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
Readings, newest first
| Period | Value (% of population in subgroup) |
|---|---|
| 2026-Q3 | 79.28 |
| 2026-Q2 | 79.02 |
| 2026-Q1 | 79.03 |
| 2025-Q4 | 78.88 |
| 2025-Q3 | 78.92 |
| 2025-Q2 | 78.85 |
| 2025-Q1 | 78.51 |
| 2024-Q4 | 78.47 |
| 2024-Q3 | 78.47 |
| 2024-Q2 | 78.30 |
| 2024-Q1 | 78.22 |
| 2023-Q4 | 78.14 |
| 2023-Q3 | 78.02 |
| 2023-Q2 | 77.89 |
| 2023-Q1 | 77.41 |
| 2022-Q4 | 77.17 |
| 2022-Q3 | 77.20 |
| 2022-Q2 | 76.93 |
| 2022-Q1 | 76.69 |
| 2021-Q4 | 75.99 |
| 2021-Q3 | 75.56 |
| 2021-Q2 | 75.19 |
| 2021-Q1 | 74.65 |
| 2020-Q4 | 74.56 |
| 2020-Q3 | 74.49 |
| 2020-Q2 | 74.55 |
| 2020-Q1 | 76.10 |
| 2019-Q4 | 76.46 |
| 2019-Q3 | 76.41 |
| 2019-Q2 | 76.34 |
| 2019-Q1 | 76.28 |
| 2018-Q4 | 76.37 |
| 2018-Q3 | 76.29 |
| 2018-Q2 | 76.54 |
| 2018-Q1 | 76.51 |
| 2017-Q4 | 76.35 |
| 2017-Q3 | 76.38 |
| 2017-Q2 | 76.33 |
| 2017-Q1 | 76.33 |
| 2016-Q4 | 76.21 |
| 2016-Q3 | 76.21 |
| 2016-Q2 | 76.09 |
| 2016-Q1 | 76.15 |
| 2015-Q4 | 76.19 |
| 2015-Q3 | 76.01 |
| 2015-Q2 | 75.84 |
| 2015-Q1 | 75.91 |
| 2014-Q4 | 75.83 |
| 2014-Q3 | 75.80 |
| 2014-Q2 | 75.67 |
| 2014-Q1 | 75.77 |
| 2013-Q4 | 75.46 |
| 2013-Q3 | 75.20 |
| 2013-Q2 | 74.99 |
| 2013-Q1 | 74.57 |
| 2012-Q4 | 74.67 |
| 2012-Q3 | 74.85 |
| 2012-Q2 | 74.77 |
| 2012-Q1 | 74.65 |
| 2011-Q4 | 74.63 |
| 2011-Q3 | 74.40 |
| 2011-Q2 | 74.55 |
| 2011-Q1 | 74.09 |
| 2010-Q4 | 73.91 |
| 2010-Q3 | 73.84 |
| 2010-Q2 | 73.87 |
| 2010-Q1 | 73.52 |
| 2009-Q4 | 73.26 |
| 2009-Q3 | 73.06 |
| 2009-Q2 | 73.19 |
| 2009-Q1 | 73.55 |
| 2008-Q4 | 74.17 |
| 2008-Q3 | 74.22 |
| 2008-Q2 | 74.34 |
| 2008-Q1 | 74.33 |
| 2007-Q4 | 74.23 |
| 2007-Q3 | 74.10 |
| 2007-Q2 | 74.06 |
| 2007-Q1 | 74.02 |
| 2006-Q4 | 73.91 |
| 2006-Q3 | 74.03 |
| 2006-Q2 | 74.01 |
| 2006-Q1 | 73.98 |
| 2005-Q4 | 73.71 |
| 2005-Q3 | 73.41 |
| 2005-Q2 | 73.43 |
| 2005-Q1 | 73.38 |
| 2004-Q4 | 73.35 |
| 2004-Q3 | 73.39 |
| 2004-Q2 | 73.61 |
| 2004-Q1 | 73.80 |
| 2003-Q4 | 73.01 |
| 2003-Q3 | 72.98 |
| 2003-Q2 | 73.10 |
| 2003-Q1 | 73.37 |
| 2002-Q4 | 73.44 |
| 2002-Q3 | 73.66 |
| 2002-Q2 | 73.52 |
| 2002-Q1 | 73.25 |
| 2001-Q4 | 72.98 |
| 2001-Q3 | 72.80 |
| 2001-Q2 | 72.76 |
| 2001-Q1 | 71.94 |
| 2000-Q4 | 72.48 |
| 2000-Q3 | 72.55 |
| 2000-Q2 | 72.20 |
| 2000-Q1 | 71.83 |
Source: OECD. All 107 readings held, 2000-Q1 to 2026-Q3. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.