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, January 2009
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



2004
February	2 368	2 264	1 724	104	4.4	93	112
March	2 377	2 274	1 767	103	4.3	91	111
April	2 378	2 273	1 770	104	4.4	92	111
May	2 383	2 277	1 770	106	4.4	92	110
June	2 383	2 278	1 772	106	4.4	92	109

July	2 384	2 279	1 770	105	4.4	92	108
August	2 388	2 280	1 775	108	4.5	91	107
September	2 390	2 282	1 760	107	4.5	91	106
October	2 392	2 285	1 757	107	4.5	92	106
November	2 388	2 281	1 773	107	4.5	90	106
December	2 388	2 281	1 792	107	4.5	89	105

2005
January	2 386	2 277	1 800	109	4.5	89	105
February	2 386	2 278	1 807	108	4.5	88	104
March	2 387	2 275	1 806	112	4.7	88	102
April	2 391	2 279	1 820	112	4.7	86	102
May	2 390	2 280	1 798	111	4.6	85	99
June	2 402	2 291	1 788	111	4.6	84	98

July	2 407	2 291	1 751	116	4.8	83	96
August	2 408	2 294	1 749	114	4.8	81	95
September	2 401	2 291	1 767	110	4.6	81	93
October	2 408	2 298	1 807	110	4.6	82	92
November	2 413	2 304	1 844	109	4.5	78	88
December	2 419	2 312	1 845	106	4.4	77	86

2006
January	2 423	2 322	1 845	101	4.2	72	84
February	2 422	2 325	1 811	97	4.0	69	81
March	2 428	2 331	1 805	98	4.0	69	79
April	2 431	2 336	1 807	95	3.9	68	76
May	2 436	2 343	1 824	92	3.8	66	75
June	2 437	2 350	1 808	86	3.5	64	74

July	2 439	2 355	1 813	84	3.4	62	72
August	2 443	2 363	1 811	80	3.3	61	71
September	2 446	2 369	1 833	77	3.1	59	69
October	2 449	2 375	1 833	73	3.0	57	67
November	2 455	2 384	1 844	70	2.9	55	66
December	2 460	2 390	1 856	71	2.9	53	64

2007
January	2 464	2 395	1 868	69	2.8	51	62
February	2 470	2 401	1 868	69	2.8	50	61
March	2 475	2 407	1 852	68	2.7	49	59
April	2 485	2 418	1 850	67	2.7	48	58
May	2 489	2 427	1 857	62	2.5	46	56
June	2 494	2 432	1 859	62	2.5	46	56

July	2 502	2 439	1 858	63	2.5	47	55
August	2 505	2 442	1 857	63	2.5	45	55
September	2 516	2 453	1 876	64	2.5	44	54
October	2 531	2 469	1 898	62	2.5	43	53
November	2 543	2 481	1 893	63	2.5	42	52
December	2 553	2 490	1 921	63	2.5	41	51

2008
January	2 556	2 494	1 919	62	2.4	41	51
February	2 569	2 505	1 938	64	2.5	40	50
March	2 575	2 513	1 932	62	2.4	40	50
April	2 578	2 515	1 947	63	2.4	39	50
May	2 579	2 515	1 952	64	2.5	40	51
June	2 578	2 512	1 934	66	2.6	40	51

July	2 576	2 513	1 959	62	2.4	41	51
August	2 583	2 520	1 955	63	2.4	41	52
September	2 584	2 519	1 970	65	2.5	43	54
October	2 589	2 518	1 951	71	2.7	45	57
November	2 594	2 517	1 947	76	2.9	49	61
December	2 599	2 521	1 916	78	3.0	53	65

2009
January	2 602	2 520	1 901	81	3.1	58	71
February	..	..	..	..	..	63	76