Ministry of Data and Statistics

[Economically active population and labor force participation rate] ◦ The economically active population marked 29.406 million persons in February, which grew 287 thousand persons or 1.0% year-on-year. ◦ The labor force participation rate stood at 64.0% in February, up 0.3%p year-on-year. [Employed persons and employment to population ratio] ◦ The number of employed persons totaled 28.413 million persons in February, which went up 234 thousand persons or 0.8% year-on-year. ◦ The employment to population ratio recorded 61.8% in February, up 0.1%p year-on-year. [Unemployed persons and unemployment rate] ◦ The number of unemployed persons totaled 993 thousand people in February, which increased 54 thousand persons or 5.7% year-on-year. ◦ The unemployment rate marked 3.4% in February, up 0.2%p year-on-year. [Economically inactive population] ◦ The economically inactive population totaled 16.536 million people in February, decreasing 39 thousand persons or 0.2% year-on-year. ※ For more information, refer to the attached file.