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Seasonally Adjusted Standardised Unemployment Rates (SUR)1

Month
2008
200920102011201220132014
%
January
4.9
9.5
13.1
14.5
     15.0
13.9
12.0
February2
5.0
10.2
13.0
14.4
 15.1
13.8
 11.9
March
5.3
10.9
13.2
14.5
  15.0
13.7
 
April
5.4
11.5
13.5
   14.4 14.9 13.6  
May2
5.7
12.1
13.8
   14.4   14.8 13.6
 
June
6.0
12.3
13.7
   14.5 14.8 13.3  
July
6.5
12.5
13.8
 14.7 14.7 13.0  
August2
6.9
12.6
13.9
 14.8 14.6 12.7
 
September
7.2
12.9
14.3
 14.7 14.5  12.5  
October
7.7
13.0
14.5
 14.8 14.3 12.3  
November2
8.1
13.0
14.7
 14.8 14.1
12.13  
December
8.6
13.0
14.7
        14.9 14.0 12.1  
Annual Average
6.4
12.0
13.8
        14.6  14.7 13.1  

1 Table contains revised figures 

2 Benchmark Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS)  calendar quarter estimates 

3 The latest QNHS estimate of the unemployment rate (adjusted for seasonality) is : October-December 2013, 12.1%