			Unemployed	Under-employed	TOTAL Unemployed & Under-employed
	Total Workforce	Total Employed	Looking for work	Looking for more work	Total: Looking for work & Looking for more work
	'000	'000	'000	%	'000	%	'000	%
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
January - March	1,907	1,804	103	5.4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
April - June	1,920	1,819	101	5.2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
July - September	1,925	1,825	100	5.2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
October - December	1,946	1,841	105	5.4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
January - March	1,969	1,865	104	5.3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
April - June	1,986	1,884	102	5.1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
July - September	1,985	1,878	107	5.4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
October - December	1,984	1,886	98	4.9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
January - March	1,994	1,895	99	5.0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
April - June	2,006	1,911	95	4.7	106	5.3	201	10.0
July - September	2,026	1,938	88	4.3	107	5.3	195	9.6
October - December	2,032	1,939	93	4.6	102	5.0	195	9.6
January - March	2,073	1,985	88	4.3	88	4.2	176	8.5
April - June	2,086	2,002	84	4.0	82	3.9	166	7.9
July - September	2,102	2,023	79	3.8	83	3.9	162	7.7
October - December	2,132	2,056	76	3.6	94	4.4	170	8.0
January - March	2,138	2,055	83	3.9	72	3.4	155	7.3
April - June	2,145	2,067	78	3.6	79	3.7	157	7.3
July - September	2,164	2,085	79	3.7	70	3.2	149	6.9
October - December	2,164	2,085	79	3.6	83	3.8	162	7.4
January - March	2,194	2,108	86	3.9	70	3.2	156	7.1
April - June	2,206	2,127	79	3.6	69	3.1	148	6.7
July - September	2,199	2,116	83	3.8	71	3.2	154	7.0
October - December	2,200	2,118	82	3.7	99	4.5	181	8.2
January - March	2,227	2,144	83	3.7	82	3.7	165	7.4
April - June	2,239	2,158	81	3.6	87	3.9	168	7.5
July - September	2,229	2,150	79	3.5	79	3.5	158	7.0
October - December	2,249	2,173	77	3.4	89	3.9	166	7.3
January - March	2,222	2,141	81	3.6	84	3.8	165	7.4
April - June	2,257	2,169	89	3.9	84	3.7	173	7.6
July - September	2,266	2,172	94	4.2	82	3.6	176	7.8
October - December	2,296	2,191	105	4.6	99	4.3	204	8.9
January - March	2,297	2,182	115	5.0	101	4.4	216	9.4
April - June	2,307	2,169	138	6.0	114	4.9	252	10.9
July - September	2,304	2,154	150	6.5	122	5.3	272	11.8
October - December	2,320	2,152	169	7.3	115	5.0	284	12.3
January - March	2,317	2,177	140	6.0	100	4.3	240	10.3
April - June	2,329	2,170	159	6.8	102	4.4	261	11.2
July - September	2,344	2,193	150	6.4	110	4.7	260	11.1
October - December	2,341	2,182	158	6.8	104	4.4	262	11.2
January - March	2,369	2,214	155	6.6	104	4.4	259	11.0
April - June	2,368	2,214	154	6.5	112	4.7	266	11.2
July - September	2,375	2,218	157	6.6	98	4.1	255	10.7
October - December	2,371	2,221	150	6.3	105	4.4	255	10.7
January - March	2,390	2,230	160	6.7	108	4.5	268	11.2
April - June	2,389	2,227	162	6.8	110	4.6	272	11.4
July - September	2,393	2,218	175	7.3	113	4.7	288	12.0
October - December	2,357	2,194	163	6.9	111	4.7	274	11.6
January - March	2,380	2,234	146	6.2	83	3.5	229	9.7
April - June	2,395	2,242	153	6.4	88	3.7	241	10.1
July - September	2,422	2,272	150	6.2	95	3.9	245	10.1
October - December	2,444	2,297	147	6.0	123	5.0**	270	11.0
2014
January - March	2,465	2,318	147	6.0	96	3.9	243	9.9
April - June	2,465	2,328	137	5.6	98	4.0	235	9.6
July - September	2,466	2,332	134	5.4	92	3.7	226	9.1
October - December	2,518	2,375	143	5.7	113	4.5	256	10.2
2015
January - March	2,501	2,355	146	5.8	104	4.2	250	10.0
April - June

** Prior to the change of definition in 2013, the HLFS measured under-employment as part-timers who wanted to work more hours. It did not differentiate between those available and not available to work more hours. New questions were added to the HLFS in 2004 so that the full ILO definition could be used. By using the ILO definition, we have a more accurate measure of true under-employment that is internationally comparable. The addition of the availability constraint to the definition of under-employment allows for the distinction between people who ‘voluntarily’ worked less hours than their preference in the reference week and those who didn’t.

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