Sancheong-gun Achieves Highest Employment Rate and Economic Activity Participation Rate in Gyeongnam for First Half of the Year

Maintaining Top Employment Rate ... Public Jobs Play a Role

Geumseo Agricultural and Industrial Complex panorama. [Image source=Sancheong-gun]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] The employment rate and economic activity participation rate in Sancheong-gun, Gyeongnam, in the first half of 2021 were found to be the highest in Gyeongnam Province.

In particular, compared to the same period last year, the employment rate increased by 3.1 percentage points, and the economic activity participation rate increased by 3.7 percentage points, showing the highest growth rate in the province.

Even considering that the employment rate is relatively high compared to city-level local governments due to the large number of agricultural workers, this is analyzed as a significant growth trend.

According to the '2021 First Half Regional Employment Survey' recently announced by Statistics Korea, major employment indicators in Sancheong-gun improved significantly in the first half of this year.

The employment rate in Sancheong-gun in the first half of this year was 72.8%, an increase of 3.1 percentage points from 69.7% in the first half of last year. The increase in employment rate tied with Changwon City (3.1 percentage points) for the highest in the province.

The economic activity participation rate, which indicates the soundness of the labor market, also increased by 3.7 percentage points from 69.8% in the first half of last year to 73.5% in the first half of this year, showing the highest growth rate in the province. Sancheong-gun is the only area in Gyeongnam where the economic activity participation rate increased by more than 3 percentage points.

The employment rate indicator for the working-age population aged 15 to 64 was also 77.9%, showing a 0.1 percentage point increase compared to the same period last year.

Sancheong-gun's employment rate has consistently remained among the top in the province. In particular, the employment rate of 72.8% in the first half of 2021 was significantly higher than the average of 58.6% for city areas in the province and 6 percentage points higher than the average of 66.8% for county areas in the province.

The county cited the continuous expansion of public job projects and youth job creation projects as one of the reasons for this rise in employment rate.

Sancheong-gun is promoting job policies by securing related budgets to provide about 3,000 local jobs this year as well as last year.

In particular, it secured a public job budget of 3.9 billion KRW for unemployed people inflowing from other regions due to the impact of COVID-19, strengthening job projects for about 470 vulnerable employment groups, achieving good results.

A county official said, “We are making various efforts to create and provide quality jobs suitable for the characteristics of our region,” and added, “We will continue to implement job policies that can further improve the employment environment.”

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