Table 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 Survey. Seasonally adjusted, August 2006
1	Employment and unemployment for persons aged 16-74 years, seasonally adjusted, three-months moving average. Absolute figures in 1 000 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



2001
September	2 365	2 277	1 801	88	3.7	63	72
October	2 368	2 276	1 792	91	3.9	64	72
November	2 371	2 283	1 778	88	3.7	69	77
December	2 370	2 282	1 771	88	3.7	67	77

2002
January	2 375	2 287	1 761	88	3.7	68	78
February	2 381	2 289	1 768	93	3.9	68	77
March	2 385	2 293	1 770	92	3.8	70	78
April	2 382	2 289	1 773	93	3.9	71	80
May	2 383	2 293	1 783	91	3.8	73	82
June	2 372	2 285	1 786	87	3.7	75	84

July	2 374	2 288	1 787	86	3.6	75	85
August	2 377	2 287	1 783	89	3.8	77	86
September	2 380	2 287	1 777	92	3.9	79	88
October	2 374	2 279	1 775	95	4.0	81	90
November	2 372	2 275	1 762	97	4.1	83	92
December	2 373	2 274	1 761	98	4.1	82	93

2003
January	2 377	2 275	1 768	102	4.3	87	98
February	2 375	2 274	1 771	102	4.3	88	100
March	2 372	2 269	1 756	103	4.3	91	102
April	2 375	2 268	1 743	106	4.5	93	105
May	2 374	2 267	1 747	108	4.5	94	106
June	2 372	2 262	1 759	110	4.6	95	109

July	2 370	2 262	1 769	108	4.5	92	109
August	2 378	2 268	1 784	110	4.6	95	111
September	2 381	2 272	1 779	109	4.6	95	112
October	2 385	2 278	1 778	108	4.5	94	111
November	2 377	2 268	1 759	108	4.6	93	110
December	2 375	2 265	1 729	110	4.6	95	112

2004
January	2 369	2 263	1 724	106	4.5	93	111
February	2 370	2 268	1 729	103	4.3	93	112
March	2 377	2 275	1 769	102	4.3	91	111
April	2 377	2 274	1 772	103	4.3	92	111
May	2 382	2 276	1 773	106	4.5	92	110
June	2 380	2 274	1 773	106	4.5	92	108

July	2 383	2 277	1 769	106	4.4	92	109
August	2 387	2 279	1 773	109	4.5	92	107
September	2 390	2 283	1 764	107	4.5	91	106
October	2 391	2 284	1 764	107	4.5	91	106
November	2 388	2 282	1 769	106	4.4	90	106
December	2 390	2 285	1 787	106	4.4	88	104

2005
January	2 390	2 281	1 793	108	4.5	89	105
February	2 388	2 280	1 803	108	4.5	88	104
March	2 389	2 276	1 806	112	4.7	88	103
April	2 392	2 280	1 820	112	4.7	86	102
May	2 392	2 280	1 808	113	4.7	85	99
June	2 399	2 286	1 789	113	4.7	84	97

July	2 405	2 287	1 751	118	4.9	83	97
August	2 406	2 291	1 747	116	4.8	82	95
September	2 403	2 291	1 771	112	4.7	81	93
October	2 408	2 297	1 814	111	4.6	81	91
November	2 414	2 305	1 842	108	4.5	78	88
December	2 420	2 316	1 843	104	4.3	76	86

2006
January	2 426	2 326	1 840	99	4.1	73	83
February	2 426	2 330	1 815	96	3.9	70	81
March	2 430	2 332	1 805	98	4.0	70	80
April	2 432	2 337	1 806	95	3.9	68	77
May	2 434	2 341	1 825	94	3.8	66	76
June	2 433	2 345	1 809	88	3.6	65	74

July	2 436	2 351	1 814	85	3.5	63	72
August	2 440	2 358	1 810	82	3.3	61	70
September	..	..	..	..	..	58	68