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The number of employed persons in September 2009 was 62.95 million, a decrease of 980 thousand or 1.5% from the previous year.
The number of unemployed persons in September 2009 was 3.63 million, an increase of 920 thousand or 33.9% from the previous year.
The unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, was 5.3%.
| (10 thousand persons) | |||
| Actual figures | Change from the previous year | ||
| (%) | |||
| Population of 15 years old or more | 11053 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Labour force | 6658 | -5 | -0.1 |
| Employed persons | 6295 | -98 | -1.5 |
| Employee | 5470 | -59 | -1.1 |
| Unemployed persons | 363 | 92 | 33.9 |
| Not in labour force | 4392 | 6 | 0.1 |
| Labour force participation rate (%) | 60.2 | -0.1 | - |
| Employment rate (%) | 57.0 | -0.8 | - |
| Unemployment rate, original series (%) | 5.5 | 1.4 | - |
| Current month | Change from the previous month | ||
| Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted (%) | 5.3 | -0.2 | - |

Table 2 Population of 15 years old or more by labour force status(Excel:49KB) (Labour force, Employed person, Unemployed person, Not in labour force, Labour force participation rate, Employment rate, Unemployment rate)
Table 4 Employed person by major industry(Excel:40KB)
Table 5 Employee by major industry(Excel:40KB)
Table 7 Employed person by class of weekly hours of work(Excel:40KB)
Table 8 Person wishing to change the present job and wishing to have additional job(Excel:36KB)
Table 9 Unemployed person by reason for seeking a job(Excel:48KB)
Table 10 Unemployed person by relationship to the head of household(Excel:37KB)
Table 11 Unemployment rate by relationship to the head of household(Excel:38KB)
Table 12 Labour force by age(Excel:45KB)
Table 13 Employed person by age(Excel:45KB)
Table 14 Unemployed person by age(Excel:45KB)
Table 15 Labour force participation rate by age(Excel:47KB)
Table 16 Employment rate by age(Excel:48KB)
Table 17 Unemployment rate by age(Excel:48KB)
Table 18 Seasonally adjusted series of major items(Excel:37KB) (Labour force, Employed person, Employee, Unemployed person, Not in labour force, Unemployment rate)