Employment Rate, Ages 25, 54 (Quarterly, SA): South Korea

The latest reading SOTW holds for South Korea is 79.28% of population in subgroup for 2026-Q3, from OECD.

Reviewed series · Labor · Quarterly · % of population in subgroup · OECD.EMPLOYMENT.PRIME.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
79.28
% of population in subgroup · 2026-Q3
Previous
79.02
% of population in subgroup · 2026-Q2
Earliest held
71.83
% of population in subgroup · 2000-Q1
Readings shown
107
Every reading SOTW holds

South Korea · history

% of population in subgroup · Quarterly

Source: OECD. Viewer read 2026-11-12T03:26:09.517Z (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 Rate, Ages 25, 54 (Quarterly, SA): South Korea: 107 readings, newest first. Source: OECD.
PeriodValue (% of population in subgroup)
2026-Q379.28
2026-Q279.02
2026-Q179.03
2025-Q478.88
2025-Q378.92
2025-Q278.85
2025-Q178.51
2024-Q478.47
2024-Q378.47
2024-Q278.30
2024-Q178.22
2023-Q478.14
2023-Q378.02
2023-Q277.89
2023-Q177.41
2022-Q477.17
2022-Q377.20
2022-Q276.93
2022-Q176.69
2021-Q475.99
2021-Q375.56
2021-Q275.19
2021-Q174.65
2020-Q474.56
2020-Q374.49
2020-Q274.55
2020-Q176.10
2019-Q476.46
2019-Q376.41
2019-Q276.34
2019-Q176.28
2018-Q476.37
2018-Q376.29
2018-Q276.54
2018-Q176.51
2017-Q476.35
2017-Q376.38
2017-Q276.33
2017-Q176.33
2016-Q476.21
2016-Q376.21
2016-Q276.09
2016-Q176.15
2015-Q476.19
2015-Q376.01
2015-Q275.84
2015-Q175.91
2014-Q475.83
2014-Q375.80
2014-Q275.67
2014-Q175.77
2013-Q475.46
2013-Q375.20
2013-Q274.99
2013-Q174.57
2012-Q474.67
2012-Q374.85
2012-Q274.77
2012-Q174.65
2011-Q474.63
2011-Q374.40
2011-Q274.55
2011-Q174.09
2010-Q473.91
2010-Q373.84
2010-Q273.87
2010-Q173.52
2009-Q473.26
2009-Q373.06
2009-Q273.19
2009-Q173.55
2008-Q474.17
2008-Q374.22
2008-Q274.34
2008-Q174.33
2007-Q474.23
2007-Q374.10
2007-Q274.06
2007-Q174.02
2006-Q473.91
2006-Q374.03
2006-Q274.01
2006-Q173.98
2005-Q473.71
2005-Q373.41
2005-Q273.43
2005-Q173.38
2004-Q473.35
2004-Q373.39
2004-Q273.61
2004-Q173.80
2003-Q473.01
2003-Q372.98
2003-Q273.10
2003-Q173.37
2002-Q473.44
2002-Q373.66
2002-Q273.52
2002-Q173.25
2001-Q472.98
2001-Q372.80
2001-Q272.76
2001-Q171.94
2000-Q472.48
2000-Q372.55
2000-Q272.20
2000-Q171.83

Source: OECD. All 107 readings held, 2000-Q1 to 2026-Q3. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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