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Labour Force Survey. Seasonally adjusted, January 2003
1 Persons aged 16-74 years by labour force status, seasonally adjusted, three-months moving average. 1000
  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
               
1998              
February 2 309 2 233 1 810 76 3.3 64 83
March 2 315 2 238 1 802 77 3.3 62 81
April 2 321 2 242 1 806 79 3.4 61 79
May 2 324 2 246 1 809 79 3.4 59 76
June 2 324 2 245 1 807 79 3.4 59 75
               
July 2 326 2 250 1 803 76 3.3 58 73
August 2 325 2 253 1 810 72 3.1 58 71
September 2 324 2 258 1 815 67 2.9 57 69
October 2 325 2 258 1 820 67 2.9 58 68
November 2 330 2 260 1 822 70 3.0 58 67
December 2 329 2 262 1 832 67 2.9 59 66
               
1999              
January 2 329 2 262 1 814 67 2.9 58 67
February 2 327 2 260 1 804 67 2.9 58 67
March 2 325 2 254 1 790 71 3.0 59 66
April 2 321 2 251 1 797 70 3.0 60 68
May 2 329 2 257 1 792 72 3.1 55 63
June 2 329 2 258 1 795 71 3.0 59 68
               
July 2 330 2 256 1 789 73 3.2 62 72
August 2 326 2 249 1 793 77 3.3 62 70
September 2 339 2 252 1 791 87 3.7 61 69
October 2 349 2 261 1 802 88 3.8 61 67
November 2 350 2 266 1 803 84 3.6 61 70
December 2 347 2 264 1 797 83 3.5 61 70
               
2000              
January 2 350 2 267 1 801 83 3.5 61 71
February 2 350 2 265 1 806 85 3.6 62 72
March 2 346 2 264 1 806 82 3.5 62 73
April 2 349 2 269 1 803 80 3.4 62 73
May2 2 350 2 274 1 806 76 3.2 65 74
June 2 346 2 272 1 796 74 3.2 62 74
July 2 348 2 270 1 799 78 3.3 63 75
August 2 348 2 267 1 790 80 3.4 62 75
September 2 353 2 273 1 795 80 3.4 62 75
October 2 353 2 275 1 797 78 3.3 62 76
November 2 352 2 270 1 779 82 3.5 63 75
December 2 354 2 269 1 780 85 3.6 63 75
               
2001              
January 2 356 2 271 1 771 85 3.6 62 73
February 2 357 2 277 1 792 80 3.4 61 73
March 2 363 2 285 1 802 78 3.3 61 73
April 2 359 2 282 1 809 77 3.3 60 72
May 2 357 2 276 1 802 81 3.5 60 71
June 2 359 2 274 1 799 85 3.6 60 71
               
July 2 355 2 271 1 791 85 3.6 60 71
August 2 356 2 271 1 790 85 3.6 62 71
September 2 367 2 277 1 787 89 3.8 64 73
October 2 371 2 279 1 782 91 3.9 64 72
November 2 376 2 287 1 780 89 3.7 69 77
December 2 374 2 288 1 765 87 3.6 68 77
               
2002              
January 2 378 2 292 1 766 86 3.6 68 77
February 2 381 2 291 1 764 90 3.8 67 76
March 2 380 2 290 1 778 90 3.8 70 79
April 2 376 2 284 1 774 92 3.9 72 81
May 2 379 2 286 1 781 92 3.9 74 82
June 2 370 2 282 1 781 89 3.7 75 85
               
July 2 372 2 285 1 782 88 3.7 74 86
August 2 376 2 286 1 779 90 3.8 77 87
September 2 381 2 287 1 775 93 3.9 80 89
October 2 379 2 283 1 771 96 4.0 81 90
November 2 378 2 281 1 772 97 4.1 82 91
December 2 374 2 277 1 765 97 4.1 82 92
               
2003              
January 2 375 2 277 1 771 98 4.1 84 95
February .. .. .. .. .. 87 98

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.
2 Due to the method of estimation the result of the strike in May is not included in the figures of man-week worked.