EMPLOYMENT SURVEY
MAY - JULY/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 May-July
%
Unemployment rate Labour force participation rate Underemployment rate
- Absolute value equals zero p.p. Percentage point '000 Thousand Note: Figures may not add up to the total due to rounding.
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Labour force participation rate (%)
Change (%) Current
period
Previous period
22.7
Total Employment by Industry
- 0.2 0.3 Change Current
period
Previous period 63.3
3.8
63.5 3.5
Labour force participation rate (%) - 0.3
0.2
Change (%) Previous
period Current
period
- The general unemployment rate was 2.7% and the unemployment rate of local residents was 3.8%, up by 0.2 and 0.3 percentage points respectively from the previous period (April-June 2020). On the other hand, the underemployment rate edged down by 0.1 percentage point to 3.3%.
- The general labour force participation rate was 70.5% and the labour force participation rate of local residents was 63.3%, down by 0.3 and 0.2 percentage points respectively over the previous period.
66.8 75.4 3.3
66.8 74.8
- 0.1 - - 0.6 Difference
(p.p.) Current
period
Previous period
70.8 2.5 70.5
2.7
- Total employment decreased by 6,500 from the previous period to 395,400, on account of a drop in number of non-resident workers living in Macao. Number of employed residents totalled 277,700, down by 1,600. Number of the unemployed was 11,100, up by 1,000.
401.9 412.0 395.4
406.5
3.4
Gaming & Junket Activities (‘000) 79.6 82.3 10.1 11.1
1.8 73.7
0.4 0.6 0.5
9.5 - 1.6 - 1.3
22.0 29.0
2015 41.4 44.9
277.7 288.7
279.3 289.4 30.6 41.0 47.0
2020.08 - 3.3
- 4.5 1.0 - 5.3 - 3.2
- 0.6 - 0.2
Unemployment Rate and Labour Force Participation Rate
2016 2017 2018 2019
1.9 2.0 1.8 1.8
72.5 71.4 71.1 70.3
0.5 0.4
1.8 Unemployment rate
2.5 2.7 70.3
Labour force
participation rate 70.8 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 22.9%
Hotels, Restaurants &
Similar Activities 12.9%
Wholesale &
Retail Trade 11.4%
Construction 10.5%
Real Estate &
Business Activities
9.4%
Domestic Work 8.0%
Public Administration &
Social Security 6.7%
Others 18.3%
May -Jul Jul-Sept Oct-Dec Jan-Mar May -Jul 2019 2020
