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, October 2006
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	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
November	2 371	2 282	1 777	88	3.7	69	77
December	2 369	2 282	1 771	88	3.7	68	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	1 771	92	3.8	70	78
April	2 382	2 289	1 773	93	3.9	71	80
May	2 384	2 293	1 783	91	3.8	73	82
June	2 372	2 285	1 787	87	3.7	75	84

July	2 374	2 288	1 788	85	3.6	75	85
August	2 377	2 288	1 784	89	3.7	77	86
September	2 379	2 287	1 777	92	3.9	79	88
October	2 374	2 278	1 774	95	4.0	81	90
November	2 371	2 274	1 760	97	4.1	83	92
December	2 372	2 274	1 760	99	4.2	82	93

2003
January	2 378	2 275	1 768	103	4.3	87	98
February	2 375	2 273	1 770	102	4.3	88	99
March	2 372	2 269	1 757	103	4.3	91	102
April	2 375	2 269	1 744	106	4.5	93	104
May	2 375	2 267	1 747	108	4.5	94	106
June	2 372	2 262	1 760	110	4.6	95	109

July	2 370	2 263	1 771	107	4.5	92	108
August	2 378	2 269	1 785	110	4.6	95	111
September	2 381	2 272	1 779	109	4.6	95	112
October	2 384	2 277	1 777	108	4.5	94	111
November	2 376	2 267	1 757	109	4.6	94	110
December	2 375	2 265	1 728	110	4.6	95	112

2004
January	2 370	2 263	1 723	107	4.5	93	111
February	2 371	2 267	1 729	103	4.4	93	112
March	2 377	2 275	1 769	102	4.3	91	111
April	2 378	2 274	1 772	103	4.3	92	111
May	2 383	2 276	1 774	106	4.5	92	110
June	2 381	2 275	1 774	106	4.4	92	108

July	2 383	2 278	1 771	105	4.4	92	109
August	2 388	2 280	1 774	108	4.5	91	107
September	2 390	2 283	1 764	107	4.5	91	106
October	2 390	2 283	1 762	107	4.5	91	106
November	2 387	2 280	1 767	107	4.5	90	106
December	2 390	2 284	1 786	106	4.4	89	104

2005
January	2 390	2 281	1 792	109	4.6	89	105
February	2 388	2 280	1 803	108	4.5	88	104
March	2 389	2 276	1 806	113	4.7	88	103
April	2 392	2 281	1 821	112	4.7	86	102
May	2 393	2 280	1 809	112	4.7	85	100
June	2 400	2 287	1 791	113	4.7	84	97

July	2 405	2 288	1 753	117	4.9	83	97
August	2 407	2 292	1 748	115	4.8	82	95
September	2 402	2 291	1 770	111	4.6	81	93
October	2 406	2 295	1 811	111	4.6	81	92
November	2 412	2 303	1 839	109	4.5	78	88
December	2 420	2 315	1 841	104	4.3	76	86

2006
January	2 427	2 326	1 839	100	4.1	73	83
February	2 427	2 330	1 815	96	4.0	70	81
March	2 431	2 333	1 806	98	4.0	70	80
April	2 433	2 338	1 807	95	3.9	68	77
May	2 435	2 342	1 827	93	3.8	66	76
June	2 433	2 346	1 811	87	3.6	64	74

July	2 436	2 352	1 817	84	3.4	62	72
August	2 441	2 360	1 812	80	3.3	60	70
September	2 449	2 370	1 839	79	3.2	58	68
October	2 451	2 376	1 846	75	3.1	56	66
November	..	..	..	..	..	54	66