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Title	Economically Active Population Survey in April 2022
Date	2022-05-11
[Economically active population and labor force participation rate] ○ The economically active population marked 28.942 million persons in April, which grew 582 thousand persons or 2.1% year-on-year. ○ The labor force participation rate stood at 64.0% in April, up 1.0%p year-on-year. [Employed persons and employment to population ratio] ○ The number of employed persons totaled 28.078 million persons in April, which went up 865 thousand persons or 3.2% year-on-year. ○ The employment to population ratio recorded 62.1% in April, up 1.7%p year-on-year. [Unemployed persons and unemployment rate] ○ The number of unemployed persons totaled 864 thousand people in April, which decreased 283 thousand persons or 24.7% year-on-year. ○ The unemployment rate marked 3.0% in April, down 1.0%p year-on-year. [Economically inactive population] ○ The economically inactive population totaled 16.291 million people in April, decreasing 376 thousand persons or 2.3% year-on-year. ※ For more information, refer to the attached file.
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