24-7  Labour Force and Unemployment
Item	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Labour Force              (10 000 persons)	362.2	363.7	366.0	363.1	370.3
Male	195.4	194.4	194.4	193.1	194.3
Female	166.9	169.3	171.6	170.0	176.0
Labour Force Participation Rate   (%)	61.2	60.9	60.8	59.6	60.1
Employed Persons     (10 000 persons)	347.7	350.9	346.8	347.4	357.6
Unemployed Persons (10 000 persons)	14.5	12.8	19.3	15.7	12.7
Unemployment Rate                     (%)	4.0	3.5	5.3	4.3	3.4
Notes: Figures are compiled based on data collected in the General Household Survey from January to December of the year concerned as well as
the mid-year population estimates by District Council district compiled jointly by the Census and Statistics Department and an inter-
departmental Working Group on Population Distribution Projections.
Statistics involve the use of the population figures in the compilation process.  Annual figures of 2007-2010 have been revised to take
into account the results of the 2011 Population Census which provided a benchmark for revising the population figures compiled since
the 2006 Population By-census.