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 1.1 % in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
1.1 %
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
9th
of 20 countries
All-time high
1.3 %
in 2015
All-time low
0.4 %
in 2002
Years of data
16
2000–2025

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Republic of Korea, 2000–2025

0.40.60.811.21.42000201220252000: 0.5 %2001: 0.5 %2002: 0.4 %2013: 0.4 %2014: 0.5 %2015: 1.3 %2016: 1.1 %2017: 1.2 %2018: 1 %2019: 0.9 %2020: 1.1 %2021: 1 %2022: 1 %2023: 1 %2024: 1.1 %2025: 1.1 %

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.

Analysis

The most recent figure for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Republic of Korea is 1.1 %, measured in 2025.

The figure is down 15.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Republic of Korea peaked at 1.3 % in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.4 %, in 2002.

Republic of Korea ranks 9th of 20 countries on this measure, 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

Annual values for ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, workers not classified, rural areas — Value in Republic of Korea, 2000 to 2025.
Year % Change
2000 0.5 %
2001 0.5 % +0.0%
2002 0.4 % -20.0%
2013 0.4 % +0.0%
2014 0.5 % +25.0%
2015 1.3 % +160.0%
2016 1.1 % -15.4%
2017 1.2 % +9.1%
2018 1 % -16.7%
2019 0.9 % -10.0%
2020 1.1 % +22.2%
2021 1 % -9.1%
2022 1 % +0.0%
2023 1 % +0.0%
2024 1.1 % +10.0%
2025 1.1 % +0.0%

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.

YearChange FromTo
2015 +160.0% 0.5 % 1.3 %

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.4667 % 0.4 % 0.5 % 3
2010s 0.9143 % 0.4 % 1.3 % 7
2020s 1.05 % 1 % 1.1 % 6

Countries ranked near Republic of Korea

  1. 6 Angola 2.1 % compare
  2. 6 Austria 2.1 % compare
  3. 8 India 1.5 % compare
  4. 10 Poland 0.8 % compare
  5. 11 Luxembourg 0.7 % compare
  6. 12 Ecuador 0.4 % compare

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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 1.1 % 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 1.3 % in 2015.
What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in Republic of Korea?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4 % in 2002.
How does Republic of Korea rank for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of?
Republic of Korea ranks 9th out of 20 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 15.4%. 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, workers not classified, rural areas — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, workers not classified, rural areas — Value
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
22 places, 255 data points, 1987–2025
Last refreshed

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.