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South Korea unemployment rate

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Key data points


Last release
Observation period
Oct 2024
Next release
Forecast
Highest
7.10% on Jun 30, 1999
Lowest
2.40% on Aug 31, 2024

About South Korea unemployment rate


Category
Labor
Frequency
Monthly
Units
%
In South Korea, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.

Frequently Asked Questions


To calculate South Korea unemployment rate you need to take the number of the country residents without a job and looking for work divided by the total number of residents in the labor force.
The lowest ever South Korea unemployment rate is 2.40%.
The highest figure South Korea unemployment rate has ever reached is 7.10%.
Last month South Korea unemployment rate was 2.70%, and the month before that it amounted to 2.50%.