statistics can be easily massaged.

Do a simple count.

employees - 12.71m
own account - 3.21m
unemployed - 0.5m
Total - 16.42m

Where is the balance of the 34m population?

There are still an additional 7.2+m people who are categorised as "outside labour force".

Why some people focus on the 0.5m but miss 7m?

In comparison, sinkieland register 4m labour force on a 6m population (with unemployment 0.1m).