Statistics Korea

[Economically active population and labor force participation rate] ◦ The economically active population marked 29.578 million persons in April, which grew 342 thousand persons or 1.2% year-on-year. ◦ The labor force participation rate stood at 65.0% in April, up 0.6%p year-on-year. [Employed persons and employment to population ratio] ◦ The number of employed persons totaled 28.693 million persons in April, which went up 261 thousand persons or 0.9% year-on-year. ◦ The employment to population ratio recorded 63.0% in April, up 0.3%p year-on-year. [Unemployed persons and unemployment rate] ◦ The number of unemployed persons totaled 885 thousand people in April, which increased 81 thousand persons or 10.0% year-on-year. ◦ The unemployment rate marked 3.0% in April, up 0.2%p year-on-year. [Economically inactive population] ◦ The economically inactive population totaled 15.961 million people in April, decreasing 174 thousand persons or 1.1% year-on-year. ※ For more information, refer to the attached file.