Table 1 Population aged 15 years old and over by labour force status, employed person by industry, and unemployed

person
Dec. 2021 (Ten thousand persons)
Both sexes Male Female
over the year over the year over the year
Actual Percentage of Actual Percentage of Actual Percentage of
Change Change Change
figures change figures change figures change
(%) (%) (%)
(Original series)
[Population]
15 years old and over 11027 -32 -0.3 5324 -18 -0.3 5703 -14 -0.2
15 to 64 years old 7389 -48 -0.6 3742 -25 -0.7 3646 -24 -0.7
[Labour force status]
Labour force 6831 -29 -0.4 3785 -24 -0.6 3045 -6 -0.2
15 to 64 years old 5909 -33 -0.6 3236 -31 -0.9 2673 -2 -0.1
Employed person 6659 -7 -0.1 3682 -11 -0.3 2977 4 0.1
15 to 64 years old 5753 -8 -0.1 3145 -15 -0.5 2608 7 0.3
Self-employed worker 509 -8 -1.5 373 -12 -3.1 136 5 3.8
Family worker 131 -3 -2.2 26 0 0.0 105 -3 -2.8
Employee 5984 0 0.0 3262 -3 -0.1 2722 2 0.1
Unemployed person 171 -23 -11.9 103 -13 -11.2 68 -10 -12.8
15 to 64 years old 156 -25 -13.8 92 -15 -14.0 64 -10 -13.5
Not in labour force 4188 -3 -0.1 1535 6 0.4 2652 -10 -0.4
15 to 64 years old 1473 -15 -1.0 503 7 1.4 971 -21 -2.1
[Employee, excl. executive of company or corporation by type
of employment]
Regular employee 3544 10 0.3 2337 3 0.1 1207 7 0.6
Non-regular employee 2097 4 0.2 664 5 0.8 1432 -2 -0.1
Part-time worker 1014 -3 -0.3 120 2 1.7 894 -6 -0.7
Arbeit (temporary worker) 467 1 0.2 227 -4 -1.7 240 5 2.1
Dispatched worker from temporary labour agency 151 6 4.1 59 3 5.4 92 3 3.4
Contract employee 276 0 0.0 149 5 3.5 127 -5 -3.8
Entrusted employee 107 -1 -0.9 69 -1 -1.4 38 1 2.7
Other 82 1 1.2 40 1 2.6 42 1 2.4
[Employed person by major industry]
Agriculture and forestry 171 -11 -6.0 107 -7 -6.1 64 -4 -5.9
Construction 462 -35 -7.0 386 -29 -7.0 76 -6 -7.3
Manufacturing 1051 -3 -0.3 740 4 0.5 311 -7 -2.2
Information and communications 273 16 6.2 199 17 9.3 73 -2 -2.7
Transport and postal activities 354 7 2.0 276 5 1.8 78 1 1.3
Wholesale and retail trade 1052 -5 -0.5 501 -7 -1.4 551 3 0.5
Finance and insurance 178 10 6.0 85 9 11.8 92 0 0.0
Real estate and goods rental and leasing 145 9 6.6 84 4 5.0 60 4 7.1
Scientific research, professional and technical services 247 -3 -1.2 155 -4 -2.5 92 2 2.2
Accommodations, eating and drinking services 382 -3 -0.8 143 -8 -5.3 239 5 2.1
Living-related and personal services and amusement services 222 -9 -3.9 82 -6 -6.8 140 -2 -1.4
Education, learning support 343 -7 -2.0 142 -7 -4.7 201 1 0.5
Medical, health care and welfare 887 16 1.8 222 14 6.7 664 0 0.0
Services, N.E.C. 449 7 1.6 269 4 1.5 180 3 1.7
Government, except elsewhere classified 236 -5 -2.1 160 -8 -4.8 76 3 4.1
[Unemployed person by reason for seeking a job]
Mandatory retirement, or termination of employment contract 20 -1 -4.8 14 0 0.0 6 -2 *
Circumstances of employer or business 31 -9 -22.5 19 -4 -17.4 12 -5 -29.4
Quitted a job voluntary 65 -6 -8.5 38 -3 -7.3 27 -2 -6.9
Graduated from school 6 -2 * 4 -2 * 2 0 *
Necessary to earn revenue 26 2 8.3 14 0 0.0 12 2 20.0
Other 13 -3 -18.8 8 -2 -20.0 4 -2 *
[Unemployment rate (%, percent point)]
Total 2.5 -0.3 ... 2.7 -0.3 ... 2.2 -0.4 ...
15 to 64 years old 2.6 -0.4 ... 2.8 -0.5 ... 2.4 -0.4 ...
[Labour force participation rate (%, percent point)]
Total 61.9 -0.1 ... 71.1 -0.2 ... 53.4 0.0 ...
15 to 64 years old 80.0 0.1 ... 86.5 -0.2 ... 73.3 0.4 ...
[Employment rate (%, percent point)]
Total 60.4 0.1 ... 69.2 0.1 ... 52.2 0.2 ...
15 to 64 years old 77.9 0.4 ... 84.0 0.1 ... 71.5 0.6 ...

(Seasonally adjusted series) (Change over the month)

[Labour force status]
Labour force 6856 43 0.6 3796 14 0.4 3058 27 0.9
Employed person 6673 49 0.7 3686 17 0.5 2985 31 1.0
Employee 5978 39 0.7 3257 16 0.5 2719 22 0.8
Unemployed person 186 -6 -3.1 111 -4 -3.5 74 -3 -3.9
Not in labour force 4172 -30 -0.7 1527 -10 -0.7 2642 -23 -0.9
[Unemployment rate (%, percent point)]
Total 2.7 -0.1 ... 2.9 -0.1 ... 2.4 -0.2 ...
15 to 64 years old 2.8 -0.1 ... 3.0 -0.1 ... 2.6 -0.1 ...
15 to 24 years old 5.2 0.0 ... 6.3 -0.3 ... 3.6 -0.1 ...
25 to 34 years old 3.2 -0.4 ... 3.0 -0.8 ... 3.7 0.6 ...
35 to 44 years old 2.7 0.3 ... 3.1 0.6 ... 2.2 -0.2 ...
45 to 54 years old 2.0 -0.4 ... 2.0 -0.5 ... 2.1 -0.4 ...
55 to 64 years old 2.6 -0.1 ... 2.9 0.0 ... 2.2 -0.3 ...
65 years old and over 2.0 0.4 ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

Note) The changes over the month of the seasonally adjusted series are the comparisons of retroactive adjustment data.