South Korea
Labor force participation rate
Labor-force participation measures the share of people working or actively looking for work. It helps distinguish weak employment from people leaving the labor force.
Labor Force Participation Rate - South Korea
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The reading right now
As of January 2025, Labor force participation rate for South Korea stood at 64.4%. That is down 0.11 percentage points from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 63.9%, ranging from a low of 62.5% in January 2021 to a high of 64.5% in January 2024. The current reading sits 1.1 percentage points above its trailing ten-year mean of 63.3%.
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