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, July 2007
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
August	2 377	2 288	1 783	89	3.7	77	86
September	2 379	2 288	1 776	92	3.9	79	88
October	2 374	2 279	1 775	95	4.0	81	90
November	2 373	2 276	1 763	97	4.1	83	92
December	2 373	2 274	1 759	99	4.2	83	93

2003
January	2 377	2 275	1 766	102	4.3	86	98
February	2 375	2 273	1 768	102	4.3	88	100
March	2 372	2 269	1 757	103	4.3	91	102
April	2 375	2 268	1 745	107	4.5	93	104
May	2 374	2 266	1 747	108	4.6	94	106
June	2 372	2 261	1 760	110	4.7	95	109

July	2 370	2 262	1 770	108	4.5	91	108
August	2 378	2 268	1 786	110	4.6	95	111
September	2 381	2 273	1 781	108	4.5	95	112
October	2 386	2 279	1 779	107	4.5	94	111
November	2 377	2 269	1 759	109	4.6	94	110
December	2 376	2 266	1 725	110	4.6	95	112

2004
January	2 369	2 263	1 719	106	4.5	93	111
February	2 370	2 267	1 726	103	4.3	93	112
March	2 376	2 274	1 769	102	4.3	91	111
April	2 377	2 273	1 773	103	4.3	92	111
May	2 382	2 275	1 771	107	4.5	93	110
June	2 380	2 274	1 773	107	4.5	92	108

July	2 383	2 277	1 772	106	4.4	92	109
August	2 387	2 279	1 778	108	4.5	91	107
September	2 390	2 284	1 768	106	4.4	91	106
October	2 392	2 285	1 764	106	4.5	91	106
November	2 389	2 282	1 768	107	4.5	90	106
December	2 391	2 285	1 785	106	4.4	89	104

2005
January	2 390	2 281	1 789	109	4.5	89	105
February	2 388	2 280	1 803	108	4.5	88	104
March	2 388	2 276	1 806	112	4.7	88	103
April	2 391	2 279	1 819	112	4.7	86	102
May	2 391	2 279	1 804	113	4.7	85	100
June	2 399	2 285	1 788	114	4.7	84	97

July	2 404	2 286	1 758	118	4.9	83	97
August	2 406	2 292	1 755	115	4.8	81	95
September	2 402	2 291	1 776	111	4.6	81	93
October	2 409	2 298	1 813	110	4.6	81	91
November	2 414	2 305	1 838	109	4.5	78	87
December	2 421	2 316	1 838	105	4.3	76	86

2006
January	2 426	2 327	1 833	100	4.1	73	84
February	2 426	2 331	1 811	96	3.9	70	81
March	2 430	2 333	1 805	97	4.0	70	80
April	2 431	2 337	1 803	94	3.9	68	77
May	2 433	2 340	1 820	94	3.8	66	76
June	2 432	2 344	1 806	88	3.6	65	74

July	2 434	2 349	1 821	84	3.5	62	72
August	2 439	2 359	1 820	80	3.3	60	70
September	2 447	2 369	1 841	78	3.2	58	68
October	2 452	2 377	1 839	74	3.0	56	66
November	2 457	2 387	1 838	71	2.9	54	65
December	2 462	2 393	1 850	69	2.8	53	64

2007
January	2 466	2 399	1 857	67	2.7	52	62
February	2 474	2 406	1 869	68	2.7	51	61
March	2 477	2 410	1 853	67	2.7	50	60
April	2 485	2 419	1 875	67	2.7	48	59
May	2 488	2 425	1 884	63	2.5	46	57
June	2 491	2 429	1 891	63	2.5	46	56

July	2 499	2 436	1 869	63	2.5	47	55
August	..	..	..	..	..	45	53