EMPLOYMENT SURVEY
NOVEMBER/2019 - JANUARY 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.
Resident labour force ('000) %
Employed residents ('000) %
Historical Data
%
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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0.9 5.0 - 2.1 - 0.3 3.3
1.1 1.1
Unemployment Rate and Labour Force Participation Rate
Nov/2015 -Jan/2016
Nov/2016 -Jan/2017
Nov/2017 -Jan/2018
Nov/2018 -Jan/2019
1.9 2.0 1.8 1.7
72.6 71.3 69.8 71.5
0.4 0.5
1.7 74.3
0.4 0.4 0.4
1.8 0.9 0.9
23.9 31.2
Nov/2014 -Jan/2015
32.0 45.9
284.7 291.4
281.6 288.3 31.3 32.7 43.6 389.8 396.5 393.1
399.9
0.5
Gaming & Junket Activities (‘000) 85.9 85.1 6.7 6.8
- The general unemployment rate (1.7%) and the unemployment rate of local residents (2.3%) held steady from the previous period (October-December 2019). Meanwhile, the underemployment rate (0.4%) dropped by 0.1 percentage point.
- The general labour force participation rate was 70.7% and the labour force participation rate of local residents was 64.1%, up by 0.5 and 0.6 percentage points respectively over the previous period.
66.4 74.6 0.4
67.0 74.9
- 0.1 0.6 0.3 Difference
(p.p.) Current
period
Previous period
70.2 1.7 70.7
1.7
- Total employment was 393,100 and the number of employed residents totalled 284,700, up by 3,300 and 3,100 respectively from the previous period.
Number of the unemployed was 6,800, up by 100.
Labour force participation rate (%)
Change (%) Current
period
Previous period
23.1
Total Employment by Industry
0.6 - Change Current
period
Previous period 64.1
2.3
63.5 2.3
Labour force participation rate (%) 0.5
-
Change (%) Previous
period Current
period
1.7 Unemployment rate 1.7 1.7
71.5 Labour force
participation rate
70.2 70.7
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 24.9%
Hotels, Restaurants &
Similar Activities 14.2%
Wholesale &
Retail Trade 11.7%
Real Estate &
Business Activities
9.1%
Construction 7.9%
Domestic Work 7.9%
Public Administration &
Social Security 6.7%
Others 17.7%
Nov/2018 Jan-Mar Apr-Jun Jul-Sept Nov/2019
-Jan/2019 2019 -Jan/2020
