Statistics Korea

[Economically active population and labor force participation rate] ◦ The economically active population marked 28.957 million persons in February, which grew 353 thousand persons or 1.2% year-on-year. ◦ The labor force participation rate stood at 63.6% in February, up 0.5%p year-on-year. [Employed persons and employment to population ratio] ◦ The number of employed persons totaled 28.043 million persons in February, which went up 329 thousand persons or 1.2% year-on-year. ◦ The employment to population ratio recorded 61.6% in February, up 0.5%p year-on-year. [Unemployed persons and unemployment rate] ◦ The number of unemployed persons totaled 915 thousand people in February, which increased 25 thousand persons or 2.8% year-on-year. ◦ The unemployment rate marked 3.2% in February, up 0.1%p year-on-year. [Economically inactive population] ◦ The economically inactive population totaled 16.568 million people in February, decreasing 183 thousand persons or 1.1% year-on-year. ※ For more information, refer to the attached file.