Ministry of Data and Statistics

[Economically active population and labor force participation rate] ◦ The economically active population marked 29.912 million persons in July, which grew 158 thousand persons or 0.5% year-on-year. ◦ The labor force participation rate stood at 65.0% in July, remaining the same year-on-year. [Employed persons and employment to population ratio] ◦ The number of employed persons totaled 29.136 million persons in July, which went up 108 thousand persons or 0.4% year-on-year. ◦ The employment to population ratio recorded 63.3% in July, down 0.1%p year-on-year. [Unemployed persons and unemployment rate] ◦ The number of unemployed persons totaled 776 thousand people in July, which increased 50 thousand persons or 6.9% year-on-year. ◦ The unemployment rate marked 2.6% in July, up 0.2%p year-on-year. [Economically inactive population] ◦ The economically inactive population totaled 16.103 million people in July, increasing 99 thousand persons or 0.6% year-on-year. ※ For more information, refer to the attached file.