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Employment Statistics Division
Contact Division Population & Social Statistics Bureau
STATISTICS KOREA
Contact Person
Eun Sun-Hyun(042.481.2264)
Economically Active Population Survey
in December 2010
<Economically active population and labor force participation rate>
◦ The economically active population marked 24,538 thousand in
December, which grew 474 thousand persons or 2.0 percent
year-on-year.
◦ The labor force participation rate stood at 60.1 percent in
December, up 0.4%p year-on-year.
<Employed persons and employment-population ratio>
◦ The number of employed persons totaled 23,684 thousand persons
in December, which went up 455 thousand persons or 2.0 percent
year-on-year.
◦
The employment-population ratio
December, up 0.4%p year-on-year.
recorded
58.0
percent
in
<Unemployed persons and unemployment rate>
◦ The number of unemployed persons totaled 853 thousand people
in December, which increased 19 thousand persons or 2.3 percent
year-on-year.
◦
The unemployment rate marked
remaining the same year-on-year.
3.5
percent
in
December,
<Economically inactive population>
◦ The economically inactive population totaled 16,265 thousand
people in December, increasing 12 thousand persons or 0.1
percent year-on-year.
Economically Active Population Survey (EAPS) in December 2010
(thousand persons, %, year-on-year)
2009. 12
Change
rate
2010. 11
Change
rate
2010. 12
Change Change
rate
Population 15 years & over
40,316
1.3
40,755
1.2
40,803
486
1.2
▣ Economically active population
(Participation rate)
24,063
(59.7)
0.1
24,847
(61.0)
0.9
24,538
(60.1)
474
(0.4p)
2.0
Male
(Participation rate)
14,225
(72.2)
0.9
14,557
(73.1)
0.9
14,460
(72.5)
235
(0.3p)
1.7
Female
(Participation rate)
9,838
(47.7)
-0.9
10,290
(49.4)
0.9
10,077
(48.3)
239
(0.6p)
2.4
23,229
-0.1
24,109
1.3
23,684
455
2.0
58.0
0.4p
Employed persons
Employment-population ratio
57.6
59.2
Agriculture, forestry & fishing
1,231
-12.1
1,610
-3.0
1,231
1
0.0
Mining & manufacturing
Manufacturing
3,895
-0.4
4,159
7.2
4,182
287
7.4
3,872
-0.4
4,139
7.4
4,156
284
7.3
Construction
1,701
-3.3
1,776
2.9
1,726
25
1.5
Wholesale & retail trade, restaurants & hotels
5,567
-2.3
5,444
-1.3
5,488
-79
-1.4
Electricity, transport, telecom & finance
2,842
3.4
2,853
1.6
2,871
30
1.0
Business, personal, public service & others
7,994
3.4
8,268
0.6
8,186
192
2.4
Regular employees
Temporary employees
Daily workers
Self-employed workers
Unpaid family workers
9,632
6.2
10,334
7.6
10,347
715
7.4
5,074
-0.2
5,069
-3.6
4,999
-75
-1.5
1,849
-9.3
1,898
-1.7
1,808
-41
-2.2
5,514
-4.6
5,531
-2.9
5,387
-127
-2.3
1,161
-9.1
1,278
-3.2
1,144
-17
-1.5
Unemployed persons
834
6.0
737
-10.0
853
19
2.3
Unemployment rate
(Seasonally adjusted)
3.5
(3.6)
3.5
(3.6)
0.0p
Male
Unemployment rate
(Seasonally adjusted)
523
3.7
(3.8)
-0.8
485
3.3
(3.6)
-9.6
531
3.7
(3.8)
8
0.0p
1.5
Female
Unemployment rate
(Seasonally adjusted)
311
3.2
(3.2)
19.9
253
2.5
(2.7)
-10.7
323
3.2
(3.3)
11
0.0p
3.6
Middle school graduates & under
(Unemployment rate)
High school graduates
(Unemployment rate)
College, univ. graduates & over
(Unemployment rate)
137
(2.9)
403
(4.1)
295
(3.1)
9.0
96
(1.9)
356
(3.5)
286
(2.9)
-17.8
132
(2.8)
424
(4.2)
298
(3.1)
-5
(-0.1p)
21
(0.1p)
3
(0.0p)
-3.4
15,909
1.6
16,265
12
0.1
▣ Economically inactive population
16,253
3.0
(3.2)
-3.3
20.5
3.0
-8.9
-8.5
5.2
0.9