Statistics Korea

[Economically active population and labor force participation rate] ◦ The economically active population marked 28.815 million persons in January, which grew 428 thousand persons or 1.5% year-on-year. ◦ The labor force participation rate stood at 63.3% in January, up 0.7%p year-on-year. [Employed persons and employment to population ratio] ◦ The number of employed persons totaled 27.743 million persons in January, which went up 380 thousand persons or 1.4% year-on-year. ◦ The employment to population ratio recorded 61.0% in January, up 0.7%p year-on-year. [Unemployed persons and unemployment rate] ◦ The number of unemployed persons totaled 1,072 thousand people in January, which increased 48 thousand persons or 4.7% year-on-year. ◦ The unemployment rate marked 3.7% in January, up 0.1%p year-on-year. [Economically inactive population] ◦ The economically inactive population totaled 16.699 million people in January, decreasing 267 thousand persons or 1.6% year-on-year. ※ For more information, refer to the attached file.