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Manpower Survey Results in February 2019

Contact Information:Manpower Survey Section, Department of Census, Directorate General of Budget Accounting & Statistics (DGBAS)
Tel:886-2-2380-3600

      Total employment in February 2019 was 11,473,000, which decreased by 12,000(-0.10%) from the previous month; however, it increased by 76,000(+0.67%) from that of the previous year.

      The unemployment rate was up by 0.08 percentage points to 3.72 percent in February 2019; the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate, by contrast, declined by 0.01 percentage points to 3.71 percent. The number of unemployed persons was 443,000 in February 2019, which increased by 9,000(+2.07%) and 5,000(+1.15%) from the previous month and that of the previous year, respectively.

      Labor force participation rate was 59.07 percent in February 2019, which declined by 0.02 percentage points from the previous month; however, it rose by 0.19 percentage points from that of the previous year.


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Link to statistical tables

  • Table 1. Important Indicators Based on Manpower Survey Results (EXCEL) (ODS)
  • Table 2. Important Results of Manpower Survey in Seasonally Adjusted Series (EXCEL) (ODS)
  • Table 3. Labor Force Participation Rate by Educational Attainment (EXCEL) (ODS)
  • Table 4. Labor Force Participation Rate by Age (EXCEL) (ODS)
  • Table 5. Employed Persons by Industry (EXCEL) (ODS)
  • Table 6. Employed Persons by Occupation (EXCEL) (ODS)
  • Table 7. Employed Persons by Class of Worker (EXCEL) (ODS)
  • Table 8. Unemployed Persons, by Reason Why in Unemployment (EXCEL) (ODS)
  • Table 9. Unemployment Rate by Educational Attainment (EXCEL) (ODS)
  • Table10. Unemployment Rate by age (EXCEL) (ODS)
  • Table11. Persons Not in the Labor Force by Reason Why Not (EXCEL) (ODS)