Statistics Korea

[Economically active population and labor force participation rate] ◦ The economically active population marked 29.288 million persons in March, which grew 225 thousand persons or 0.8% year-on-year. ◦ The labor force participation rate stood at 64.3% in March, up 0.2%p year-on-year. [Employed persons and employment to population ratio] ◦ The number of employed persons totaled 28.396 million persons in March, which went up 173 thousand persons or 0.6% year-on-year. ◦ The employment to population ratio recorded 62.4% in March, up 0.2%p year-on-year. [Unemployed persons and unemployment rate] ◦ The number of unemployed persons totaled 892 thousand people in March, which increased 52 thousand persons or 6.2% year-on-year. ◦ The unemployment rate marked 3.0% in March, up 0.1%p year-on-year. [Economically inactive population] ◦ The economically inactive population totaled 16.242 million people in March, decreasing 63 thousand persons or 0.4% year-on-year. ※ For more information, refer to the attached file.