EMPLOYMENT SURVEY
FEBRUARY - APRIL/2017
Principal Indicators
Unemployment rate (%)
Male Female
Underemployment rate (%) Total 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.
p.p.
Resident labour force ('000) %
Employed residents ('000) %
Historical Data for February-April
%
Unemployment rate Labour force participation rate Underemployment rate
- Absolute value equals zero p.p. Percentage point '000 Thousand MOP Macao Pataca
Note: Figures may not add up to the total due to rounding.
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1.1 - 2.0 3.8 1.6 3.2
0.7 0.6
Unemployment Rate and Labour Force Participation Rate
0.8 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.5
2.0 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.9
72.4 71.8 73.6 74.0 72.2 23.6
31.4 36.5 46.5
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 280.0
287.7
278.1 286.0 30.9 35.2 47.4 Gaming & Junket Activities (‘000)
7.9
7.7 - 2.9
0.5 0.5 Change
(%) Previous
period Current
period
80.1 81.0
379.5 387.5 381.5
389.2
0.5 66.5 76.2 0.5
66.5 76.4
- - 0.2 Difference
(p.p.) Current
period
Previous period
71.0 2.0 71.1
2.0
Labour force participation rate (%) 0.1
-
- The general unemployment rate held stable as in the previous period (January-March 2017), at 2.0%; the unemployment rate of local residents was 2.7%, down by 0.1 percentage point. Meanwhile, the underemployment rate remained unchanged at 0.5%.
- The general labour force participation rate was 71.1% and the labour force participation rate of local residents stood at 65.1%, up by 0.1 and 0.3 percentage points respectively.
- Total employment was 381,500 and number of employed residents totalled 280,000, up by 2,000 and 1,900 respectively. Number of the unemployed was 7,700, down by 200.
0.3 - 0.1 Change Current
period
Previous period 65.1
2.7
64.8 2.8 Labour force participation rate (%)
Change (%) Current
period
Previous period
22.9
Total Employment by Industry
1.9 Unemployment rate 2.0 2.0
72.2
Labour force participation rate
71.0 71.1
66.0 68.5 71.0 73.5 76.0
0.0 2.0 4.0 6.0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
%
Feb.-Apr. Apr.-Jun. Jul.-Sept. Oct.-Dec. Feb.-Apr.
2016 2017
Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service
統 計 暨 普 查 局
Recreational, Cultural, Gaming
& Other Services 24.1%
Hotels, Restaurants &
Similar Activities 14.4%
Wholesale &
Retail Trade 12.2%
Construction 9.6%
Real Estate &
Business Activities Public 8.1%
Administration &
Social Security 7.1%
Domestic Work 7.0%
Others 17.5%