ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of was 60.5 % in 2025. ▲ Rising
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Republic of Korea, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Republic of Korea recorded 60.5 % for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in 2025. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Republic of Korea peaked at 60.5 % in 2025 and was at its lowest, 30.8 %, in 2000.
That places Republic of Korea 46th out of 72 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 30.8 % | — |
| 2001 | 31.1 % | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 32.1 % | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 40.9 % | +27.4% |
| 2014 | 41.7 % | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 59.1 % | +41.7% |
| 2016 | 60.1 % | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 60.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 59.8 % | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 60 % | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 59.4 % | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 59.9 % | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 60 % | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 60 % | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 59.4 % | -1.0% |
| 2025 | 60.5 % | +1.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +41.7% | 41.7 % | 59.1 % |
| 2013 | +27.4% | 32.1 % | 40.9 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 31.33 % | 30.8 % | 32.1 % | 3 |
| 2010s | 54.53 % | 40.9 % | 60.1 % | 7 |
| 2020s | 59.87 % | 59.4 % | 60.5 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Republic of Korea
More economy & growth data for Republic of Korea
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value Standard Local Currency, annual 6.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$, annual growth rate 1.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$, 2015 prices, annual growth 4 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Republic of Korea?
- Ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Republic of Korea was 60.5 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 60.5 % in 2025.
- What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.8 % in 2000.
- How does Republic of Korea rank for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of?
- Republic of Korea ranks 46th out of 72 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of rising or falling in Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. 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 — Share of employment by status of employment, employees, rural areas — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.