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
Readings, newest first
| Period | Value (% of population in subgroup) |
|---|---|
| 2026-Q3 | 70.15 |
| 2026-Q2 | 69.84 |
| 2026-Q1 | 69.99 |
| 2025-Q4 | 69.87 |
| 2025-Q3 | 69.92 |
| 2025-Q2 | 69.93 |
| 2025-Q1 | 69.68 |
| 2024-Q4 | 69.61 |
| 2024-Q3 | 69.56 |
| 2024-Q2 | 69.51 |
| 2024-Q1 | 69.50 |
| 2023-Q4 | 69.46 |
| 2023-Q3 | 69.35 |
| 2023-Q2 | 69.28 |
| 2023-Q1 | 68.83 |
| 2022-Q4 | 68.73 |
| 2022-Q3 | 68.71 |
| 2022-Q2 | 68.56 |
| 2022-Q1 | 68.05 |
| 2021-Q4 | 67.25 |
| 2021-Q3 | 66.80 |
| 2021-Q2 | 66.43 |
| 2021-Q1 | 65.63 |
| 2020-Q4 | 65.64 |
| 2020-Q3 | 65.62 |
| 2020-Q2 | 65.41 |
| 2020-Q1 | 66.77 |
| 2019-Q4 | 67.05 |
| 2019-Q3 | 66.83 |
| 2019-Q2 | 66.72 |
| 2019-Q1 | 66.68 |
| 2018-Q4 | 66.60 |
| 2018-Q3 | 66.46 |
| 2018-Q2 | 66.65 |
| 2018-Q1 | 66.75 |
| 2017-Q4 | 66.67 |
| 2017-Q3 | 66.70 |
| 2017-Q2 | 66.65 |
| 2017-Q1 | 66.50 |
| 2016-Q4 | 66.28 |
| 2016-Q3 | 66.19 |
| 2016-Q2 | 65.91 |
| 2016-Q1 | 65.93 |
| 2015-Q4 | 66.07 |
| 2015-Q3 | 65.95 |
| 2015-Q2 | 65.77 |
| 2015-Q1 | 65.86 |
| 2014-Q4 | 65.66 |
| 2014-Q3 | 65.70 |
| 2014-Q2 | 65.43 |
| 2014-Q1 | 65.48 |
| 2013-Q4 | 65.09 |
| 2013-Q3 | 64.79 |
| 2013-Q2 | 64.55 |
| 2013-Q1 | 64.09 |
| 2012-Q4 | 64.29 |
| 2012-Q3 | 64.40 |
| 2012-Q2 | 64.45 |
| 2012-Q1 | 64.23 |
| 2011-Q4 | 64.17 |
| 2011-Q3 | 63.87 |
| 2011-Q2 | 64.00 |
| 2011-Q1 | 63.63 |
| 2010-Q4 | 63.52 |
| 2010-Q3 | 63.47 |
| 2010-Q2 | 63.48 |
| 2010-Q1 | 63.09 |
| 2009-Q4 | 63.04 |
| 2009-Q3 | 62.98 |
| 2009-Q2 | 62.96 |
| 2009-Q1 | 63.09 |
| 2008-Q4 | 63.65 |
| 2008-Q3 | 63.90 |
| 2008-Q2 | 64.13 |
| 2008-Q1 | 64.15 |
| 2007-Q4 | 64.18 |
| 2007-Q3 | 64.12 |
| 2007-Q2 | 64.13 |
| 2007-Q1 | 64.15 |
| 2006-Q4 | 63.95 |
| 2006-Q3 | 63.92 |
| 2006-Q2 | 64.02 |
| 2006-Q1 | 64.01 |
| 2005-Q4 | 63.79 |
| 2005-Q3 | 63.69 |
| 2005-Q2 | 63.75 |
| 2005-Q1 | 63.75 |
| 2004-Q4 | 63.82 |
| 2004-Q3 | 63.62 |
| 2004-Q2 | 63.71 |
| 2004-Q1 | 63.92 |
| 2003-Q4 | 63.11 |
| 2003-Q3 | 62.97 |
| 2003-Q2 | 62.92 |
| 2003-Q1 | 63.13 |
| 2002-Q4 | 63.42 |
| 2002-Q3 | 63.56 |
| 2002-Q2 | 63.49 |
| 2002-Q1 | 63.16 |
| 2001-Q4 | 62.69 |
| 2001-Q3 | 62.51 |
| 2001-Q2 | 62.36 |
| 2001-Q1 | 61.26 |
| 2000-Q4 | 61.79 |
| 2000-Q3 | 61.83 |
| 2000-Q2 | 61.37 |
| 2000-Q1 | 61.07 |
Source: OECD. All 107 readings held, 2000-Q1 to 2026-Q3. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.