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Labour Force Survey. Seasonally adjusted, October 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              
November 2 378 2 269 1 760 109 4.6 94 111
December 2 372 2 263 1 725 109 4.6 95 112
               
2004              
January 2 366 2 260 1 719 105 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 2 377 2 274 1 772 104 4.4 92 111
May 2 383 2 277 1 771 105 4.4 93 110
June 2 383 2 278 1 774 105 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 91 107
September 2 390 2 283 1 767 107 4.5 91 106
October 2 393 2 286 1 764 107 4.5 92 106
November 2 389 2 282 1 770 107 4.5 90 106
December 2 388 2 281 1 786 107 4.5 89 105
               
2005              
January 2 386 2 277 1 792 109 4.6 89 104
February 2 386 2 277 1 807 109 4.6 88 103
March 2 387 2 274 1 806 113 4.7 88 102
April 2 391 2 279 1 819 112 4.7 86 102
May 2 391 2 280 1 797 111 4.6 85 99
June 2 403 2 291 1 791 112 4.7 84 98
               
July 2 407 2 291 1 756 117 4.8 83 97
August 2 409 2 294 1 756 115 4.8 81 95
September 2 403 2 292 1 774 111 4.6 81 93
October 2 408 2 298 1 812 110 4.6 82 92
November 2 414 2 305 1 840 109 4.5 78 88
December 2 418 2 312 1 836 106 4.4 76 86
               
2006              
January 2 423 2 322 1 834 101 4.2 72 83
February 2 422 2 325 1 808 97 4.0 69 80
March 2 428 2 330 1 804 98 4.0 69 79
April 2 431 2 336 1 805 95 3.9 68 77
May 2 436 2 343 1 821 93 3.8 66 75
June 2 437 2 350 1 812 86 3.5 65 74
               
July 2 439 2 355 1 819 84 3.4 63 73
August 2 444 2 363 1 820 80 3.3 61 71
September 2 447 2 370 1 838 77 3.1 59 68
October 2 449 2 376 1 837 73 3.0 56 66
November 2 455 2 385 1 839 70 2.9 54 65
December 2 460 2 389 1 846 70 2.9 53 63
               
2007              
January 2 464 2 395 1 857 69 2.8 51 62
February 2 469 2 400 1 864 69 2.8 51 61
March 2 474 2 406 1 852 68 2.7 49 60
April 2 485 2 418 1 848 67 2.7 48 58
May 2 489 2 427 1 856 62 2.5 46 56
June 2 494 2 432 1 866 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 44 54
October 2 531 2 470 1 902 62 2.4 42 53
November 2 544 2 481 1 889 62 2.5 41 52
December 2 552 2 489 1 904 63 2.5 41 51
               
2008              
January 2 555 2 493 1 903 63 2.4 41 51
February 2 567 2 503 1 927 64 2.5 41 51
March 2 573 2 511 1 932 62 2.4 41 50
April 2 578 2 514 1 947 63 2.5 40 51
May 2 579 2 515 1 954 64 2.5 40 52
June 2 578 2 512 1 934 66 2.6 41 52
               
July 2 577 2 514 1 956 63 2.4 41 51
August 2 584 2 521 1 954 63 2.4 41 52
September 2 586 2 520 1 971 66 2.6 43 54
October 2 591 2 520 1 955 71 2.7 44 56
November .. .. .. .. .. 46 60