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, September 2008
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



2003
October	2 387	2 279	1 779	108	4.5	94	111
November	2 378	2 269	1 761	109	4.6	94	111
December	2 373	2 263	1 726	109	4.6	95	112

2004
January	2 366	2 260	1 719	106	4.5	93	111
February	2 368	2 264	1 724	104	4.4	93	112
March	2 377	2 274	1 769	102	4.3	91	111
April	2 378	2 274	1 772	104	4.4	92	111
May	2 383	2 278	1 771	105	4.4	93	110
June	2 383	2 278	1 773	105	4.4	92	109

July	2 384	2 279	1 772	105	4.4	92	108
August	2 388	2 280	1 779	108	4.5	91	106
September	2 390	2 283	1 767	107	4.5	91	106
October	2 393	2 286	1 764	107	4.5	91	106
November	2 389	2 282	1 771	107	4.5	90	106
December	2 388	2 281	1 787	107	4.5	89	105

2005
January	2 386	2 277	1 791	109	4.6	89	105
February	2 386	2 277	1 807	109	4.6	88	104
March	2 387	2 275	1 805	113	4.7	88	102
April	2 391	2 279	1 819	112	4.7	86	102
May	2 391	2 280	1 796	111	4.7	85	99
June	2 403	2 291	1 789	112	4.7	84	98

July	2 407	2 291	1 755	117	4.8	83	97
August	2 409	2 294	1 756	115	4.8	81	95
September	2 402	2 291	1 774	111	4.6	81	93
October	2 408	2 298	1 813	110	4.6	81	92
November	2 414	2 305	1 841	109	4.5	78	87
December	2 419	2 313	1 838	106	4.4	76	86

2006
January	2 422	2 321	1 834	101	4.2	73	83
February	2 421	2 325	1 808	97	4.0	70	80
March	2 428	2 330	1 803	98	4.0	69	80
April	2 431	2 336	1 805	95	3.9	68	77
May	2 436	2 343	1 820	93	3.8	66	75
June	2 437	2 350	1 810	87	3.6	65	74

July	2 439	2 356	1 818	84	3.4	63	73
August	2 443	2 363	1 820	80	3.3	61	71
September	2 447	2 370	1 838	77	3.1	58	68
October	2 449	2 376	1 838	73	3.0	56	66
November	2 455	2 385	1 840	70	2.9	54	65
December	2 460	2 390	1 848	71	2.9	53	63

2007
January	2 463	2 394	1 857	69	2.8	52	62
February	2 469	2 400	1 865	69	2.8	51	61
March	2 474	2 406	1 851	68	2.7	49	60
April	2 484	2 418	1 847	67	2.7	48	59
May	2 489	2 427	1 854	62	2.5	46	57
June	2 494	2 432	1 863	62	2.5	46	56

July	2 503	2 440	1 866	63	2.5	47	56
August	2 506	2 443	1 867	63	2.5	45	55
September	2 518	2 454	1 881	64	2.5	43	54
October	2 532	2 470	1 904	62	2.4	42	53
November	2 544	2 481	1 891	63	2.5	41	52
December	2 552	2 489	1 907	63	2.5	41	51

2008
January	2 555	2 492	1 903	63	2.5	41	51
February	2 567	2 503	1 927	64	2.5	41	51
March	2 573	2 511	1 931	62	2.4	41	51
April	2 578	2 514	1 945	63	2.5	40	51
May	2 579	2 515	1 951	64	2.5	40	52
June	2 578	2 512	1 930	66	2.6	40	52

July	2 577	2 514	1 934	63	2.4	41	51
August	2 584	2 521	1 932	63	2.4	41	52
September	2 585	2 520	1 949	66	2.5	42	54
October	..	..	..	..	..	44	56