| LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th Qu. 2001 | |
| 1 | Population aged 16-74 in the labour force, man-weeks worked, registered unemployed persons and persons employed by government measures. 1000 and per cent |
| Labour Force Sample Surveys (LFS) | Figures from the Directorate of Labour | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population aged 16-74 | In the labour force | Employed persons | Number of man-weeks (37,5 h.) worked | Unemployed persons | Registered unemployed persons1 | Employed by government measures | ||||
| Total | Per cent of population | Total | Per cent of population | Total | Per cent of the labour force | |||||
| 1 000 | 1 000 | 1 000 | 1 000 | 1 000 | 1 000 | |||||
| Annual average | ||||||||||
| 1985 | 3 004 | 2 067 | 68.8 | 2 014 | 67.0 | 1 758 | 53 | 2.6 | 51 | 24 |
| 1990 | 3 094 | 2 142 | 69.2 | 2 030 | 65.6 | 1 698 | 112 | 5.2 | 93 | 40 |
| 1996 | 3 146 | 2 240 | 71.2 | 2 132 | 67.8 | 1 716 | 108 | 4.8 | 91 | 35 |
| 1997 | 3 154 | 2 287 | 72.5 | 2 195 | 69.6 | 1 770 | 92 | 4.0 | 74 | 23 |
| 1998 | 3 167 | 2 323 | 73.3 | 2 248 | 71.0 | 1 813 | 74 | 3.2 | 56 | 15 |
| 1999 | 3 183 | 2 333 | 73.3 | 2 258 | 71.0 | 1 798 | 75 | 3.2 | 60 | 8 |
| 2000 | 3 201 | 2 350 | 73.4 | 2 269 | 70.9 | 1 795 | 81 | 3.4 | 63 | 11 |
| 2001 | 3 214 | 2 361 | 73.5 | 2 278 | 70.9 | 1 791 | 84 | 3.6 | 63 | 10 |
| Changes from the year before2 | ||||||||||
| 1986 | 20 | : | : | : | : | : | -12 | : | -15 | -10 |
| 1987 | 22 | 43 | : | 40 | : | 21 | 3 | : | -4 | -7 |
| 1988 | 25 | 12 | : | -12 | : | : | 24 | : | 17 | 1 |
| 1989 | 16 | -29 | : | -65 | : | : | 36 | : | 34 | 26 |
| 1990 | 7 | -13 | : | -19 | : | : | 6 | : | 10 | 6 |
| 1991 | 11 | -16 | : | -21 | : | -33 | 4 | : | 8 | 5 |
| 1992 | 11 | 4 | : | -5 | : | -6 | 10 | : | 14 | 4 |
| 1993 | 9 | 1 | : | - | : | 8 | 1 | : | 4 | 8 |
| 1994 | 12 | 20 | : | 30 | : | 28 | -11 | : | -8 | -4 |
| 1995 | 3 | 35 | : | 44 | : | 28 | -9 | : | -8 | -11 |
| 1996 | 6 | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | -11 | -7 |
| 1997 | 8 | 47 | : | 63 | : | 54 | -16 | : | -17 | -12 |
| 1998 | 13 | 35 | : | 54 | : | 42 | -18 | : | -18 | -8 |
| 1999 | 15 | 10 | : | 10 | : | -15 | - | : | - | -6 |
| 2000 | 19 | 17 | : | 11 | : | -3 | 6 | : | 3 | 3 |
| 2001 | 12 | 12 | : | 9 | : | -3 | 3 | : | - | -1 |
| Quarterly figures | ||||||||||
| 1999 | ||||||||||
| 1st quarter | 3 183 | 2 311 | 72.6 | 2 240 | 70.4 | 1 850 | 70 | 3.0 | 62 | 9 |
| 2nd quarter | 3 182 | 2 343 | 73.7 | 2 267 | 71.3 | 1 857 | 76 | 3.2 | 56 | 8 |
| 3rd quarter | 3 182 | 2 348 | 73.8 | 2 270 | 71.3 | 1 625 | 78 | 3.3 | 64 | 5 |
| 4th quarter | 3 184 | 2 330 | 73.2 | 2 256 | 70.9 | 1 860 | 74 | 3.2 | 57 | 11 |
| 2000 | ||||||||||
| 1st quarter | 3 202 | 2 337 | 73.0 | 2 246 | 70.1 | 1 925 | 91 | 3.9 | 66 | 12 |
| 2nd quarter | 3 202 | 2 364 | 73.8 | 2 286 | 71.4 | 1 741 | 79 | 3.3 | 61 | 11 |
| 3rd quarter | 3 201 | 2 365 | 73.9 | 2 283 | 71.3 | 1 662 | 82 | 3.5 | 65 | 9 |
| 4th quarter | 3 199 | 2 333 | 72.9 | 2 262 | 70.7 | 1 851 | 71 | 3.1 | 59 | 14 |
| 2001 | ||||||||||
| 1st quarter | 3 217 | 2 349 | 73.0 | 2 262 | 70.3 | 1 908 | 87 | 3.7 | 65 | 13 |
| 2nd quarter | 3 214 | 2 373 | 73.8 | 2 289 | 71.2 | 1 749 | 84 | 3.6 | 57 | 11 |
| 3rd quarter | 3 212 | 2 371 | 73.8 | 2 285 | 71.1 | 1 659 | 86 | 3.6 | 64 | 6 |
| 4th quarter | 3 211 | 2 353 | 73.3 | 2 275 | 70.8 | 1 850 | 78 | 3.3 | 63 | 10 |
| Changes from same quarter the year before3 | ||||||||||
| 1999 | ||||||||||
| 1st quarter | 15 | 12 | : | 22 | : | 4 | -10 | : | -6 | -12 |
| 2nd quarter | 15 | 2 | : | 9 | : | -16 | -7 | : | -2 | -9 |
| 3rd quarter | 15 | 6 | : | 2 | : | -40 | 4 | : | 3 | -4 |
| 4th quarter | 17 | 22 | : | 8 | : | -17 | 14 | : | 3 | -1 |
| 2000 | ||||||||||
| 1st quarter | 19 | 27 | : | 6 | : | 17 | 21 | : | 4 | 2 |
| 2nd quarter | 21 | 21 | : | 18 | : | -39 | 3 | : | 5 | 3 |
| 3rd quarter | 19 | 16 | : | 12 | : | 37 | 4 | : | 1 | 4 |
| 4th quarter | 16 | 3 | : | 6 | : | -25 | -3 | : | 2 | 3 |
| 2001 | ||||||||||
| 1st quarter | 15 | 11 | : | 16 | : | 8 | -5 | : | - | 1 |
| 2nd quarter | 12 | 9 | : | 3 | : | 8 | 6 | : | -3 | - |
| 3rd quarter | 11 | 7 | : | 3 | : | -3 | 4 | : | -1 | -3 |
| 4th quarter | 11 | 20 | : | 13 | : | -1 | 7 | : | 4 | -4 |