Labour Force Survey. Seasonally adjusted, September 2009
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
2004              
October 2 393 2 287 1 759 106 4.4 92 106
November 2 389 2 284 1 775 105 4.4 90 106
December 2 389 2 283 1 792 106 4.4 89 105
               
2005              
January 2 385 2 279 1 799 107 4.5 89 105
February 2 384 2 278 1 805 106 4.4 88 104
March 2 386 2 276 1 805 109 4.6 88 102
April 2 390 2 280 1 816 110 4.6 86 101
May 2 391 2 281 1 796 110 4.6 85 99
June 2 403 2 293 1 786 109 4.5 84 98
               
July 2 407 2 294 1 753 113 4.7 83 96
August 2 409 2 299 1 753 111 4.6 82 95
September 2 402 2 294 1 771 108 4.5 81 93
October 2 409 2 301 1 809 108 4.5 82 92
November 2 414 2 306 1 845 109 4.5 79 88
December 2 419 2 314 1 844 105 4.3 77 87
               
2006              
January 2 422 2 324 1 844 98 4.1 72 84
February 2 421 2 327 1 810 94 3.9 69 80
March 2 426 2 332 1 804 95 3.9 69 79
April 2 430 2 337 1 803 93 3.8 67 76
May 2 434 2 344 1 817 91 3.7 66 75
June 2 437 2 352 1 805 85 3.5 64 74
               
July 2 440 2 358 1 815 82 3.3 62 72
August 2 445 2 367 1 818 78 3.2 61 71
September 2 447 2 372 1 838 75 3.1 59 69
October 2 451 2 378 1 835 72 3.0 57 67
November 2 456 2 386 1 844 70 2.8 55 66
December 2 460 2 390 1 855 70 2.8 53 64
               
2007              
January 2 463 2 395 1 868 68 2.8 51 62
February 2 468 2 401 1 867 67 2.7 50 60
March 2 473 2 407 1 850 65 2.6 49 59
April 2 483 2 418 1 847 65 2.6 48 58
May 2 487 2 426 1 851 61 2.5 46 56
June 2 493 2 431 1 858 62 2.5 46 56
               
July 2 503 2 442 1 860 61 2.5 47 56
August 2 508 2 447 1 864 61 2.4 45 55
September 2 519 2 457 1 881 63 2.5 44 54
October 2 533 2 471 1 899 62 2.5 43 54
November 2 544 2 481 1 894 63 2.5 42 53
December 2 552 2 490 1 919 62 2.4 41 52
               
2008              
January 2 555 2 494 1 920 61 2.4 41 50
February 2 566 2 504 1 937 62 2.4 40 50
March 2 572 2 512 1 931 60 2.3 40 50
April 2 575 2 514 1 941 61 2.4 39 49
May 2 576 2 513 1 942 63 2.4 39 50
June 2 577 2 511 1 929 66 2.5 40 51
               
July 2 577 2 516 1 961 62 2.4 41 50
August 2 587 2 525 1 962 62 2.4 41 52
September 2 588 2 523 1 977 65 2.5 43 55
October 2 592 2 521 1 955 71 2.7 45 57
November 2 595 2 520 1 950 74 2.9 49 61
December 2 596 2 522 1 916 74 2.9 53 65
               
2009              
January 2 596 2 518 1 902 78 3.0 59 71
February 2 592 2 513 1 904 79 3.1 63 75
March 2 593 2 512 1 929 82 3.1 67 79
April 2 593 2 513 1 933 80 3.1 72 84
May 2 595 2 515 1 938 81 3.1 73 86
June 2 591 2 514 1 924 78 3.0 73 88
               
July 2 586 2 506 1 911 79 3.1 73 90
August 2 574 2 493 1 893 81 3.1 73 91
September 2 572 2 491 1 889 81 3.1 72 91
October .. .. .. .. .. 74 94

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