Ministry of Data and Statistics

[Economically active population and labor force participation rate] ◦ The economically active population marked 29.559 million persons in August, which grew 194 thousand persons or 0.7% year-on-year. ◦ The labor force participation rate stood at 64.6% in August, up 0.2%p year-on-year. [Employed persons and employment to population ratio] ◦ The number of employed persons totaled 28.967 million persons in August, which went up 166 thousand persons or 0.6% year-on-year. ◦ The employment to population ratio recorded 63.3% in August, up 0.1%p year-on-year. [Unemployed persons and unemployment rate] ◦ The number of unemployed persons totaled 592 thousand people in August, which increased 28 thousand persons or 4.9% year-on-year. ◦ The unemployment rate marked 2.0% in August, up 0.1%p year-on-year. [Economically inactive population] ◦ The economically inactive population totaled 16.220 million people in August, increasing 9 thousand persons or 0.1% year-on-year. ※ For more information, refer to the attached file.