After seasonal adjustment, the country registered a jobless rate of 3.75 percent in January, remaining at the same level as the previous month, according to data compiled by the DGBAS.
The seasonally adjusted rate was lower than those of many other countries, including Canada (9.4 percent), Hong Kong (7.0 percent), the United States (6.3 percent) and South Korea (5.4 percent), the data showed.
In January, 438,000 Taiwanese people were out of work, a month-on-month decline of 0.52 percent, or 2,000 people, while 11.527 million were employed, the same level as in December, according to the data.
In the same month, the labor participation rate also remained unchanged from a month earlier at 59.14 percent, but was down 0.07 percentage points from a year earlier, the data showed.
In January, among those with different educational backgrounds, college graduates posted the highest unemployment rate of 5.33 percent, followed by those with a high school diploma (3.35 percent) and those with a post-graduate degree (2.86 percent).
In terms of age, the January unemployment rate for individuals aged 20-24 was 11.96 percent, the majority of whom were first-time job seekers, while the jobless rate was 8.40 percent among people aged 15-19 and 6.22 percent in the 25-29 age group, the DGBAS said.
