Statistics Korea

[Economically active population and labor force participation rate] ◦ The economically active population marked 29.119 million persons in February, which grew 161 thousand persons or 0.6% year-on-year. ◦ The labor force participation rate stood at 63.7% in February, up 0.1%p year-on-year. [Employed persons and employment to population ratio] ◦ The number of employed persons totaled 28.179 million persons in February, which went up 136 thousand persons or 0.5% year-on-year. ◦ The employment to population ratio recorded 61.7% in February, up 0.1%p year-on-year [Unemployed persons and unemployment rate] ◦ The number of unemployed persons totaled 940 thousand people in February, which increased 25 thousand persons or 2.7% year-on-year. ◦ The unemployment rate marked 3.2% in February, remaining the same year-on-year. [Economically inactive population] ◦ The economically inactive population totaled 16.575 million people in February, increasing 7 thousand persons or remaining the same year-on-year ※ For more information, refer to the attached file.