Statistics Korea

[Economically active population and labor force participation rate] ◦ The economically active population marked 29.507 million persons in March, which grew 220 thousand persons or 0.8% year-on-year. ◦ The labor force participation rate stood at 64.6% in March, up 0.3%p year-on-year. [Employed persons and employment to population ratio] ◦ The number of employed persons totaled 28.589 million persons in March, which went up 193 thousand persons or 0.7% year-on-year. ◦ The employment to population ratio recorded 62.5% in March, up 0.1%p year-on-year. [Unemployed persons and unemployment rate] ◦ The number of unemployed persons totaled 918 thousand people in March, which increased 26 thousand persons or 3.0% year-on-year. ◦ The unemployment rate marked 3.1% in March, up 0.1%p year-on-year. [Economically inactive population] ◦ The economically inactive population totaled 16.201 million people in March, decreasing 40 thousand persons or 0.2% year-on-year. ※ For more information, refer to the attached file.