Male Employment Rate, Ages 15, 64 (Quarterly, SA): South Korea
The latest reading SOTW holds for South Korea is 76.61% of population in subgroup for 2026-Q3, from OECD.
Reviewed series · Labor · Quarterly · % of population in subgroup · OECD.EMPLOYMENT.MALE.RT.Q · KOR
Employed people as a share of the specified sex and age subgroup's population. This is not the unemployment rate or the share of the labour force. OECD Data Terms section 3 permits commercial reuse with attribution except separately restricted or third-party-owned data; no additional restriction was identified in the pinned flow metadata reviewed 2026-10-10. Collection time is not an original publication timestamp. Source observation flags and reference periods are retained.
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- Latest
- 76.61
- % of population in subgroup · 2026-Q3
- Previous
- 76.23
- % of population in subgroup · 2026-Q2
- Earliest held
- 72.87
- % of population in subgroup · 2000-Q1
- Readings shown
- 107
- Every reading SOTW holds
South Korea · history
% of population in subgroup · Quarterly
Readings, newest first
| Period | Value (% of population in subgroup) |
|---|---|
| 2026-Q3 | 76.61 |
| 2026-Q2 | 76.23 |
| 2026-Q1 | 76.39 |
| 2025-Q4 | 76.37 |
| 2025-Q3 | 76.48 |
| 2025-Q2 | 76.66 |
| 2025-Q1 | 76.59 |
| 2024-Q4 | 76.56 |
| 2024-Q3 | 76.70 |
| 2024-Q2 | 76.81 |
| 2024-Q1 | 76.95 |
| 2023-Q4 | 76.99 |
| 2023-Q3 | 77.05 |
| 2023-Q2 | 76.94 |
| 2023-Q1 | 76.64 |
| 2022-Q4 | 76.83 |
| 2022-Q3 | 77.02 |
| 2022-Q2 | 77.03 |
| 2022-Q1 | 76.56 |
| 2021-Q4 | 75.85 |
| 2021-Q3 | 75.28 |
| 2021-Q2 | 75.11 |
| 2021-Q1 | 74.48 |
| 2020-Q4 | 74.55 |
| 2020-Q3 | 74.67 |
| 2020-Q2 | 74.43 |
| 2020-Q1 | 75.65 |
| 2019-Q4 | 75.86 |
| 2019-Q3 | 75.63 |
| 2019-Q2 | 75.54 |
| 2019-Q1 | 75.73 |
| 2018-Q4 | 75.76 |
| 2018-Q3 | 75.72 |
| 2018-Q2 | 75.98 |
| 2018-Q1 | 76.23 |
| 2017-Q4 | 76.16 |
| 2017-Q3 | 76.34 |
| 2017-Q2 | 76.36 |
| 2017-Q1 | 76.16 |
| 2016-Q4 | 76.13 |
| 2016-Q3 | 76.02 |
| 2016-Q2 | 75.68 |
| 2016-Q1 | 75.69 |
| 2015-Q4 | 75.87 |
| 2015-Q3 | 75.92 |
| 2015-Q2 | 75.92 |
| 2015-Q1 | 76.08 |
| 2014-Q4 | 75.99 |
| 2014-Q3 | 76.12 |
| 2014-Q2 | 75.86 |
| 2014-Q1 | 76.02 |
| 2013-Q4 | 75.62 |
| 2013-Q3 | 75.25 |
| 2013-Q2 | 75.13 |
| 2013-Q1 | 74.68 |
| 2012-Q4 | 74.96 |
| 2012-Q3 | 75.19 |
| 2012-Q2 | 75.10 |
| 2012-Q1 | 74.95 |
| 2011-Q4 | 74.88 |
| 2011-Q3 | 74.56 |
| 2011-Q2 | 74.60 |
| 2011-Q1 | 74.38 |
| 2010-Q4 | 74.21 |
| 2010-Q3 | 74.12 |
| 2010-Q2 | 74.07 |
| 2010-Q1 | 73.71 |
| 2009-Q4 | 73.78 |
| 2009-Q3 | 73.60 |
| 2009-Q2 | 73.76 |
| 2009-Q1 | 73.65 |
| 2008-Q4 | 74.17 |
| 2008-Q3 | 74.60 |
| 2008-Q2 | 74.75 |
| 2008-Q1 | 74.77 |
| 2007-Q4 | 74.91 |
| 2007-Q3 | 74.98 |
| 2007-Q2 | 74.93 |
| 2007-Q1 | 74.87 |
| 2006-Q4 | 74.68 |
| 2006-Q3 | 74.82 |
| 2006-Q2 | 74.84 |
| 2006-Q1 | 74.84 |
| 2005-Q4 | 74.78 |
| 2005-Q3 | 74.81 |
| 2005-Q2 | 75.24 |
| 2005-Q1 | 75.24 |
| 2004-Q4 | 75.37 |
| 2004-Q3 | 75.03 |
| 2004-Q2 | 75.26 |
| 2004-Q1 | 75.62 |
| 2003-Q4 | 75.14 |
| 2003-Q3 | 74.92 |
| 2003-Q2 | 74.94 |
| 2003-Q1 | 75.31 |
| 2002-Q4 | 75.18 |
| 2002-Q3 | 75.22 |
| 2002-Q2 | 74.97 |
| 2002-Q1 | 74.65 |
| 2001-Q4 | 74.14 |
| 2001-Q3 | 74.09 |
| 2001-Q2 | 73.84 |
| 2001-Q1 | 72.42 |
| 2000-Q4 | 73.39 |
| 2000-Q3 | 73.49 |
| 2000-Q2 | 73.06 |
| 2000-Q1 | 72.87 |
Source: OECD. All 107 readings held, 2000-Q1 to 2026-Q3. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.