| 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.
More details ...
REPORT OF LABOUR FORCE SURVEY
MEDIA RELEASE
SNAPSHOT
EXCEL TABLE 
|
Summary Data
|
|
2022 |
2023 (P) | |
Number (persons) | | |
Working age population (18+)
Male
Female
| |
339,000 180,200 158,800
|
Labour Force (18+)
Male
Female
|
220,900 133,500 87,500
|
227,700 136,700 91,000
|
Employment (18+)
Male
Female |
209,900 127.400 85,500
|
216,000 129,700 86,300
|
Unemployment (18+)
Male
Female |
11,100 6,100 4,900
|
11,700 7,000 4,700
|
Outside Labour Force (18+)
Male
Female |
114,100 44,000 70,100
|
111,300 43,500 67,700
| |
Distribution (%) | | |
Working age population (18+)
Male
Female |
100.0 53.0
47.0
|
100.0 53.2 46.8
|
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 39.9
|
Unemployment (18+)
Male
Female |
100.0 55.4 44.6
|
100.0 59.6 40.4
|
Outside Labour Force (18+)
Male
Female
|
100.0 38.6 61.4
| |
|
Year |
Excel
|
Questionnaire
|
FAQ | 2022
|
|
|
| | 2021 |
|
| | 2020 | | | | 2019 |
| | | 2018 |
|
| | 2017 |
| |
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.
|
