Table 1. Employment and unemployment for persons aged 16-74 years, seasonally adjusted, three-months moving average. Absolute figures in 1 000 and unemployed persons in per cent of the labour force.

Labour Force Survey. Seasonally adjusted, August 2009
1	Employment and unemployment for persons aged 16-74 years, seasonally adjusted, three-months moving average. Absolute figures in 1 000 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
September	2 390	2 285	1 761	104	4.4	91	106
October	2 393	2 287	1 757	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	2 385	2 279	1 801	107	4.5	89	105
February	2 384	2 278	1 806	106	4.4	88	104
March	2 386	2 276	1 805	109	4.6	88	102
April	2 390	2 280	1 817	110	4.6	86	101
May	2 391	2 281	1 795	110	4.6	85	99
June	2 403	2 293	1 787	109	4.6	84	98

July	2 407	2 294	1 753	113	4.7	83	96
August	2 409	2 298	1 753	111	4.6	82	95
September	2 402	2 294	1 769	107	4.5	81	93
October	2 408	2 301	1 807	108	4.5	82	92
November	2 414	2 306	1 844	108	4.5	79	88
December	2 419	2 314	1 845	105	4.3	77	87

2006
January	2 422	2 324	1 845	98	4.1	72	84
February	2 421	2 327	1 811	94	3.9	69	81
March	2 427	2 332	1 804	95	3.9	69	79
April	2 430	2 337	1 804	93	3.8	67	76
May	2 434	2 344	1 817	91	3.7	65	75
June	2 437	2 352	1 806	85	3.5	64	74

July	2 440	2 358	1 815	82	3.4	62	72
August	2 445	2 367	1 817	79	3.2	61	71
September	2 447	2 372	1 836	75	3.1	59	69
October	2 450	2 378	1 834	72	2.9	57	67
November	2 455	2 386	1 844	69	2.8	55	66
December	2 460	2 390	1 856	70	2.8	53	64

2007
January	2 463	2 395	1 868	68	2.8	51	62
February	2 468	2 401	1 867	67	2.7	50	60
March	2 473	2 407	1 850	66	2.7	49	59
April	2 483	2 418	1 847	65	2.6	48	58
May	2 487	2 426	1 852	61	2.5	46	56
June	2 493	2 431	1 860	62	2.5	46	56

July	2 504	2 442	1 860	62	2.5	47	56
August	2 508	2 447	1 864	62	2.5	45	55
September	2 519	2 457	1 879	62	2.5	45	54
October	2 533	2 471	1 899	62	2.4	43	54
November	2 544	2 481	1 893	63	2.5	42	53
December	2 553	2 490	1 919	62	2.4	42	52

2008
January	2 555	2 494	1 919	61	2.4	41	51
February	2 566	2 504	1 936	62	2.4	40	50
March	2 573	2 512	1 931	60	2.3	40	50
April	2 576	2 514	1 942	61	2.4	38	49
May	2 577	2 513	1 946	63	2.5	39	50
June	2 577	2 511	1 932	66	2.6	40	51

July	2 577	2 515	1 963	62	2.4	40	50
August	2 587	2 525	1 964	62	2.4	41	52
September	2 588	2 523	1 974	64	2.5	43	55
October	2 591	2 521	1 953	70	2.7	45	57
November	2 594	2 520	1 947	73	2.8	50	61
December	2 597	2 523	1 915	74	2.9	53	65

2009
January	2 596	2 518	1 899	78	3.0	59	71
February	2 593	2 514	1 902	79	3.1	63	75
March	2 593	2 512	1 929	82	3.2	66	79
April	2 593	2 513	1 934	80	3.1	71	84
May	2 596	2 515	1 942	81	3.1	72	86
June	2 592	2 513	1 928	78	3.0	72	88

July	2 586	2 506	1 914	80	3.1	73	90
August	2 574	2 492	1 896	82	3.2	73	90
September	..	..	..	..	..	73	91