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​Latest Highlights                 2023
In 2023, the working age population (aged 18 years and over) was 339.0 thousand. 

The labour force participation rate was 67.2 per cent.

Employment totaled 216.0 thousand.

The unemployment rate was 5.1 per cent. 

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More details ...   FINAL REPORT OF THE LABOUR FORCE SURVEY         MEDIA RELEASE       
                         SNAPSHOT                EXCEL TABLE  18+   EXCEL TABLE  15+                        
     
                         

Summary Data

 ​​ 2022​​​ 2023 (P)
Number (persons)​​
Working age population (18+)
  Male
  Female
335.1
177.5
157.5
338.9
180.2
158.8
Labour Force (18+)
  Male
  Female
221.0
133.5
87.5
227.7
136.7
91.0
Employment (18+)
  Male
  Female
209.9
127.4
82.5
216.0
129.7
86.3
Unemployment (18+)
  Male
  Female
11.1
6.1
4.9
11.7
7.0
4.7
Outside Labour Force (18+)
  Male
  Female
114.1
44.0
70.1
111.2
43.5
67.7
Distribution (%)​​
Working age population (18+)
  Male
  Female
100.0
53.0
47.0
100.0
53.2
46.9
Labour Force (18+)
  Male
  Female
100.0
60.4
39.6
100.0
60.0
40.0
Employment (18+)
  Male
  Female
100.0
60.7
39.3
100.0
60.1
40.0
Unemployment (18+)
Male
  Female
100.0
55.4
44.6
100.0
59.6
40.2
Outside Labour Force (18+)
  Male
  Female
100.0
38.6
61.4
100.0
39.1
60.9


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1. The Labour Force statistics obtained from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) year 2017 to 2020 are revised based on the final data of the Population and Housing Census (BPP) 2021 and the Labour Force Survey (LFS) 2021.
2. Data may not add up to the total due to rounding.