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 38.5 % in 2025. ▼ Falling
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
In 2025, ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Republic of Korea stood at 38.5 %. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is down 2.5% on the previous year and down 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Republic of Korea peaked at 68.7 % in 2000 and was at its lowest, 38.5 %, in 2025.
Republic of Korea ranks 27th of 72 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling 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 | 68.7 % | — |
| 2001 | 68.5 % | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 67.4 % | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 58.7 % | -12.9% |
| 2014 | 57.8 % | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 39.6 % | -31.5% |
| 2016 | 38.8 % | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 38.7 % | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 39.2 % | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 39 % | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 39.5 % | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 39.1 % | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 39 % | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 39 % | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 39.5 % | +1.3% |
| 2025 | 38.5 % | -2.5% |
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 | -31.5% | 57.8 % | 39.6 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 68.2 % | 67.4 % | 68.7 % | 3 |
| 2010s | 44.54 % | 38.7 % | 58.7 % | 7 |
| 2020s | 39.1 % | 38.5 % | 39.5 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Republic of Korea
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 — 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 38.5 % 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 68.7 % in 2000.
- What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 38.5 % in 2025.
- How does Republic of Korea rank for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of?
- Republic of Korea ranks 27th 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 down 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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, self-employed, 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.