Ministry of Data and Statistics

[Economically active population and labor force participation rate] ◦ The economically active population marked 29.998 million persons in May, which decreased 14 thousand persons or 0.0% year-on-year. ◦ The labor force participation rate stood at 65.2% in May, down 0.4%p year-on-year. [Employed persons and employment to population ratio] ◦ The number of employed persons totaled 29.120 million persons in May, which went down 40 thousand persons or 0.1% year-on-year. ◦ The employment to population ratio recorded 63.3% in May, down 0.5%p year-on-year. [Unemployed persons and unemployment rate] ◦ The number of unemployed persons totaled 878 thousand people in May, which increased 25 thousand persons or 3.0% year-on-year. ◦ The unemployment rate marked 2.9% in May, up 0.1%p year-on-year. [Economically inactive population] ◦ The economically inactive population totaled 15.986 million people in May, increasing 264 thousand persons or 1.7% year-on-year. ※ For more information, refer to the attached file.