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Unemployment rate (%)
PeriodPrevious Occupation
Managers and administratorsProfessionalsAssociate professionalsClerical support workersService and sales workersCraft and related workersPlant and machine operators and assemblersElementary occupationsOther occupationsAll occupations
2015 1.4 1.6 2.0 3.2 4.6 3.5 2.5 3.0 ## 3.3
2016 1.5 1.6 2.3 3.6 4.6 4.1 2.3 3.0 ## 3.4
2017 1.1 1.6 2.2 3.4 4.2 4.2 2.0 2.9 ## 3.1
12/2016 - 2/2017 1.4 1.6 2.0 3.2 4.2 3.9 2.7 2.7 ## 3.0
1/2017 - 3/2017 1.4 1.8 2.0 3.2 4.3 4.5 2.8 3.1 ## 3.2
2/2017 - 4/2017 1.2 1.8 2.0 3.4 4.7 5.1 2.4 2.9 ## 3.2
3/2017 - 5/2017 1.0 1.5 2.1 3.4 4.9 4.9 2.1 3.0 ## 3.2
4/2017 - 6/2017 1.0 1.4 2.2 3.6 4.6 4.2 2.0 3.0 ## 3.2
5/2017 - 7/2017 1.0 1.5 2.3 3.4 4.2 3.9 2.0 3.2 ## 3.2
6/2017 - 8/2017 1.2 1.6 2.3 3.6 4.2 3.7 1.6 2.9 ## 3.3
7/2017 - 9/2017 1.0 1.6 2.1 3.4 4.1 4.0 1.7 2.7 ## 3.2
8/2017 - 10/2017 1.0 1.5 2.2 3.1 4.3 4.2 1.7 2.6 ## 3.1
9/2017 - 11/2017 0.9 1.3 2.1 2.8 3.9 4.3 1.7 2.9 ## 3.0
10/2017 - 12/2017 0.8 1.3 2.1 3.1 3.8 4.1 1.2 2.6 ## 2.8
11/2017 - 1/2018 0.8 1.0 1.9 3.4 3.9 4.0 1.0 2.4 ## 2.7
12/2017 - 2/2018 1.0 1.0 1.9 3.5 4.1 3.7 1.5 2.2 ## 2.7
1/2018 - 3/2018 1.2 1.1 1.9 3.3 3.9 4.8 1.5 2.5 ## 2.8
2/2018 - 4/2018 # 1.2 1.3 2.1 3.4 3.8 4.6 1.8 2.5 ## 2.8
Notes : #Provisional figures
 ##Statistics are not released due to large sampling error.
 Starting from 2001, annual 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.
 The above statistics are compiled based on the International Standard Classification of Occupations 2008 (ISCO-08) while the series has been provided starting from the quarter of January to March 2011. Statistics prior to 2011 have been compiled based on ISCO-88. Users may also download "ISCO-88-based statistics" for reference.
Source : Household Statistics Analysis Section,
Census and Statistics Department
(Enquiry telephone no. : 2887 5508
 Enquiry e-mail : ghs@censtatd.gov.hk)


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