23-5      Labour Force and Unemployment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Labour Force      (10 000 persons)

316.1

323.5

327.6

332.0

337.4

 

      Male                           

192.5

195.5

195.8

195.7

196.4

 

      Female                         

123.6

128.0

131.8

136.2

141.0

 

  Employed Persons  (10 000 persons)

307.3

316.4

312.2

311.2

320.7

 

  Unemployed Persons(10 000 persons)

8.7

7.1

15.4

20.7

16.7

 

  Unemployment  Rate               (%)

2.8

2.2

4.7

6.2

4.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: Figures presented in this table may be different from those presented in earlier editions of this Yearbook

 

 

         due to one or both of the following  reasons:

 

 

 

 

 

          1.  The change in the approach for compiling population figures since August 2000.

 

 

 

          2.  The availability of up-to-date benchmark population data based on the results of the 2001 Population Census.

 

          For details, please see Note III in the "Brief Introduction" of this chapter.