EMPLOYMENT SURVEY
DECEMBER/2021 - FEBRUARY/2022
Principal Indicators
Unemployment rate (%)
Male Female
Underemployment rate (%) Labour Force
Total ('000) Employed population
Underemployed 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.
Underemployment rate (%) p.p.
Resident labour force ('000) %
Employed residents ('000) %
Underemployed residents ('000) %
Historical Data
%
Unemployment rate Labour force participation rate Underemployment rate
Note: Due to rounding, some totals may not correspond with the sum of the separate figures.
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Labour force participation rate (%)
22.1 25.5
- 0.6 0.1 3.2
Change (%) Current
period
373.6 379.0
Change (%)
2.8 - 11.9 - 1.3
Previous period Previous
period Current
period
12.4 12.8
386.3
Gaming & Junket Activities (‘000)
3.2
12.6 391.4 11.1
69.3 3.3 Labour force participation rate (%)
75.0 73.8
- Both the general unemployment rate (3.3%) and the unemployment rate of local residents (4.3%) increased by 0.1 percentage point from the previous period (November 2021-January 2022). Meanwhile, the underemployment rate dropped by 0.3 percentage points to 2.9%.
- The general labour force participation rate stood at 69.3% and the labour force participation rate of local residents was 63.5%, down by 0.6 and 0.7 percentage points respectively over the previous period.
66.5 73.9 2.9
66.0 73.1
- 0.3 - 0.5 - 0.8 Difference
(p.p.) Current
period
Previous period
Total Employment by Industry
- According to the preliminary estimates from the movement records, an average of about 86,600 Macao residents and non-resident workers worked in Macao but lived outside the territory during the reference period; when including these individuals, total labour force was 472,900, a decrease of 5,100 from the previous period.
69.9
- The labour force living in Macao totalled 386,300. Total employment was 373,600 and the number of employed residents totalled 281,000, down by 5,400 and 3,500 respectively from the previous period. Number of the unemployed increased by 400 to 12,800.
Dec/2016 -Feb/2017
30.9 46.8
10.5 281.0
11.9 284.5 25.6
- 0.7 0.1 Change
64.2 4.2 23.7 33.4 45.6
Current period
Previous period 63.5
4.3
3.6 4.0 - 0.4
70.8 70.5 70.2
0.4 0.5
2.0 70.9
0.5 0.8 4.5
- 1.4
293.8 296.9 - 1.1
2022.03 - 1.6
2.7 - 7.3 - 0.2 - 6.9
- 12.3 - 1.2
Unemployment Rate and Labour Force Participation Rate
Dec/2017 -Feb/2018
Dec/2018 -Feb/2019
Dec/2019 -Feb/2020
Dec/2020 -Feb/2021
1.9 1.7 1.9 2.9
70.2
2.9
Unemployment rate
3.2 3.3 70.2
Labour force participation rate
69.9 69.3
58.0 62.0 66.0 70.0 74.0
0 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0
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 23.0%
Hotels, Restaurants &
Similar Activities 12.7%
Wholesale &
Retail Trade 12.5%
Real Estate &
Business Activities
9.3%
Construction 8.3%
Public Administration &
Social Security 7.4%
Domestic Work 7.2%
Others 19.7%
Dec/2020 Apr-Jun Jul-Sept Oct-Dec Dec/2021 -Feb/2021 2021 -Feb/2022
