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, July 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
August	2 388	2 283	1 778	105	4.4	91	106
September	2 389	2 285	1 762	104	4.4	91	106
October	2 392	2 287	1 756	105	4.4	92	106
November	2 389	2 284	1 773	105	4.4	90	106
December	2 389	2 283	1 792	106	4.4	89	105

2005
January	2 386	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	1 805	109	4.6	88	102
April	2 390	2 280	1 816	110	4.6	86	101
May	2 392	2 282	1 796	110	4.6	85	99
June	2 403	2 294	1 788	109	4.6	84	98

July	2 407	2 294	1 755	113	4.7	83	96
August	2 408	2 298	1 754	111	4.6	82	95
September	2 401	2 294	1 770	107	4.5	81	93
October	2 408	2 300	1 806	108	4.5	82	92
November	2 414	2 306	1 844	108	4.5	79	88
December	2 419	2 314	1 844	105	4.4	77	86

2006
January	2 422	2 324	1 844	99	4.1	72	84
February	2 421	2 327	1 810	94	3.9	69	81
March	2 427	2 332	1 804	95	3.9	69	79
April	2 431	2 338	1 803	93	3.8	67	76
May	2 435	2 344	1 817	91	3.7	65	75
June	2 438	2 352	1 807	85	3.5	64	74

July	2 440	2 358	1 818	82	3.3	62	72
August	2 444	2 366	1 818	78	3.2	61	71
September	2 446	2 371	1 836	74	3.0	59	69
October	2 449	2 377	1 832	72	2.9	57	67
November	2 456	2 386	1 843	69	2.8	55	66
December	2 460	2 390	1 855	70	2.8	53	64

2007
January	2 463	2 395	1 867	68	2.8	51	62
February	2 469	2 401	1 867	67	2.7	50	61
March	2 473	2 408	1 850	66	2.7	49	59
April	2 484	2 419	1 847	65	2.6	48	58
May	2 488	2 427	1 852	61	2.5	46	56
June	2 494	2 432	1 860	62	2.5	46	56

July	2 503	2 442	1 864	61	2.5	47	56
August	2 507	2 445	1 865	61	2.5	46	55
September	2 517	2 455	1 880	62	2.5	44	54
October	2 532	2 470	1 896	62	2.4	43	54
November	2 544	2 481	1 892	63	2.5	42	53
December	2 553	2 490	1 918	62	2.4	42	52

2008
January	2 555	2 494	1 918	61	2.4	41	51
February	2 567	2 505	1 935	62	2.4	40	50
March	2 573	2 513	1 930	60	2.3	40	50
April	2 577	2 515	1 941	61	2.4	39	50
May	2 578	2 514	1 945	63	2.5	39	51
June	2 578	2 512	1 933	66	2.6	40	51

July	2 578	2 516	1 968	62	2.4	41	50
August	2 585	2 523	1 966	62	2.4	42	52
September	2 586	2 522	1 975	64	2.5	43	55
October	2 590	2 519	1 951	70	2.7	45	57
November	2 594	2 520	1 946	74	2.8	50	61
December	2 597	2 523	1 914	74	2.9	53	65

2009
January	2 596	2 518	1 898	78	3.0	59	71
February	2 594	2 514	1 901	79	3.1	63	75
March	2 595	2 512	1 928	82	3.2	66	80
April	2 595	2 514	1 934	81	3.1	72	85
May	2 598	2 516	1 943	81	3.1	73	87
June	2 593	2 516	1 929	77	3.0	72	88

July	2 585	2 507	1 913	78	3.0	73	90
August	..	..	..	..	..	73	90