EMPLOYMENT SURVEY
FEBRUARY - APRIL/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 February-April
%
Unemployment rate Labour force participation rate Underemployment rate
p.p. Percentage point '000 Thousand Note: Figures may not add up to the total due to rounding.
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- 1.0 - 4.1 4.1 - 4.4 - 5.6
- 0.8 - 0.6
Unemployment Rate and Labour Force Participation Rate
2016 2017 2018 2019
1.9 2.0 1.9 1.7
72.2 71.1 70.5 70.0
0.5 0.5
1.7 74.0
0.3 0.5 0.5
4.9 - 0.8 - 0.7
19.8 28.3
2015 38.0 47.3
277.9 286.8
280.2 288.6 29.6 36.5 49.3 397.4 405.8 394.2
403.1
0.8
Gaming & Junket Activities (‘000) 86.6 87.5 8.5 8.9
- The general unemployment rate was 2.2% and the unemployment rate of local residents was 3.1%, up by 0.1 and 0.2 percentage points respectively from the previous period (January-March 2020). The underemployment rate grew by 1.3 percentage points to 2.1%.
- The general labour force participation rate was 70.0% and the labour force participation rate of local residents was 62.9%, both down by 0.5 percentage points over the previous period.
66.0 75.6 2.1
65.3 75.5
1.3 - 0.7 - 0.1 Difference
(p.p.) Current
period
Previous period
70.5 2.1 70.0
2.2
- Total employment was 394,200 and the number of employed residents totalled 277,900, down by 3,200 and 2,300 respectively from the previous period.
Number of the unemployed was 8,900, an increase of 400.
Labour force participation rate (%)
Change (%) Current
period
Previous period
21.0
Total Employment by Industry
- 0.5 0.2 Change Current
period
Previous period 62.9
3.1
63.4 2.9
Labour force participation rate (%) - 0.5
0.1
Change (%) Previous
period Current
period
1.7 Unemployment rate 2.1 2.2
70.0
Labour force participation rate
70.5 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 24.7%
Hotels, Restaurants &
Similar Activities 12.2%
Wholesale &
Retail Trade 12.0%
Real Estate &
Business Activities
9.7%
Construction 9.6%
Domestic Work 8.0%
Public Administration &
Social Security 6.7%
Others 17.0%
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