Statistics Korea

[Economically active population and labor force participation rate] ◦ The economically active population marked 28.961 million persons in January, which grew 146 thousand persons or 0.5% year-on-year. ◦ The labor force participation rate stood at 63.4% in January, up 0.1%p year-on-year. [Employed persons and employment to population ratio] ◦ The number of employed persons totaled 27.878 million persons in January, which went up 135 thousand persons or 0.5% year-on-year. ◦ The employment to population ratio recorded 61.0% in January, remaining the same year-on-year. [Unemployed persons and unemployment rate] ◦ The number of unemployed persons totaled 1,083 thousand people in January, which increased 11 thousand persons or 1.0% year-on-year. ◦ The unemployment rate marked 3.7% in January, remaining the same year-on-year. [Economically inactive population] ◦ The economically inactive population totaled 16.713 million people in January, increasing 15 thousand persons or 0.1% year-on-year. ※ For more information, refer to the attached file.