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Unemployment / South Korea
Labor Market

South Korea Unemployment

Current and historical unemployment data for South Korea, including latest value (2.68), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: South Korea
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:31:38+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 2015– 2025
2015 2025
Selected year: 2025 · Value: n/a 2025

South Korea · unemployment rate as a percentage of the total labor force.

2015–2025
2.68 percent
2.78 percent
3.34 percent
64 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
unemployment rate reference line

Countries by unemployment

full ranking
Country Rate Class
South Africa 32.39 high
Jordan 16.54 high
Tunisia 15.11 high
Algeria 11.63 high
Spain 10.38 high
Ukraine 9.83 medium
Finland 9.46 medium
Morocco 9 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.

Production version: show source, timestamp and fallback status here.

Comparison

latest
Japan 2.45
China 4.62
India 4.22
United States 4.2
Germany 3.71

Related indicators

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

Source layer

planned

Production version should display source, timestamp and fallback status here.

Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:31:38+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 Unemployment: 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 Unemployment 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 unemployment rate, unemployment data south korea, south korea unemployment statistics, south korea percent.