EMPLOYMENT SURVEY
DECEMBER/2019 - FEBRUARY 2020
Principal Indicators
Unemployment rate (%)
Male Female
Underemployment rate (%) Total Labour Force
Total ('000) Employed population Unemployed population
Employment by Principal Industries
Wholesale & Retail Trade Hotels & Similar Activities Construction
Restaurants & Similar Activities
Principal Indicators of Local Residents
Unemployment rate (%) p.p.
p.p.
Resident labour force ('000) %
Employed residents ('000) %
Historical Data
%
Unemployment rate Labour force participation rate Underemployment rate
p.p. Percentage point '000 Thousand Note: Figures may not add up to the total due to rounding.
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Labour force participation rate (%)
Change (%) Current
period
Previous period
23.9
Total Employment by Industry
- 0.1 0.3 Change Current
period
Previous period 64.0
2.6
64.1 2.3
Labour force participation rate (%) - 0.2
0.2
Change (%) Previous
period Current
period
- The general unemployment rate was 1.9% and the unemployment rate of local residents was 2.6%, up by 0.2 and 0.3 percentage points respectively from the previous period (November 2019-January 2020). The underemployment rate increased by 0.4 percentage points to 0.8%.
- The general labour force participation rate was 70.5% and the labour force participation rate of local residents was 64.0%, down by 0.2 and 0.1 percentage points respectively from the previous period.
67.0 74.9 0.8
66.8 74.8
0.4 - 0.2 - 0.1 Difference
(p.p.) Current
period
Previous period
70.7 1.7 70.5
1.9
- Total employment was 390,900 and the number of employed residents totalled 283,400, down by 2,200 and 1,300 respectively from the previous period.
Number of the unemployed was 7,500, an increase of 700.
393.1 399.9 390.9
398.4
0.4
Gaming & Junket Activities (‘000) 86.7 85.9 6.8 7.5
1.7 74.1
0.4 0.4 0.5
11.0 - 0.6 - 0.4
22.8 29.9
Dec/2014 -Feb/2015
31.9 45.7
283.4 290.9
284.7 291.4 31.2 32.0 45.9
2020.03 1.0
- 0.3 - 0.4 - 4.3 - 4.4
- 0.4 - 0.2
Unemployment Rate and Labour Force Participation Rate
Dec/2015 -Feb/2016
Dec/2016 -Feb/2017
Dec/2017 -Feb/2018
Dec/2018 -Feb/2019
1.9 2.0 1.9 1.7
72.5 70.9 70.2 70.8
0.5 0.5
1.7 Unemployment rate 1.7 1.9
70.8
Labour force participation rate
70.7 70.5
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 25.2%
Hotels, Restaurants &
Similar Activities 14.0%
Wholesale &
Retail Trade 11.7%
Real Estate &
Business Activities
9.1%
Domestic Work 8.0%
Construction 7.6%
Public Administration &
Social Security 6.8%
Others 17.5%
Dec/2018 Apr-Jun Jul-Sept Oct-Dec Dec/2019 -Feb/2019 2019 -Feb/2020
