South Korea Labor Force Participation

Current and historical labor force participation data for South Korea, including latest value (64.35), trend, international ranking, comparison and source not
COUNTRY: South Korea
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:33:32+02:00
Economy Data Rating
South Korea · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
AA
86 / 100
Very strong stability
Fiscal stability 21.9 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 18.7 / 20
External stability 12.1 / 15
Financial robustness 11.7 / 15
Structural stability 10 / 10
Future capacity 10 / 10
Demographic capacity 2.7 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 90% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 2015–2025 20152025
2015 2025
Selected year: 2025 · Value: n/a 2025

South Korea · labor force participation rate as a percentage of population ages 15+.

2015–2025
64.35 percent
64.47 percent
63.3 percent
30 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
labor force participation rate reference line

Countries by labor force participation

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Qatar 87.01 high
Nigeria 82.52 high
United Arab Emirates 78.59 high
Iceland 74.93 high
Kuwait 73.37 high
Peru 72.86 medium
Vietnam 72.78 medium
Bahrain 70.43 medium

Interpretation

short note

This labor market indicator helps assess employment conditions and economic participation.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Japan 63.45
China 64.55
India 55.66
Germany 60.57

Related indicators

internal links
Unemployment SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Employment Rate SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.ZS
Youth Unemployment SL.UEM.1524.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
Inflation FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: SL.TLF.CACT.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:33:32+02:00

South Korea Snapshot

country profile
Population 51.75 m
GDP 1875.39 bn
Debt/GDP 48.55%
Inflation 2.32%
Unemployment 2.68%
Currency n/a
Region Asia
Income group High income

South Korea Labor Force Participation: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Labor Force Participation for South Korea. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: south korea labor force participation rate, labor force participation data south korea, south korea labor force participation statistics, south korea percent.