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Title	Economically Active Population Survey in December 2021
Date	2022-01-12
[ Economically active population and labor force participation rate ] ○ The economically active population marked 28.278 million persons in December, which grew 617 thousand persons or 2.2% year-on-year. ○ The labor force participation rate stood at 62.6% in December, up 1.0%p year-on-year. [ Employed persons and employment to population ratio ] ○ The number of employed persons totaled 27.298 million persons in December, which went up 773 thousand persons or 2.9% year-on-year. ○ The employment to population ratio recorded 60.4% in December, up 1.3%p year-on-year. [ Unemployed persons and unemployment rate ] ○ The number of unemployed persons totaled 979 thousand people in December, which decreased 156 thousand persons or 13.8% year-on-year. ○ The unemployment rate marked 3.5% in December, down 0.6%p year-on-year. [ Economically inactive population ] ○ The economically inactive population totaled 16.929 million people in December, decreasing 327 thousand persons or 1.9% year-on-year. ※ For more information, refer to the attached file.
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