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Title	Economically Active Population Survey in February 2022
Date	2022-03-16
[ Economically active population and labor force participation rate ] ○ The economically active population marked 28.356 million persons in February, which grew 638 thousand persons or 2.3% year-on-year. ○ The labor force participation rate stood at 62.7% in February, up 1.1%p year-on-year. [ Employed persons and employment to population ratio ] ○ The number of employed persons totaled 27.402 million persons in February, which went up 1,037 thousand persons or 3.9% year-on-year. ○ The employment to population ratio recorded 60.6% in February, up 2.0%p year-on-year. [ Unemployed persons and unemployment rate ] ○ The number of unemployed persons totaled 954 thousand people in February, which decreased 399 thousand persons or 29.5% year-on-year. ○ The unemployment rate marked 3.4% in February, down 1.5%p year-on-year. [ Economically inactive population ] ○ The economically inactive population totaled 16.857 million people in February, decreasing 412 thousand persons or 2.4% year-on-year. ※ For more information, refer to the attached file.
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