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Labour Force Survey. Seasonally adjusted, May 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              
June 2 384 2 282 1 770 102 4.3 91 108
               
July 2 384 2 282 1 769 102 4.3 92 108
August 2 388 2 282 1 774 105 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 1 775 105 4.4 90 106
December 2 389 2 283 1 793 106 4.4 89 105
               
2005              
January 2 385 2 279 1 800 107 4.5 89 105
February 2 384 2 278 1 806 106 4.4 88 104
March 2 386 2 277 1 807 109 4.6 88 102
April 2 391 2 281 1 818 110 4.6 86 101
May 2 392 2 282 1 798 110 4.6 85 99
June 2 403 2 294 1 786 109 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 82 95
September 2 401 2 294 1 770 107 4.5 81 93
October 2 408 2 300 1 808 108 4.5 82 92
November 2 414 2 305 1 844 108 4.5 78 88
December 2 419 2 314 1 844 105 4.3 77 86
               
2006              
January 2 422 2 324 1 845 99 4.1 72 84
February 2 421 2 327 1 811 94 3.9 69 81
March 2 428 2 333 1 806 95 3.9 69 79
April 2 431 2 339 1 806 93 3.8 67 76
May 2 436 2 345 1 821 91 3.7 66 75
June 2 438 2 353 1 806 85 3.5 64 74
               
July 2 439 2 357 1 814 82 3.4 62 72
August 2 443 2 365 1 814 78 3.2 61 71
September 2 446 2 371 1 835 75 3.1 59 69
October 2 449 2 377 1 833 72 2.9 57 67
November 2 455 2 386 1 843 69 2.8 55 66
December 2 460 2 390 1 856 70 2.8 53 64
               
2007              
January 2 463 2 395 1 870 68 2.8 51 62
February 2 469 2 401 1 870 67 2.7 50 61
March 2 474 2 408 1 854 66 2.7 49 59
April 2 485 2 420 1 849 65 2.6 48 58
May 2 490 2 429 1 854 61 2.5 46 56
June 2 495 2 433 1 857 62 2.5 46 56
               
July 2 502 2 441 1 858 62 2.5 47 56
August 2 506 2 444 1 860 62 2.5 45 55
September 2 517 2 454 1 877 62 2.5 44 54
October 2 532 2 470 1 896 62 2.4 43 54
November 2 543 2 481 1 892 63 2.5 42 53
December 2 552 2 490 1 921 62 2.4 41 52
               
2008              
January 2 555 2 494 1 922 61 2.4 41 51
February 2 567 2 505 1 941 62 2.4 40 50
March 2 574 2 514 1 935 60 2.3 40 50
April 2 578 2 517 1 946 62 2.4 39 50
May 2 580 2 517 1 948 63 2.5 39 51
June 2 579 2 514 1 929 65 2.5 40 51
               
July 2 576 2 514 1 958 62 2.4 41 50
August 2 584 2 522 1 956 62 2.4 41 52
September 2 585 2 520 1 971 65 2.5 43 55
October 2 590 2 519 1 950 70 2.7 45 57
November 2 593 2 520 1 947 74 2.8 49 61
December 2 596 2 522 1 918 74 2.9 53 65
               
2009              
January 2 596 2 518 1 904 78 3.0 59 71
February 2 594 2 514 1 907 80 3.1 63 75
March 2 595 2 513 1 934 82 3.2 66 80
April 2 597 2 516 1 941 81 3.1 72 85
May 2 601 2 519 1 949 82 3.1 73 87
June .. .. .. .. .. 73 88

1 These are monthly figures, and not three-months moving average.