Labour Force Survey. Seasonally adjusted, November 2011
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
               
2006              
December 2 460 2 390 1 860 70 2.9 53 64
               
2007              
January 2 463 2 395 1 867 68 2.7 51 62
February 2 467 2 401 1 867 66 2.7 50 61
March 2 472 2 407 1 852 65 2.6 48 59
April 2 482 2 418 1 850 64 2.6 47 58
May 2 486 2 426 1 855 61 2.4 46 56
June 2 493 2 432 1 877 61 2.5 46 56
               
July 2 504 2 443 1 882 61 2.4 47 56
August 2 509 2 448 1 886 61 2.4 45 55
September 2 520 2 457 1 889 63 2.5 44 55
October 2 533 2 470 1 909 63 2.5 43 54
November 2 545 2 480 1 901 65 2.5 42 53
December 2 553 2 490 1 922 63 2.5 42 52
               
2008              
January 2 556 2 494 1 917 62 2.4 40 50
February 2 566 2 505 1 934 61 2.4 40 50
March 2 571 2 512 1 932 59 2.3 40 50
April 2 574 2 514 1 943 60 2.3 38 49
May 2 575 2 512 1 949 63 2.4 39 50
June 2 577 2 511 1 945 65 2.5 40 51
               
July 2 579 2 517 1 980 62 2.4 41 51
August 2 588 2 526 1 982 62 2.4 41 52
September 2 589 2 524 1 988 65 2.5 43 55
October 2 592 2 520 1 971 72 2.8 45 57
November 2 594 2 519 1 960 75 2.9 50 61
December 2 597 2 522 1 918 75 2.9 53 64
               
2009              
January 2 597 2 518 1 889 79 3.0 58 70
February 2 593 2 514 1 888 79 3.0 63 74
March 2 593 2 511 1 917 82 3.1 66 79
April 2 592 2 513 1 915 79 3.1 69 83
May 2 595 2 515 1 922 80 3.1 71 86
June 2 592 2 514 1 921 78 3.0 72 87
               
July 2 589 2 508 1 920 81 3.1 73 89
August 2 576 2 494 1 899 83 3.2 73 89
September 2 575 2 493 1 883 82 3.2 72 90
October 2 577 2 493 1 864 84 3.2 72 91
November 2 576 2 493 1 863 83 3.2 72 91
December 2 587 2 499 1 878 88 3.4 71 92
               
2010              
January 2 585 2 496 1 885 89 3.4 73 92
February 2 590 2 498 1 904 91 3.5 73 92
March 2 583 2 492 1 900 91 3.5 75 93
April 2 583 2 489 1 904 93 3.6 75 93
May 2 596 2 503 1 891 93 3.6 74 91
June 2 599 2 506 1 870 93 3.6 75 91
               
July 2 600 2 511 1 876 90 3.4 74 89
August 2 592 2 503 1 882 89 3.4 73 88
September 2 592 2 500 1 904 91 3.5 75 89
October 2 598 2 507 1 908 91 3.5 75 89
November 2 607 2 513 1 909 94 3.6 76 89
December 2 603 2 514 1 913 89 3.4 74 88
               
2011              
January 2 600 2 513 1 919 87 3.3 72 86
February 2 604 2 521 1 925 83 3.2 71 85
March 2 615 2 530 1 925 85 3.3 69 84
April 2 622 2 534 1 929 88 3.4 69 83
May 2 613 2 527 1 929 86 3.3 68 83
June 2 617 2 531 1 916 86 3.3 68 83
               
July 2 620 2 537 1 892 83 3.2 68 83
August 2 633 2 548 1 922 84 3.2 68 84
September 2 637 2 550 1 955 87 3.3 68 84
October 2 642 2 552 1 982 90 3.4 67 84
November 2 645 2 556 1 992 89 3.4 67 83
December .. .. .. .. .. 67 83

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