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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 2nd Qu. 2004
2 Population aged 16-74 år in the labour force, employed persons and unemployed persons by sex (LFS). 1000 and per cent
  Population Labour force Employed persons Unemployed persons
Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females
                 
  Annual average
1985 1 503 1 501 1 174 893 1 149 865 25 28
1990 1 554 1 540 1 181 961 1 115 915 66 46
1998 1 595 1 572 1 251 1 072 1 211 1 037 40 35
1999 1 603 1 579 1 250 1 083 1 208 1 050 42 33
2000 1 614 1 587 1 258 1 092 1 212 1 057 46 35
2001 1 621 1 593 1 260 1 102 1 214 1 064 46 38
2002 1 631 1 603 1 262 1 116 1 210 1 076 52 41
2003 1 642 1 615 1 259 1 116 1 198 1 071 62 45
                 
  Changes from the year before1
1985 16 9 7 26 18 26 -11 -
1995 2 1 15 20 24 21 -9 -
1996 4 2 : : : : -3 4
1997 5 4 22 26 31 32 -10 -6
1998 8 6 17 19 26 28 -9 -9
1999 9 7 - 11 -3 13 3 -2
2000 10 8 8 9 4 7 4 2
2001 7 6 2 9 2 7 - 3
2002 10 10 2 15 -4 12 6 3
2003 11 12 -3 -1 -12 -5 10 4
                 
  Per cent of total population Per cent of the labour force
1985 100 100 78.1 59.5 76.4 57.7 2.2 3.1
1995 100 100 75.2 64.0 71.3 61.1 5.2 4.6
1996 100 100 76.6 65.8 72.9 62.5 4.8 4.9
1997 100 100 77.7 67.2 74.7 64.4 3.9 4.2
1998 100 100 78.4 68.2 75.9 66.0 3.2 3.3
1999 100 100 78.0 68.6 75.3 66.5 3.4 3.0
2000 100 100 77.9 68.8 75.1 66.6 3.6 3.2
2001 100 100 77.7 69.2 74.9 66.8 3.7 3.4
2002 100 100 77.4 69.6 74.2 67.1 4.1 3.6
2003 100 100 76.7 69.1 72.9 66.3 4.9 4.0
  Quarterly figures
2001                
3rd quarter 1 620 1 592 1 263 1 108 1 220 1 065 44 43
4th quarter 1 618 1 592 1 249 1 103 1 206 1 069 43 35
                 
2002                
1st quarter 1 632 1 602 1 258 1 115 1 203 1 073 54 42
2nd quarter 1 631 1 603 1 271 1 127 1 220 1 083 51 44
3rd quarter 1 631 1 603 1 268 1 121 1 218 1 080 50 41
4th quarter 1 630 1 604 1 251 1 103 1 199 1 068 52 35
                 
2003                
1st quarter 1 644 1 615 1 256 1 109 1 197 1 064 60 45
2nd quarter 1 643 1 615 1 267 1 120 1 203 1 072 64 47
3rd quarter 1 641 1 615 1 264 1 126 1 199 1 079 65 47
4th quarter 1 641 1 615 1 250 1 108 1 192 1 068 58 40
                 
2004                
1st quarter 1 656 1 627 1 256 1 106 1 191 1 063 64 43
2nd quarter 1 655 1 627 1 267 1 127 1 203 1 080 64 47
  Changes from same quarter the year before
2001                
3rd quarter 6 5 4 3 - 2 4 -
4th quarter 6 5 1 19 -2 15 3 4
                 
2002                
1st quarter 9 8 - 24 -5 18 4 6
2nd quarter 10 9 2 23 -2 16 4 7
3rd quarter 11 11 5 13 -1 14 6 -1
4th quarter 12 12 2 - -7 - 9 -
                 
2003                
1st quarter 12 13 -1 -5 -7 -8 5 3
2nd quarter 12 13 -4 -7 -17 -11 13 4
3rd quarter 11 12 -4 5 -19 - 15 6
4th quarter 11 11 -1 5 -7 - 6 5
                 
2004                
1st quarter 12 12 -1 -4 -5 -1 5 -3
2nd quarter 12 12 - 7 - 8 - -1