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Press Release | Embargo & Release Date : 8:00 A.M., January 11, 2016 | |
Contact Division | Employment Statistics Division Social Statistics Bureau STATISTICS KOREA | |
Contact Person | Bin, Hyun Joon(042.481.2264) |
The economically active population marked 27,035 thousand in December, which grew 288 thousand persons or 1.1 percent year-on-year.
The labor force participation rate stood at 62.1 percent in December, up 0.2%p year-on-year.
The number of employed persons totaled 26,168 thousand persons in December, which went up 289 thousand persons or 1.1 percent year-on-year.
The employment-population ratio recorded 60.1 percent in December, up 0.2%p year-on-year.
The number of unemployed persons totaled 867 thousand people in December, which decreased 1 thousand persons or 0.1 percent year-on-year.
The unemployment rate marked 3.2 percent in December, remaining the same year-on-year.
The economically inactive population totaled 16,526 thousand people in December, decreasing 57 thousand persons or 0.3 percent year-on-year.
Economically Active Population Survey (EAPS) in December 2016
(Not seasonally adjusted) (thousand persons, %, year-on-year)
December 2015 | November 2016 | December 2016 | |||||
Change rate | Change rate | Change | Change rate | ||||
▣ Economically active population (Participation rate) (Participation rate) | 43,216 | 1.1 | 43,537 | 0.8 | 43,561 | 345 | 0.8 |
26,747 | 1.8 | 27,446 | 1.3 | 27,035 | 288 | 1.1 | |
(61.9) | (63.0) | (62.1) | (0.2p) | ||||
15,466 | 1.1 | 15,789 | 1.3 | 15,611 | 144 | 0.9 | |
(73.0) | (74.0) | (73.1) | (0.1p) | ||||
11,280 | 2.8 | 11,657 | 1.4 | 11,424 | 144 | 1.3 | |
(51.2) | (52.5) | (51.4) | (0.2p) | ||||
| 25,879 | 2.0 | 26,592 | 1.3 | 26,168 | 289 | 1.1 |
Employment-population ratio | 59.9 | 61.1 | 60.1 | 0.2p | |||
& food | 1,046 | -2.5 | 1,368 | 2.3 | 1,021 | -24 | -2.3 |
4,568 | 3.4 | 4,464 | -2.2 | 4,458 | -110 | -2.4 | |
4,552 | 3.3 | 4,443 | -2.2 | 4,437 | -115 | -2.5 | |
1,845 | 0.4 | 1,947 | 6.0 | 1,932 | 86 | 4.7 | |
5,988 | -0.7 | 6,021 | 0.9 | 6,077 | 89 | 1.5 | |
3,076 | 1.7 | 3,117 | 0.7 | 3,094 | 19 | 0.6 | |
9,357 | 4.0 | 9,674 | 2.3 | 9,587 | 230 | 2.5 | |
| 12,858 | 4.4 | 13,088 | 2.3 | 13,103 | 245 | 1.9 |
| 5,114 | 2.3 | 5,146 | -2.8 | 5,009 | -105 | -2.0 |
| 1,515 | -3.3 | 1,536 | 2.5 | 1,522 | 7 | 0.5 |
| 5,374 | -1.7 | 5,665 | 2.6 | 5,530 | 155 | 2.9 |
| 1,018 | -1.9 | 1,157 | 1.0 | 1,004 | -14 | -1.4 |
| 868 | -2.1 | 854 | 3.0 | 867 | -1 | -0.1 |
Unemployment rate | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 0.0p | |||
(Seasonally adjusted) | (3.5) | (3.6) | (3.4) | ||||
| 513 | -1.9 | 492 | -3.9 | 489 | -24 | -4.7 |
Unemployment rate | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 | -0.2p | |||
(Seasonally adjusted) | (3.5) | (3.5) | (3.3) | ||||
| 355 | -2.4 | 362 | 14.2 | 378 | 23 | 6.6 |
Unemployment rate | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 0.2p | |||
(Seasonally adjusted) | (3.3) | (3.7) | (3.5) | ||||
▣ Economically inactive population | 96 | -11.8 | 87 | -8.4 | 88 | -7 | -7.6 |
(2.3) | (2.0) | (2.1) | (-0.2p) | ||||
406 | 2.1 | 369 | 2.9 | 362 | -44 | -10.9 | |
(3.8) | (3.4) | (3.4) | (-0.4p) | ||||
366 | -3.7 | 398 | 5.9 | 417 | 51 | 13.9 | |
(3.1) | (3.2) | (3.4) | (0.3p) | ||||
16,469 | 0.1 | 16,091 | -0.1 | 16,526 | 57 | 0.3 |
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