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, March 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
April	2 378	2 278	1 770	100	4.2	92	111
May	2 383	2 282	1 769	101	4.2	94	112
June	2 384	2 282	1 771	102	4.3	91	108

July	2 384	2 282	1 770	102	4.3	92	108
August	2 388	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	1 774	105	4.4	90	106
December	2 389	2 283	1 792	106	4.4	89	105

2005
January	2 386	2 279	1 799	107	4.5	89	105
February	2 385	2 279	1 806	106	4.4	88	104
March	2 386	2 277	1 806	110	4.6	88	102
April	2 391	2 281	1 819	110	4.6	86	101
May	2 392	2 282	1 799	110	4.6	85	99
June	2 403	2 294	1 788	109	4.5	84	98

July	2 406	2 294	1 752	113	4.7	83	96
August	2 408	2 297	1 751	111	4.6	81	95
September	2 401	2 293	1 770	107	4.5	81	93
October	2 408	2 300	1 807	108	4.5	82	92
November	2 414	2 306	1 843	108	4.5	78	88
December	2 419	2 314	1 843	105	4.3	76	86

2006
January	2 423	2 324	1 844	99	4.1	73	84
February	2 422	2 328	1 811	94	3.9	69	81
March	2 428	2 333	1 805	95	3.9	69	79
April	2 431	2 338	1 805	93	3.8	68	76
May	2 436	2 345	1 823	91	3.7	66	75
June	2 437	2 353	1 808	85	3.5	64	74

July	2 439	2 357	1 815	82	3.4	63	72
August	2 443	2 364	1 814	78	3.2	61	71
September	2 445	2 371	1 835	75	3.1	59	69
October	2 449	2 377	1 832	72	2.9	57	67
November	2 455	2 386	1 842	69	2.8	55	66
December	2 460	2 390	1 855	70	2.8	53	64

2007
January	2 464	2 396	1 869	68	2.8	51	62
February	2 469	2 402	1 869	68	2.7	50	61
March	2 474	2 408	1 853	66	2.7	49	59
April	2 485	2 420	1 849	65	2.6	48	58
May	2 490	2 428	1 856	61	2.5	46	56
June	2 495	2 433	1 859	61	2.5	46	56

July	2 502	2 441	1 859	62	2.5	47	56
August	2 505	2 444	1 859	62	2.5	45	55
September	2 516	2 454	1 877	62	2.5	44	54
October	2 531	2 470	1 896	62	2.4	43	54
November	2 543	2 481	1 892	63	2.5	42	53
December	2 553	2 490	1 920	62	2.4	41	52

2008
January	2 556	2 495	1 921	61	2.4	41	51
February	2 568	2 505	1 939	62	2.4	40	50
March	2 575	2 514	1 933	61	2.4	40	50
April	2 578	2 516	1 947	62	2.4	39	50
May	2 580	2 517	1 952	63	2.5	40	51
June	2 579	2 513	1 933	65	2.5	40	51

July	2 576	2 515	1 959	62	2.4	41	50
August	2 583	2 521	1 955	62	2.4	41	52
September	2 584	2 520	1 970	65	2.5	43	54
October	2 589	2 519	1 950	70	2.7	45	57
November	2 593	2 520	1 946	74	2.8	49	61
December	2 597	2 522	1 917	74	2.9	53	65

2009
January	2 597	2 518	1 902	79	3.0	58	71
February	2 595	2 515	1 905	80	3.1	63	75
March	2 599	2 516	1 930	83	3.2	67	80
April	..	..	..	..	..	72	85