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Seasonally Adjusted Standarised Unemployment Rates (SUR)

Month
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
%
January1
4.4
4.8
4.6
4.3
4.5
4.5
4.8
February
4.4
4.6
4.5
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.9
March
4.5
4.5
4.5
4.4
4.4
4.5
5.2
April1
4.3
4.5
4.5
4.3
4.4
4.6
5.12
May
4.3
4.5
4.5
4.4
4.5
4.5
5.3
June
4.3
4.7
4.4
4.3
4.6
4.5
5.5
July1
4.3
4.8
4.4
4.4
4.6
4.5
5.8
August
4.4
4.7
4.4
4.4
4.5
4.5
6.1
September
4.5
4.6
4.4
4.5
4.4
4.6
6.3
October1
4.6
4.6
4.4
4.5
4.3
4.6
6.7
November
4.6
4.5
4.3
4.5
4.3
4.7
 
December
4.7
4.5
4.3
4.4
4.4
4.6
 
Annual Average
4.4
4.6
4.4
4.4
4.4
4.5
 
  • 1 Benchmark Labour Force Survey/Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) estimates.
  • 2 The latest QNHS estimate of the unemployment rate (adjusted for seasonality) is: March - May 2008, 5.1%.

 


 

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