Statistics Korea

[Economically active population and labor force participation rate] ◦ The economically active population marked 29.390 million persons in October, which grew 280 thousand persons or 1.0% year-on-year. ◦ The labor force participation rate stood at 64.7% in October, up 0.4%p year-on-year. [Employed persons and employment to population ratio] ◦ The number of employed persons totaled 28.764 million persons in October, which went up 346 thousand persons or 1.2% year-on-year. ◦ The employment to population ratio recorded 63.3% in October, up 0.6%p year-on-year. [Unemployed persons and unemployment rate] ◦ The number of unemployed persons totaled 627 thousand people in October, which decreased 66 thousand persons or 9.5% year-on-year. ◦ The unemployment rate marked 2.1% in October, down 0.3%p year-on-year. [Economically inactive population] ◦ The economically inactive population totaled 16.062 million people in October, decreasing 130 thousand persons or 0.8% year-on-year. ※ For more information, refer to the attached file.