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Labour Force Survey. Seasonally adjusted, December 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
               
2002              
January 2 375 2 286 1 758 88 3.7 68 78
February 2 381 2 288 1 767 93 3.9 68 77
March 2 385 2 293 1 771 92 3.8 70 78
April 2 382 2 289 1 774 93 3.9 71 80
May 2 384 2 293 1 783 91 3.8 73 82
June 2 372 2 285 1 788 87 3.7 75 84
               
July 2 374 2 288 1 788 86 3.6 75 85
August 2 377 2 288 1 785 89 3.7 77 86
September 2 379 2 288 1 778 92 3.9 79 88
October 2 374 2 279 1 777 95 4.0 81 90
November 2 372 2 275 1 761 97 4.1 83 92
December 2 372 2 273 1 757 99 4.2 83 93
               
2003              
January 2 377 2 274 1 764 103 4.3 86 98
February 2 375 2 273 1 769 102 4.3 88 100
March 2 372 2 269 1 757 103 4.3 91 102
April 2 375 2 268 1 744 107 4.5 93 104
May 2 375 2 267 1 748 108 4.5 94 106
June 2 372 2 262 1 761 110 4.6 95 109
               
July 2 371 2 263 1 771 108 4.5 92 109
August 2 379 2 269 1 786 110 4.6 95 111
September 2 381 2 273 1 781 109 4.6 95 112
October 2 385 2 278 1 779 107 4.5 94 111
November 2 376 2 268 1 758 108 4.6 94 110
December 2 374 2 264 1 724 110 4.6 95 111
               
2004              
January 2 369 2 262 1 719 106 4.5 93 111
February 2 370 2 267 1 726 104 4.4 93 112
March 2 377 2 275 1 769 102 4.3 92 111
April 2 377 2 274 1 773 103 4.3 92 111
May 2 382 2 276 1 774 106 4.5 92 110
June 2 381 2 275 1 774 106 4.4 92 108
               
July 2 384 2 278 1 771 106 4.4 92 109
August 2 388 2 280 1 775 108 4.5 91 107
September 2 391 2 284 1 765 107 4.5 91 106
October 2 391 2 284 1 763 107 4.5 91 106
November 2 387 2 281 1 769 106 4.4 90 106
December 2 389 2 283 1 787 106 4.4 89 104
               
2005              
January 2 388 2 280 1 792 108 4.5 89 105
February 2 388 2 279 1 802 108 4.5 88 104
March 2 389 2 276 1 806 113 4.7 89 103
April 2 392 2 280 1 822 112 4.7 86 102
May 2 392 2 280 1 810 112 4.7 85 100
June 2 400 2 287 1 790 113 4.7 84 97
               
July 2 405 2 288 1 753 117 4.9 83 97
August 2 408 2 293 1 748 115 4.8 81 95
September 2 403 2 291 1 771 112 4.7 81 93
October 2 408 2 297 1 813 111 4.6 81 91
November 2 412 2 304 1 840 108 4.5 78 87
December 2 418 2 314 1 840 104 4.3 76 86
               
2006              
January 2 424 2 325 1 836 100 4.1 73 83
February 2 426 2 329 1 813 96 4.0 70 81
March 2 430 2 332 1 805 98 4.0 70 80
April 2 432 2 338 1 806 95 3.9 68 77
May 2 434 2 341 1 825 93 3.8 66 76
June 2 434 2 347 1 809 87 3.6 64 74
               
July 2 436 2 353 1 815 84 3.4 62 72
August 2 441 2 361 1 810 80 3.3 60 70
September 2 448 2 369 1 836 79 3.2 58 68
October 2 450 2 375 1 840 75 3.1 56 66
November 2 455 2 384 1 840 70 2.9 54 65
December 2 459 2 391 1 854 68 2.8 53 63
               
2007              
January .. .. .. .. .. 52 61

1 These are monthly figures, and not three-months moving average.