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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th Qu. 2005
17 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
               
2000              
December 2 354 2 270 1 798 83 3.5 64 75
               
2001              
January 2 356 2 272 1 798 84 3.6 62 74
February 2 357 2 276 1 811 81 3.4 62 73
March 2 365 2 286 1 782 79 3.4 61 73
April 2 362 2 285 1 782 77 3.3 60 71
May 2 362 2 280 1 776 82 3.5 60 70
June 2 363 2 277 1 793 86 3.6 60 71
               
July 2 359 2 273 1 790 86 3.7 61 71
August 2 357 2 273 1 796 84 3.6 62 71
September 2 363 2 276 1 804 87 3.7 63 72
October 2 366 2 276 1 795 90 3.8 64 72
November 2 370 2 282 1 780 87 3.7 69 77
December 2 370 2 283 1 773 87 3.7 68 77
               
2002              
January 2 375 2 288 1 760 87 3.7 68 78
February 2 383 2 291 1 766 92 3.9 68 77
March 2 384 2 293 1 767 91 3.8 70 78
April 2 382 2 289 1 779 93 3.9 71 80
May 2 384 2 292 1 786 92 3.9 73 82
June 2 373 2 285 1 791 89 3.7 74 84
               
July 2 376 2 288 1 784 88 3.7 75 85
August 2 375 2 286 1 781 89 3.7 77 86
September 2 377 2 286 1 775 92 3.9 79 88
October 2 372 2 278 1 774 94 4.0 81 90
November 2 371 2 275 1 763 97 4.1 83 92
December 2 374 2 276 1 763 98 4.1 83 93
               
2003              
January 2 378 2 276 1 769 101 4.3 86 98
February 2 375 2 274 1 771 101 4.3 88 99
March 2 372 2 269 1 755 103 4.3 90 102
April 2 374 2 268 1 740 106 4.5 93 104
May 2 376 2 267 1 742 109 4.6 94 106
June 2 373 2 262 1 754 111 4.7 95 109
               
July 2 372 2 263 1 770 109 4.6 93 109
August 2 377 2 268 1 783 110 4.6 95 111
September 2 379 2 271 1 781 109 4.6 95 112
October 2 384 2 277 1 779 107 4.5 94 111
November 2 376 2 267 1 763 109 4.6 93 111
December 2 376 2 267 1 733 109 4.6 95 112
               
2004              
January 2 369 2 265 1 725 105 4.4 93 111
February 2 371 2 268 1 728 103 4.3 93 111
March 2 377 2 275 1 766 102 4.3 91 111
April 2 377 2 274 1 771 104 4.4 92 111
May 2 383 2 276 1 772 107 4.5 93 110
June 2 381 2 274 1 771 106 4.5 91 108
               
July 2 384 2 277 1 767 106 4.5 93 109
August 2 386 2 279 1 769 107 4.5 92 107
September 2 389 2 282 1 762 107 4.5 91 106
October 2 390 2 283 1 762 107 4.5 91 106
November 2 388 2 281 1 774 107 4.5 90 106
December 2 391 2 285 1 797 106 4.4 89 105
               
2005              
January 2 390 2 283 1 799 107 4.5 88 104
February 2 390 2 282 1 802 108 4.5 88 103
March 2 389 2 276 1 798 112 4.7 88 103
April 2 391 2 279 1 814 112 4.7 86 101
May 2 391 2 278 1 802 112 4.7 85 99
June 2 399 2 286 1 779 113 4.7 84 98
               
July 2 406 2 288 1 764 118 4.9 84 97
August 2 407 2 292 1 758 114 4.8 82 94
September 2 403 2 291 1 786 112 4.7 81 93
October 2 407 2 296 1 806 111 4.6 81 91
November 2 413 2 303 1 837 109 4.5 78 88
December .. .. .. .. .. 77 87

1 These are monthly figures, and not three-months moving average. The figures previous to January 1999 are adjusted for the definition-break in the series.