Total population by activity condition and rates
Number of persons and percentages by quarter
 
 

 

 

quarterly 1/2023

quarterly 2/2023

quarterly 3/2023

quarterly 4/2023

quarterly 1/2024

quarterly 2/2024

quarterly 3/2024

quarterly 4/2024

 

 Total Population

 

5,241,752.0

5,254,497.0

5,265,954.0

5,278,110.0

5,290,340.0

5,302,069.0

5,313,792.0

5,325,109.0

 

 Working-age population  /n1

 

4,134,581.0

4,147,072.0

4,159,396.0

4,172,856.0

4,186,521.0

4,199,833.0

4,213,264.0

4,225,920.0

 

 Labor Force  /n2

 

2,346,882.0

2,346,508.0

2,260,412.0

2,245,784.0

2,340,538.0

2,358,600.0

2,414,442.0

2,396,172.0

 

 Employed

 

2,098,103.0

2,121,609.0

2,077,742.0

2,081,900.0

2,157,570.0

2,157,476.0

2,255,397.0

2,231,365.0

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 Unemployed

 

248,779.0

224,899.0

182,670.0

163,884.0

182,968.0

201,124.0

159,045.0

164,807.0

 

 With previous work experience

 

207,459.0

186,167.0

153,648.0

137,600.0

157,243.0

175,302.0

137,907.0

143,488.0

 

 Without work experience

 

41,320.0

38,732.0

29,022.0

26,284.0

25,725.0

25,822.0

21,138.0

21,319.0

 

 Not in the labor force

 

1,787,699.0

1,800,564.0

1,898,984.0

1,927,072.0

1,845,983.0

1,841,233.0

1,798,822.0

1,829,748.0

 

 Population aged 0 to 14

 

1,107,171.0

1,107,425.0

1,106,558.0

1,105,254.0

1,103,819.0

1,102,236.0

1,100,528.0

1,099,189.0

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 Percentages

 

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 Indicators for the population aged 15 and over

 

 

 Gross participation rate  /n3

 

44.8

44.7

42.9

42.5

44.2

44.5

45.4

45.0

 

 Net participation rate  /n4

 

56.8

56.6

54.3

53.8

55.9

56.2

57.3

56.7

 

 Employment rate

 

50.7

51.2

50.0

49.9

51.5

51.4

53.5

52.8

 

 Inactivity rate

 

43.2

43.4

45.7

46.2

44.1

43.8

42.7

43.3

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 Labor force rates

 

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 Open unemployment rate  /n5

 

10.6

9.6

8.1

7.3

7.8

8.5

6.6

6.9

 

 Unemployment rate - previously employed

8.8

7.9

6.8

6.1

6.7

7.4

5.7

6.0

 

 Unemployment rate - no work experience

1.8

1.7

1.3

1.2

1.1

1.1

0.9

0.9

 

 Labor underutilization rate  /n6

 

15.9

15.1

12.2

10.2

11.4

11.2

9.6

9.4

 

 Underemployment rate  /n7

 

7.0

6.5

5.1

4.2

3.0

3.7

3.9

3.0

 
Source: Continuous Employment Survey by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC).

Notes:
n1/ Persons aged 15 and over.
n2/ Persons aged 15 and over who, during the reference period, were either employed or unemployed.
n3/ Labor force as a percentage of total population.
n4/ Labor force participation rate (population aged 15 and older).
n5/ Percentage of the unemployed population relative to the labor force.
n6/ Percentage that measures the proportion of the labour force that is either unemployed or employed but actively seeking another job. It reflects the overall pressure on the labour market from those who are willing to change or obtain employment.
n7/ Percentage of employed persons working fewer than 40 hours per week who want and are available to work more hours than their current job allows.
n8/ With the release of figures for the first quarter of 2014, INEC adjusted the expansion factors starting from 2013 to align the results with population projections based on the 2011 Population and Housing Census. For more information, please refer to the methodological note published by INEC at the provided link.
n9/ Erratum. Applicable to data from the Continuous Employment Survey for the second quarter of 2022, obtained digitally before September 30, 2022. Corrections were required in the lines "Total Population (TP)," "Outside the Working-age Population (persons younger than 15 years)," and "Gross Participation Rate (LF/TP)." For further details, please refer to the document "Erratum. CES. Year-over-year comparison tables and sampling errors AMJ 2022," published by INEC at the provided link.

    Links:
  1/ INEC Methodological Note
  2/ Erratum
 
 
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