Statistics Korea

[Economically active population and labor force participation rate] ◦ The economically active population marked 29.156 million persons in December, which grew 119 thousand persons or 0.4% year-on-year. ◦ The labor force participation rate stood at 63.9% in December, up 0.1%p year-on-year. [Employed persons and employment to population ratio] ◦ The number of employed persons totaled 28.041 million persons in December, which went down 52 thousand persons or 0.2% year-on-year. ◦ The employment to population ratio recorded 61.4% in December, down 0.3%p year-on-year. [Unemployed persons and unemployment rate] ◦ The number of unemployed persons totaled 1,115 thousand people in December, which increased 171 thousand persons or 18.1% year-on-year. ◦ The unemployment rate marked 3.8% in December, up 0.5%p year-on-year. [Economically inactive population] ◦ The economically inactive population totaled 16.498 million people in December, increasing 29 thousand persons or 0.2% year-on-year ※ For more information, refer to the attached file.