 578	2 514	1 935	65	2.5	40	51

July	2 576	2 514	1 962	61	2.4	41	51
August	2 583	2 521	1 956	62	2.4	41	52
September	2 584	2 520	1 971	65	2.5	43	55
October	2 589	2 519	1 953	70	2.7	45	57
November	2 593	2 520	1 946	74	2.8	49	61
December	2 596	2 522	1 915	74	2.9	53	65

2009
January	2 597	2 519	1 897	78	3.0	58	71
February	2 595	2 515	1 903	80	3.1	63	75
March	..	..	..	..	..	66	80