Employment, both sexes, publisher 15+ classification (ICLS13) (quarterly, ILOSTAT): South Korea

The latest reading SOTW holds for South Korea is 29,283.755 thousands of persons for 2026-Q3, from ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization).

Reviewed series · Labor · Quarterly · thousands of persons · ILO.EMP.LVL.Q · KOR

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Latest
29,283.755
thousands of persons · 2026-Q3
Previous
29,166.608
thousands of persons · 2026-Q2
Earliest held
25,737.112
thousands of persons · 2015-Q1
Readings shown
47
Every reading SOTW holds

South Korea · history

thousands of persons · Quarterly

Source: ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization). Viewer read 2026-11-12T17:56:31.373Z (UTC); publisher acquisition and release times are not supplied here. Original units; no interpolation, rebasing or conversion. Missing periods and stored U/B flags interrupt the line. Daily gaps can include non-business days.

Readings, newest first

Employment, both sexes, publisher 15+ classification (ICLS13) (quarterly, ILOSTAT): South Korea: 47 readings, newest first. Source: ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization).
PeriodValue (thousands of persons)Status
2026-Q329,283.755
2026-Q229,166.608
2026-Q128,513.836
2025-Q428,872.334
2025-Q329,147.966
2025-Q229,148.807
2025-Q128,354.861
2024-Q428,690.338
2024-Q328,941.668
2024-Q228,946.231
2024-Q128,202.617
2023-Q428,650.595
2023-Q328,808.409
2023-Q228,812.304
2023-Q127,924.649
2022-Q428,354.643
2022-Q328,555.903
2022-Q228,480.191
2022-Q127,526.625
2021-Q427,751.094
2021-Q327,763.312
2021-Q227,581.979
2021-Q126,505.950
2020-Q427,068.348
2020-Q327,179.968
2020-Q226,959.990
2020-Q126,888.665
2019-Q427,511.538
2019-Q327,474.635
2019-Q227,355.114
2019-Q126,584.189
2018-Q427,058.565
2018-Q327,099.833
2018-Q227,116.449
2018-Q126,424.533
2017-Q427,012.494
2017-Q327,125.555
2017-Q227,051.853
2017-Q126,281.527
2016-Q426,763.331
2016-Q326,837.584
2016-Q226,680.695
2016-Q125,921.634
2015-Q426,544.058
2015-Q326,616.309
2015-Q226,493.127
2015-Q125,737.112Series break (B)

Source: ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization). All 47 readings held, 2015-Q1 to 2026-Q3. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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