ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, 65+, rural areas in Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, 65+, rural areas was 766.64 1000 No in 2025. ▲ Rising
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, 65+, rural areas in Republic of Korea, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
In 2025, ilostat - labour force survey — employment by age, 65+, rural areas in Republic of Korea stood at 766.64 1000 No. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.0% on the previous year and up 77.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — employment by age, 65+, rural areas in Republic of Korea peaked at 766.64 1000 No in 2025 and was at its lowest, 78.67 1000 No, in 2000.
That places Republic of Korea 7th out of 80 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, 65+, rural areas in Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 78.67 1000 No | — |
| 2001 | 345.63 1000 No | +339.3% |
| 2002 | 354.85 1000 No | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 439.67 1000 No | +23.9% |
| 2014 | 442.69 1000 No | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 432.32 1000 No | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 432.57 1000 No | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 472.16 1000 No | +9.2% |
| 2018 | 505.73 1000 No | +7.1% |
| 2019 | 539.16 1000 No | +6.6% |
| 2020 | 561.86 1000 No | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 595.77 1000 No | +6.0% |
| 2022 | 656.46 1000 No | +10.2% |
| 2023 | 692.94 1000 No | +5.6% |
| 2024 | 737.37 1000 No | +6.4% |
| 2025 | 766.64 1000 No | +4.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, 65+, rural areas in Republic of Korea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +339.3% | 78.67 1000 No | 345.63 1000 No |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 259.72 1000 No | 78.67 1000 No | 354.85 1000 No | 3 |
| 2010s | 466.33 1000 No | 432.32 1000 No | 539.16 1000 No | 7 |
| 2020s | 668.51 1000 No | 561.86 1000 No | 766.64 1000 No | 6 |
Countries ranked near Republic of Korea
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 177.64 1000 No compare
- 4 Pakistan 1,336 1000 No compare
- 5 Republic of Moldova 88.44 1000 No compare
- 5 Thailand 899.84 1000 No compare
- 6 Mexico 806.97 1000 No compare
- 8 Philippines 605.66 1000 No compare
- 9 Sri Lanka 388.5 1000 No compare
- 10 Colombia 324.45 1000 No compare
More economy & growth data for Republic of Korea
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 4 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$ 1.5 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth Standard Local 4 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth Standard Local Currency 6.06 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP Standard Local Currency 29.86 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP Standard Local Currency 32.07 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices 29.86 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$ 32.07 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$, 2015 prices 571,534 million USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 646.38 million million SLC (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilostat - labour force survey — employment by age, 65+, rural areas in Republic of Korea?
- Ilostat - labour force survey — employment by age, 65+, rural areas in Republic of Korea was 766.64 1000 No in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — employment by age, 65+, rural areas recorded in Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 766.64 1000 No in 2025.
- What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — employment by age, 65+, rural areas recorded in Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 78.67 1000 No in 2000.
- How does Republic of Korea rank for ilostat - labour force survey — employment by age, 65+, rural areas?
- Republic of Korea ranks 7th out of 80 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ilostat - labour force survey — employment by age, 65+, rural areas rising or falling in Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 77.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Republic of Korea data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, 65+, rural areas — Male — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database.