EMPLOYMENT SURVEY
SEPTEMBER - NOVEMBER/2018
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.
Resident labour force ('000) %
Employed residents ('000) %
Historical Data for September-November
%
Unemployment rate Labour force participation rate Underemployment rate
- Absolute value equals zero p.p. Percentage point '000 Thousand
0# Magnitude less than half of the unit employed Note: Figures may not add up to the total due to rounding.
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- The general unemployment rate (1.7%) decreased by 0.1 percentage point from the previous period (August-October 2018); meanwhile, the unemployment rate of local residents (2.4%) remained unchanged and the underemployment rate (0.3%) 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 64.5%, down by 0.1 and 0.2 percentage points respectively.
- Total employment increased by 100 to 386,100 whereas the number of employed residents decreased by 400 to 283,000; meanwhile, number of the unemployed was 6,800, down by 100.
- 0.2 - Change Current
period
Previous period
64.5 2.4
64.7 2.4 Labour force participation rate (%)
Change (%) Current
period
Previous period
24.9
Total Employment by Industry Difference
(p.p.) Current
period
Previous period
70.8 1.8 70.7
1.7
Labour force participation rate (%) - 0.1
- 0.1
0.4 66.9 75.5
0.3 66.5 75.6
- 0.1 - 0.4 0.1
6.9
6.8 - 1.2
0# 0# Change
(%) Previous
period Current
period
386.0 392.9 386.1
392.9
42.4
283.0 289.8
283.4 290.3 31.6 31.1 42.3 Gaming & Junket Activities (‘000) 83.3 83.9
0.4 0.6
1.9 73.2 0.4 24.8 30.5
2013 31.8
0.7 0.4
2018.12 - 0.8
0.3 2.3 - 3.4 - 0.4
- 0.2 - 0.2
Unemployment Rate and Labour Force Participation Rate
2014 2015 2016 2017
1.7 1.9 1.9 1.9
74.4 73.2 71.9 70.4
1.9 Unemployment rate 1.8 1.7
70.4
Labour force participation rate
70.8 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 24.7%
Hotels, Restaurants &
Similar Activities 14.3%
Wholesale &
Retail Trade 11.0%
Real Estate &
Business Activities
8.6%
Construction 8.2%
Domestic Work 7.5%
Public Administration &
Social Security 7.5%
Others 18.2%
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