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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 1st Qu. 2006
1 Population aged 15-741 in the labour force, man-weeks worked, unemployed (LFS)2, registered unemployed persons and persons employed by government measures (Aetat). 1000 and per cent 7
  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{3} (37,5 h.) worked Unemployed persons Registered unemployed persons3 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
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
2002 3 234 2 378 73.5 2 286 70.7 1 774 92 3.9 75 9
2003 3 257 2 375 72.9 2 269 69.6 1 765 107 4.5 93 14
2004 3 282 2 382 72.6 2 276 69.3 1 761 106 4.5 92 17
2005 3 312 2 400 72.4 2 289 69.1 1 800 111 4.6 83 13
                     
  Changes from the year before4
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
2002 20 17 : 8 : -17 9 : 13 -1
2003 23 -3 : -17 : -9 14 : 17 5
2004 25 7 : 7 : -4 - : -1 3
2005 30 18 : 13 : 39 4 : -8 -4
                     
  Quarterly figures
2003                    
1st quarter 3 259 2 366 72.6 2 261 69.4 1 854 105 4.4 93 13
2nd quarter 3 258 2 386 73.2 2 275 69.8 1 737 111 4.7 90 14
3rd quarter 3 256 2 390 73.4 2 278 70.0 1 637 112 4.7 98 11
4th quarter 3 256 2 359 72.4 2 260 69.4 1 832 98 4.2 89 19
                     
2004                    
1st quarter 3 283 2 362 71.9 2 255 68.7 1 819 107 4.5 97 21
2nd quarter 3 281 2 394 73.0 2 283 69.6 1 754 111 4.6 89 19
3rd quarter 3 281 2 401 73.2 2 290 69.8 1 631 111 4.6 95 11
4th quarter 3 282 2 371 72.3 2 274 69.3 1 838 97 4.1 85 17
                     
2005                    
1st quarter 3 312 2 378 71.8 2 267 68.5 1 823 110 4.6 92 17
2nd quarter 3 312 2 403 72.6 2 286 69.0 1 878 116 4.8 81 16
3rd quarter 3 312 2 421 73.1 2 304 69.6 1 589 117 4.8 86 8
4th quarter 3 313 2 396 72.3 2 298 69.4 1 908 98 4.1 74 11
                     
20062                    
1st quarter                    
Old 3 348 2 415 72.1 2 317 69.2 1 948 98 4.1 73 12
New 3 382 2 420 71.6 2 326 68.8 1 940 95 3.9 73 12
                     
  Changes from same quarter the year before5
2003                    
1st quarter 24 -7 : -15 : 1 8 : 20 3
2nd quarter 24 -11 : -28 : -20 16 : 20 4
3rd quarter 23 1 : -20 : -9 21 : 18 6
4th quarter 22 4 : -7 : -13 11 : 11 8
                     
2004                    
1st quarter 24 -4 : -6 : -19 2 : 4 8
2nd quarter 23 8 : 8 : 29 - : -2 5
3rd quarter 25 10 : 12 : -6 -1 : -2 -1
4th quarter 26 13 : 14 : 10 -1 : -4 -2
                     
2005                    
1st quarter 29 16 : 13 : 16 3 : -5 -3
2nd quarter 30 9 : 3 : 53 5 : -7 -3
3rd quarter 31 20 : 14 : -14 7 : -9 -2
4th quarter 31 25 : 24 : 57 1 : -11 -6
                     
20062                    
1st quarter 36 37 : 50 : 39 -12 : -19 -5