Korea vs Upper middle income: Labor force, total, per capita
Korea
0.5778 units per person
in 2025
Upper middle income
0.4975 units per person
in 2025
Korea rank
11th
Upper middle income rank
9th
Labor force, total, per capita over time
- Korea
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Korea currently reports 0.5778 units per person against 0.4975 units per person in Upper middle income, a difference of 0.0803 units per person.
That makes Korea's figure about 1.2 times Upper middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Upper middle income ahead.
Korea ranks 11th and Upper middle income ranks 9th of 188 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Korea averaged higher in 2 and Upper middle income in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Korea | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4649 units per person | 0.4848 units per person | 0.0199 units per person | Upper middle income |
| 2000s | 0.4939 units per person | 0.5035 units per person | 0.0095 units per person | Upper middle income |
| 2010s | 0.5319 units per person | 0.5074 units per person | 0.0246 units per person | Korea |
| 2020s | 0.5651 units per person | 0.4951 units per person | 0.07 units per person | Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher labor force, total, per capita, Korea or Upper middle income?
- Korea, at 0.5778 units per person against 0.4975 units per person in Upper middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in labor force, total, per capita between Korea and Upper middle income?
- 0.0803 units per person, with Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Upper middle income?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
- How do Korea and Upper middle income rank globally for labor force, total, per capita?
- Korea ranks 11th and Upper middle income ranks 9th of 188 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Labor force, total, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Labor force, total divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.