Ministry of Data and Statistics

[Economically active population and labor force participation rate] ◦ The economically active population marked 29.698 million persons in October, which grew 173 thousand persons or 0.6% year-on-year. ◦ The labor force participation rate stood at 64.8% in October, up 0.1%p year-on-year. [Employed persons and employment to population ratio] ◦ The number of employed persons totaled 29.040 million persons in October, which went up 193 thousand persons or 0.7% year-on-year. ◦ The employment to population ratio recorded 63.4% in October, up 0.1%p year-on-year. [Unemployed persons and unemployment rate] ◦ The number of unemployed persons totaled 658 thousand people in October, which decreased 20 thousand persons or 2.9% year-on-year. ◦ The unemployment rate marked 2.2% in October, down 0.1%p year-on-year. [Economically inactive population] ◦ The economically inactive population totaled 16.121 million people in October, increasing 38 thousand persons or 0.2% year-on-year. ※ For more information, refer to the attached file.