EMPLOYMENT SURVEY
AUGUST - OCTOBER/2020
Principal Indicators
Unemployment rate (%)
Male Female
Underemployment rate (%) Labour Force
Total ('000) Employed population Unemployed population
Employment by Principal Industries
Wholesale & Retail Trade Construction
Hotels & Similar Activities Restaurants & Similar Activities
Principal Indicators of Local Residents
Unemployment rate (%)
p.p.
Resident labour force ('000) %
Employed residents ('000) %
Historical Data for August-October
%
Unemployment rate Labour force participation rate Underemployment rate
- Absolute value equals zero p.p. Percentage point '000 Thousand Note: Figures may not add up to the total due to rounding.
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- 1.4 - 0.1 - 1.5 - 6.5 - 1.5
- 0.1 - 0.1
Unemployment Rate and Labour Force Participation Rate
2016 2017 2018 2019
1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8
72.3 70.8 70.8 70.1
0.7 0.5
1.9 73.2
0.5 0.4 0.5
- 0.4 - 1.2 - 1.2
25.7 30.7
2015 36.3 42.9
277.3 289.0
277.5 289.2 32.8
- 0.1 - Change 63.4
4.1 Previous
period
Labour force participation rate (%)
- The general unemployment rate (2.9%) and the unemployment rate of local residents (4.1%) held steady from the previous period (July-September 2020).
Meanwhile, the underemployment rate increased by 0.5 percentage points to 5.2%.
- The general labour force participation rate was 70.0% and the labour force participation rate of local residents was 63.3%, down by 0.3 and 0.1 percentage points respectively over the previous period.
66.8 74.4 5.2
66.9 73.8
0.5 0.1 - 0.6 Difference
(p.p.) Current
period
Previous period
Total Employment by Industry -
Change (%)
Number of employed persons living in Macao was 387,100 and the number of employed residents totalled 277,300, down by 4,700 and 200 respectively from the previous period. Number of the unemployed was 11,700, a decrease of 100.
75.9
11.8 11.7
398.9
70.3
- There were 398,900 people in the labour force. When including the number of Macao residents and non-resident workers who worked in Macao but lived outside the territory, total labour force was 481,000, down by 900 from the previous period.
Gaming & Junket Activities (‘000)
4.7
391.8 403.5 387.1
70.0 2.9
Labour force participation rate (%) - 0.3
- 2.9
Change (%) Current
period
26.1 36.8 42.9
Current period
Previous period 63.3
4.1
76.9 Previous
period Current
period
1.8 Unemployment rate 2.9 2.9
70.1
Labour force
participation rate 70.3
70.0
65.0 67.0 69.0 71.0 73.0
0.0 2.0 4.0 6.0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
%
Government of Macao Special Administrative Region
Statistics and Census Service
統 計 暨 普 查 局
Recreational, Cultural, Gaming
& Other Services 22.3%
Hotels, Restaurants &
Similar Activities 14.6%
Wholesale &
Retail Trade 11.1%
Construction 9.4%
Real Estate &
Business Activities
8.5%
Domestic Work 8.0%
Public Administration &
Social Security 7.4%
Others 18.8%
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