Statistics Korea

[Economically active population and labor force participation rate] ◦ The economically active population marked 30.012 million persons in May, which grew 213 thousand persons or 0.7% year-on-year. ◦ The labor force participation rate stood at 65.6% in May, up 0.2%p year-on-year. [Employed persons and employment to population ratio] ◦ The number of employed persons totaled 29.160 million persons in May, which went up 245 thousand persons or 0.8% year-on-year. ◦ The employment to population ratio recorded 63.8% in May, up 0.3%p year-on-year. [Unemployed persons and unemployment rate] ◦ The number of unemployed persons totaled 853 thousand people in May, which decreased 32 thousand persons or 3.6% year-on-year. ◦ The unemployment rate marked 2.8% in May, down 0.2%p year-on-year. [Economically inactive population] ◦ The economically inactive population totaled 15.722 million people in May, decreasing 22 thousand persons or 0.1% year-on-year. ※ For more information, refer to the attached file.