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Title | Economically Active Population Survey in December 2017 |
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Date | 2018-01-10 |
[ Economically active population and labor force participation rate ] ○ The economically active population marked 27,336 thousand in December, which grew 301 thousand persons or 1.1 percent year-on-year. ○ The labor force participation rate stood at 62.3 percent in December, up 0.2%p year-on-year. [ Employed persons and employment-population ratio ] ○ The number of employed persons totaled 26,421 thousand persons in December, which went up 253 thousand persons or 1.0 percent year-on-year. ○ The employment-population ratio recorded 60.2 percent in December, up 0.1%p year-on-year. [ Unemployed persons and unemployment rate ] ○ The number of unemployed persons totaled 915 thousand people in December, which increased 48 thousand persons or 5.5 percent year-on-year. ○ The unemployment rate marked 3.3 percent in December, up 0.1%p year-on-year. [ Economically inactive population ] ○ The economically inactive population totaled 16,528 thousand people in December, increasing 2 thousand persons or 0.0 percent year-on-year. ※ For more information, refer to the attached file. |
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