Employment Rate, Ages 15, 64 (Quarterly, SA): South Korea

The latest reading SOTW holds for South Korea is 70.15% of population in subgroup for 2026-Q3, from OECD.

Reviewed series · Labor · Quarterly · % of population in subgroup · OECD.EMPLOYMENT.TOTAL.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
70.15
% of population in subgroup · 2026-Q3
Previous
69.84
% of population in subgroup · 2026-Q2
Earliest held
61.07
% 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 2026-11-12T06:26:11.914Z (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 15, 64 (Quarterly, SA): South Korea: 107 readings, newest first. Source: OECD.
PeriodValue (% of population in subgroup)
2026-Q370.15
2026-Q269.84
2026-Q169.99
2025-Q469.87
2025-Q369.92
2025-Q269.93
2025-Q169.68
2024-Q469.61
2024-Q369.56
2024-Q269.51
2024-Q169.50
2023-Q469.46
2023-Q369.35
2023-Q269.28
2023-Q168.83
2022-Q468.73
2022-Q368.71
2022-Q268.56
2022-Q168.05
2021-Q467.25
2021-Q366.80
2021-Q266.43
2021-Q165.63
2020-Q465.64
2020-Q365.62
2020-Q265.41
2020-Q166.77
2019-Q467.05
2019-Q366.83
2019-Q266.72
2019-Q166.68
2018-Q466.60
2018-Q366.46
2018-Q266.65
2018-Q166.75
2017-Q466.67
2017-Q366.70
2017-Q266.65
2017-Q166.50
2016-Q466.28
2016-Q366.19
2016-Q265.91
2016-Q165.93
2015-Q466.07
2015-Q365.95
2015-Q265.77
2015-Q165.86
2014-Q465.66
2014-Q365.70
2014-Q265.43
2014-Q165.48
2013-Q465.09
2013-Q364.79
2013-Q264.55
2013-Q164.09
2012-Q464.29
2012-Q364.40
2012-Q264.45
2012-Q164.23
2011-Q464.17
2011-Q363.87
2011-Q264.00
2011-Q163.63
2010-Q463.52
2010-Q363.47
2010-Q263.48
2010-Q163.09
2009-Q463.04
2009-Q362.98
2009-Q262.96
2009-Q163.09
2008-Q463.65
2008-Q363.90
2008-Q264.13
2008-Q164.15
2007-Q464.18
2007-Q364.12
2007-Q264.13
2007-Q164.15
2006-Q463.95
2006-Q363.92
2006-Q264.02
2006-Q164.01
2005-Q463.79
2005-Q363.69
2005-Q263.75
2005-Q163.75
2004-Q463.82
2004-Q363.62
2004-Q263.71
2004-Q163.92
2003-Q463.11
2003-Q362.97
2003-Q262.92
2003-Q163.13
2002-Q463.42
2002-Q363.56
2002-Q263.49
2002-Q163.16
2001-Q462.69
2001-Q362.51
2001-Q262.36
2001-Q161.26
2000-Q461.79
2000-Q361.83
2000-Q261.37
2000-Q161.07

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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