South Korea Vulnerable Employment

Current and historical vulnerable employment data for South Korea, including latest value (17.69), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: South Korea
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-06-11 04:02:08
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: 1991–2025 19912025
1991 2025
Selected year: 2025 · Value: n/a 2025

South Korea · vulnerable employment as a percentage of total employment.

1991–2025
17.69 percent
17.85 percent
18.76 percent
29 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1991 1998 2005 2012 2019 2025
vulnerable employment rate reference line

Countries by vulnerable employment

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Ethiopia 84.15
India 71.58
Nigeria 66.48
Kenya 63.83
Ghana 59.96
Bangladesh 57.35
Pakistan 55.51
Vietnam 51.4

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 7.49
China 33.4
India 71.58
Germany 4.34

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

Source layer

planned

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

Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: SL.EMP.VULN.ZS

Cache: live · Updated: 2026-06-11 04:02:08

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 Vulnerable Employment: 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 Vulnerable Employment 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.

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