The aging population in Taiwan has become increasingly serious, and its impact has spread to the labor market.The survey showed that the number of operators over the age of 60 in 2022 exceeded one million, accounting for nearly 10 % of the overall employment.
According to the Taiwan Media Central News Agency, according to the information of the General Statistics Department of the General Administration of the Executive Yuan of Taiwan, employees over 60 years of age in Taiwan exceeded the 500,000 person in 2010.Be more growth and break through one million people.
Chen Huixin, deputy director of the State Census Division of the General Administration Department, said that the aging of the population structure in Taiwan has been reflected in the employment market.In order to improve the labor participation rate of the population, the government encourages middle -aged and elderly employees to continue employment.
It is reported that most employees over 60 years of age are concentrated in the service industry.Judging from the 2021 data, there are more than 500,000 people in the service industry, of which the number of wholesale and retail industry is the largest, up to 175,000.
Chen Huixin analyzed that there are many stores and vendors who wholesale and retail industry engaged in small business and self -employed businessmen. The threshold for entry is not high.
