EMPLOYMENT SURVEY
MARCH - MAY/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 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 March-May
%
Unemployment rate Labour force participation rate Underemployment rate
- Absolute value equals zero p.p. Percentage point '000 Thousand
Alameda Dr. Carlos d' Assumpção, No. 411-417, Dynasty Plaza, 17th floor, Macao Tel: (853) 8399 5311 Fax: (853) 2830 7825 E-mail: info@dsec.gov.mo Official Statistics. Reproduction of these data is allowed provided the source is quoted.
www.dsec.gov.mo 2020.06
- 1.6 - 2.1 3.8 - 3.9 - 1.4
0.8 1.1
Unemployment Rate and Labour Force Participation Rate
2016 2017 2018 2019
1.9 2.0 1.8 1.7
72.0 71.1 70.8 70.4
0.5 0.4
1.8 74.0
0.3 0.5 0.4
9.8 0.1 0.3
19.6 27.2
2015 39.4 46.2
280.1 289.8
277.9 286.8 28.3 38.0 47.3 394.2 403.1 394.6
404.3
2.1
Gaming & Junket Activities (‘000) 85.3 86.6 8.9 9.7
- The general unemployment rate was 2.4% and the unemployment rate of local residents was 3.4%, up by 0.2 and 0.3 percentage points respectively from the previous period (February-April 2020). The underemployment rate grew by 0.5 percentage points to 2.6%.
- The general labour force participation rate was 70.5% and the labour force participation rate of local residents was 63.6%, up by 0.5 and 0.7 percentage points respectively over the previous period.
65.3 75.5 2.6
66.1 75.5
0.5 0.8 - Difference
(p.p.) Current
period
Previous period
70.0 2.2 70.5
2.4
- Total employment was 394,600 and number of employed residents totalled 280,100, up by 400 and 2,200 respectively from the previous period. Number of the unemployed was 9,700, up by 800.
Labour force participation rate (%)
Change (%) Current
period
Previous period
19.8
Total Employment by Industry
0.7 0.3 Change Current
period
Previous period 63.6
3.4
62.9 3.1
Labour force participation rate (%) 0.5
0.2
Change (%) Previous
period Current
period
1.7 Unemployment rate 2.2
2.4 70.4
Labour force participation rate
70.0 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 24.4%
Hotels, Restaurants &
Similar Activities 11.9%
Wholesale &
Retail Trade 11.7%
Construction 10.0%
Real Estate &
Business Activities Domestic Work 9.9%
8.1%
Public Administration &
Social Security 6.8%
Others 17.2%
Mar-May Jul-Sept Oct-Dec Jan-Mar Mar-May
2019 2020
