EMPLOYMENT SURVEY
SEPTEMBER - NOVEMBER/2020
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.
Resident labour force ('000) %
Employed residents ('000) %
Underemployed 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
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- 0.3
289.9 289.0 0.3
2020.12 1.3
1.6 - 3.0 0.7 - 5.0
3.5 0.4
Unemployment Rate and Labour Force Participation Rate
2016 2017 2018 2019
1.9 1.9 1.7 1.7
71.9 70.4 70.7 69.9
0.7 0.4
1.9 73.2
0.6 0.3 0.5
2015 35.1 43.6
19.2 278.3
18.5 277.3 30.7
0.1 - 0.1 Change
63.3 4.1 25.7 36.3 42.9
Current period
Previous period
63.4 4.0
- The general unemployment rate held steady over the previous period (August-October 2020), at 2.9%; the unemployment rate of local residents was 4.0%, down by 0.1 percentage point. Meanwhile, the underemployment rate rose by 0.2 percentage points to 5.4%.
- The general labour force participation rate remained unchanged from the previous period, at 70.0%; the labour force participation rate of local residents was 63.4%, up by 0.1 percentage point.
66.9 73.8
5.4 66.6 74.1
0.2 - 0.3 0.3 Difference
(p.p.) Current
period
Previous period
Total Employment by Industry
- Based on the immigration records, Macao residents and non-resident workers who worked in Macao but lived outside the territory were estimated at 82,500;
when including these individuals, total labour force was 480,300, a decrease of 700 from the previous period.
70.0
- The labour force living in Macao totalled 397,800. Total employment decreased by 900 to 386,200, with 278,300 employed residents, up by 1,000. Number of the unemployed dropped by 100 to 11,600.
20.8 398.9
21.4 70.0 2.9 Labour force participation rate (%)
75.9 76.8
Labour force participation rate (%)
24.5 30.9
- - 2.9
Change (%) Current
period
386.2 387.1
Change (%)
- 1.1 2.9 - 0.3
Previous period Previous
period Current
period
11.7 11.6
397.8
Gaming & Junket Activities (‘000)
5.2
1.7
Unemployment rate 2.9 2.9 69.9
Labour force participation rate
70.0 70.0
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 22.5%
Hotels, Restaurants &
Similar Activities 14.3%
Wholesale &
Retail Trade 11.3%
Construction 9.1%
Real Estate &
Business Activities
8.6%
Domestic Work 8.1%
Public Administration &
Social Security 7.4%
Others 18.7%
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