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 2008
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



2003
November	2 378	2 269	1 760	109	4.6	94	111
December	2 372	2 263	1 725	109	4.6	95	112

2004
January	2 366	2 260	1 719	105	4.5	93	111
February	2 368	2 264	1 724	104	4.4	93	112
March	2 377	2 274	1 769	102	4.3	91	111
April	2 377	2 274	1 772	104	4.4	92	111
May	2 383	2 277	1 771	105	4.4	93	110
June	2 383	2 278	1 774	105	4.4	92	109

July	2 384	2 279	1 772	105	4.4	92	108
August	2 388	2 280	1 779	108	4.5	91	107
September	2 390	2 283	1 767	107	4.5	91	106
October	2 393	2 286	1 764	107	4.5	92	106
November	2 389	2 282	1 770	107	4.5	90	106
December	2 388	2 281	1 786	107	4.5	89	105

2005
January	2 386	2 277	1 792	109	4.6	89	104
February	2 386	2 277	1 807	109	4.6	88	103
March	2 387	2 274	1 806	113	4.7	88	102
April	2 391	2 279	1 819	112	4.7	86	102
May	2 391	2 280	1 797	111	4.6	85	99
June	2 403	2 291	1 791	112	4.7	84	98

July	2 407	2 291	1 756	117	4.8	83	97
August	2 409	2 294	1 756	115	4.8	81	95
September	2 403	2 292	1 774	111	4.6	81	93
October	2 408	2 298	1 812	110	4.6	82	92
November	2 414	2 305	1 840	109	4.5	78	88
December	2 418	2 312	1 836	106	4.4	76	86

2006
January	2 423	2 322	1 834	101	4.2	72	83
February	2 422	2 325	1 808	97	4.0	69	80
March	2 428	2 330	1 804	98	4.0	69	79
April	2 431	2 336	1 805	95	3.9	68	77
May	2 436	2 343	1 821	93	3.8	66	75
June	2 437	2 350	1 812	86	3.5	65	74

July	2 439	2 355	1 819	84	3.4	63	73
August	2 444	2 363	1 820	80	3.3	61	71
September	2 447	2 370	1 838	77	3.1	59	68
October	2 449	2 376	1 837	73	3.0	56	66
November	2 455	2 385	1 839	70	2.9	54	65
December	2 460	2 389	1 846	70	2.9	53	63

2007
January	2 464	2 395	1 857	69	2.8	51	62
February	2 469	2 400	1 864	69	2.8	51	61
March	2 474	2 406	1 852	68	2.7	49	60
April	2 485	2 418	1 848	67	2.7	48	58
May	2 489	2 427	1 856	62	2.5	46	56
June	2 494	2 432	1 866	62	2.5	46	56

July	2 503	2 440	1 866	63	2.5	47	56
August	2 506	2 443	1 867	63	2.5	45	55
September	2 518	2 454	1 881	64	2.5	44	54
October	2 531	2 470	1 902	62	2.4	42	53
November	2 544	2 481	1 889	62	2.5	41	52
December	2 552	2 489	1 904	63	2.5	41	51

2008
January	2 555	2 493	1 903	63	2.4	41	51
February	2 567	2 503	1 927	64	2.5	41	51
March	2 573	2 511	1 932	62	2.4	41	50
April	2 578	2 514	1 947	63	2.5	40	51
May	2 579	2 515	1 954	64	2.5	40	52
June	2 578	2 512	1 934	66	2.6	41	52

July	2 577	2 514	1 956	63	2.4	41	51
August	2 584	2 521	1 954	63	2.4	41	52
September	2 586	2 520	1 971	66	2.6	43	54
October	2 591	2 520	1 955	71	2.7	44	56
November	..	..	..	..	..	46	60