EMPLOYMENT SURVEY
FEBRUARY - APRIL/2019
Principal Indicators
Unemployment rate (%)
Male Female
Underemployment rate (%) Total Labour Force
Total ('000) Employed population Unemployed population
Employment by Principal Industries
Wholesale & Retail Trade Hotels & Similar Activities Construction
Restaurants & Similar Activities
Principal Indicators of Local Residents
Unemployment rate (%)
p.p.
Resident labour force ('000) %
Employed residents ('000) %
Historical Data for February-April
%
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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- The general unemployment rate (1.7%) and the unemployment rate of local residents (2.3%) held steady from the previous period (January-March 2019).
Meanwhile, the underemployment rate was 0.5%, up by 0.1 percentage point.
- The general labour force participation rate was 70.0% and the labour force participation rate of local residents was 63.5%, down by 0.4 and 0.5 percentage points respectively over the pervious period.
- Total employment was 385,300 and the number of employed residents totalled 280,100, down by 1,800 and 1,900 respectively from the previous period.
Number of the unemployed was 6,600, up by 100.
- 0.5 - Change Current
period
Previous period
63.5 2.3
64.0 2.3 Labour force participation rate (%)
Change (%) Current
period
Previous period
24.9
Total Employment by Industry Difference
(p.p.) Current
period
Previous period
70.4 1.7 70.0
1.7
Labour force participation rate (%) - 0.4
-
0.4 66.9 74.5
0.5 66.3 74.4
0.1 - 0.6 - 0.1
6.5
6.6 1.6
- 0.5 - 0.4 Change
(%) Previous
period Current
period
387.1 393.6 385.3
391.9
41.4
280.1 286.8
282.0 288.5 31.1 31.4 41.0 Gaming & Junket Activities (‘000) 85.2 84.0
0.3 0.5
1.7 73.6 0.4 24.3 31.1
2014 31.4
0.5 0.5
2019.05 1.4
0.8 - 0.1 - 0.2 - 2.7
- 0.6 - 0.6
Unemployment Rate and Labour Force Participation Rate
2015 2016 2017 2018
1.7 1.9 2.0 1.9
74.0 72.2 71.1 70.5
1.9 Unemployment rate 1.7 1.7
70.5
Labour force participation rate
70.4 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 25.2%
Hotels, Restaurants &
Similar Activities 14.4%
Wholesale &
Retail Trade 10.7%
Real Estate &
Business Activities
8.5%
Construction 8.1%
Public Administration &
Social Security 7.8%
Domestic Work 7.7%
Others 17.5%
Feb-Apr Apr-Jun Jul-Sept Oct-Dec Feb-Apr 2018 2019
