Work & Labour in Korea 66 indicators covering work & labour for Korea. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 1,235 Persons 2022 up 27.3% 15th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 2,220 Persons 2022 up 14.8% 10th Patents - international collaboration in technology development 41,123 Co-inventions 2023 down 37.4% 1st Employment and unemployment by five-year age group and sex - levels 28,769 Persons 2025 up 9.9% 1st Unemployed population — Unemployment 830.02 Persons 2025 down 14.9% 1st Average annual hours actually worked per worker — Hours worked 1,833 Hours per year per person 2025 down 12.0% 2nd Number of employees by activities (ISIC Rev. 4) — Employment 22,318 Persons 2025 up 15.0% 1st Employment by professional status 28,769 Persons 2025 up 9.9% 1st Incidence of unemployment by duration 58.51 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 down 1.5% 1st Annual population and employment, national concept — Total employment 28,576 Persons 2024 up 10.3% 1st Monthly unemployment levels 830.02 Persons 2025 down 14.9% 1st Monthly unemployment rates 2.79 Percentage of labour force in the same subgroup 2025 down 22.3% 3rd Annual population and employment, national concept — Employees 22,043 Persons 2024 up 16.3% 1st Annual population and employment, national concept — Self employed 6,533 Persons 2024 down 5.9% 1st Incidence of full-time and part-time employment based on 82.95 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 down 7.3% 3rd Minimum relative to average wages of full-time workers 47.21 Percentage of average wage of full-time employees 2025 up 24.8% 1st Full-time and part-time employment based on OECD-harmonized definition 23,454 Persons 2025 up 1.7% 1st Long usual weekly working hours — Employment 4,514 Persons 2025 down 44.9% 3rd Labour indicators levels - Regions — Population 32.67 million Persons 2025 down 24.4% 1st Incidence of employment by long usual weekly hours worked — Share of 15.97 Percentage of workers in the same age, sex and employment status 2025 down 49.8% 1st STAN Database for Structural Analysis, 2025 edition — Total employment 53,147 Hours 2024 down 0.8% 3rd Share of women in temporary employment by permanency of the job 53.48 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 11.3% 2nd Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Temporary employment 27.48 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 23.7% 1st Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Permanent employment 72.52 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 down 6.8% 3rd Average usual weekly hours worked on the main job 39.42 Hours per week per person 2025 down 11.8% 2nd Strictness of employment protection — Individual and collective 2.42 0-6 scale 2025 unchanged 2nd Strictness of employment protection — Individual dismissals 2.42 0-6 scale 2025 unchanged 2nd Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts 2.25 0-6 scale 2025 unchanged 1st Labour force participation rate 64.68 Percentage of working age population in the same subgroup 2025 up 3.0% 1st Annual non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 10.80 million National currency 2024 up 94.3% 1st Employment by job tenure intervals - frequency — Dependent employment 12.24 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 down 16.3% 1st Population outside the labour force — Persons outside the labour force 16,164 Persons 2025 up 0.5% 1st Labour indicators levels - Regions — Employment 28.58 million Persons 2024 up 10.3% 1st Labour indicators levels - Regions — Unemployment 822,900 Persons 2024 down 12.3% 1st Labour indicators levels - Regions — Labour force 29.40 million Persons 2024 up 9.5% 1st Employment rates of adults, by educational attainment, age group and 76.48 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 5.6% 3rd Unemployment rates of adults, by educational attainment, age group 4.49 Percentage of labour force in the same subgroup 2025 down 17.2% 3rd Labour force participation rates of adults, by educational 80.07 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 4.6% 3rd Physiotherapists — Health and social employment 0.98 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 69.0% 1st Labour statistics - Regions (for 'Developer API') — Employment to -18.5 Percentage points 2020 up 16.3% 2nd Labour indicators rates - Regions — Employment to population ratio -18.5 Percentage points 2020 up 16.3% 2nd Labour statistics - Regions (for 'Developer API') — Labour force -17.7 Percentage points 2023 up 23.7% 2nd Labour indicators rates - Regions — Labour force participation rate -17.7 Percentage points 2023 up 23.7% 2nd Labour statistics - Regions (for 'Developer API') — Long-term -0.3 Percentage points 2020 up 50.0% 2nd Labour indicators rates - Regions — Long-term unemployment rate -0.3 Percentage points 2020 up 50.0% 2nd Employment by job tenure intervals - average job tenure — Dependent 6.55 Years 2025 up 14.6% 3rd Labour indicators by urban-rural territorial typology — Population 5.82 million Persons 2024 up 3.4% 1st Ageing healthcare workforce - Regions — Active physicians 2.74 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2025 up 23.4% 2nd Annual employment by subsector of general government, domestic 2,463 Persons 2024 up 21.1% 1st Dentists — Health and social employment 0.68 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 23.6% 2nd Decile ratios of gross earnings — Interdecile ratio of gross earnings 1.63 Factor of decile 1 2025 down 15.1% 3rd Hospital employment 10.04 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 66.5% 3rd Gender wage gap 8.87 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile 2025 down 45.1% 2nd Pharmacists — Health and social employment 1.58 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 22.5% 1st Nurses — Health and social employment 28.87 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2025 up 50.9% 1st Employment by job tenure intervals - persons — Dependent employment 22,317 Persons 2025 up 15.0% 1st Wage gap by age — Senior to prime-age wage gap 4.58 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 2025 down 49.5% 2nd Wage gap by age — Youth to prime-age wage gap 40.21 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 2025 down 5.1% 1st STAN Database for Structural Analysis, 2020 edition — Total employment 53,246 Hours 2018 up 1.3% 3rd Midwives — Health and social employment 35.27 Per 1 000 live births 2023 up 82.7% 2nd Page 1 of 2 Next →