Chine Taux De Chômage

China's surveyed urban unemployment rate declined to 5.5% in December 2022 from November's six-month high of 5.7% amid easing zero-COVID policy restrictions. The unemployment rate of the population aged 25-59 declined to 4.8% in December from 5.0% in November, while those aged 16-24 fell to 16.7%, 0.4 percentage points lower than the previous month. Meanwhile, the jobless rate in 31 large cities and towns decreased to 6.1% from 6.7%. The average weekly working hours of employees in enterprises across the country increased to 47.9 hours from 47.7 hours in the prior month. A total of 12.06 million new urban jobs were created throughout the year, exceeding the annual target of 11 million. For 2022, the government has targeted the jobless rate to stay around 5.5%. Meanwhile, the country's population dropped for the first time since 1961 to 1.41175 billion people at the end 2022 from 1,41260 billion a year earlier.