Labor force, total, per capita in Korea
Korea: Labor force, total, per capita was 0.5778 units per person in 2025. β² Rising
Labor force, total, per capita in Korea, 1990β2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
Korea recorded 0.5778 units per person for labor force, total, per capita in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, labor force, total, per capita in Korea peaked at 0.5778 units per person in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.4404 units per person, in 1990.
Korea ranks 11th of 188 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4649 units per person | 0.4404 units per person | 0.4838 units per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4939 units per person | 0.4801 units per person | 0.5021 units per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5319 units per person | 0.5045 units per person | 0.5518 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5651 units per person | 0.5473 units per person | 0.5778 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Korea
- 8 Macau, China 0.5855 units per person compare
- 9 Republic of Moldova 0.5817 units per person compare
- 10 Cambodia 0.5809 units per person compare
- 12 New Zealand 0.5777 units per person compare
- 13 Bahrain 0.5746 units per person compare
- 14 Netherlands 0.5721 units per person compare
More education data for Korea
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 173,133 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 69.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 10.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0033 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is labor force, total, per capita in Korea?
- Labor force, total, per capita in Korea was 0.5778 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest labor force, total, per capita recorded in Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5778 units per person in 2025.
- What is the lowest labor force, total, per capita recorded in Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4404 units per person in 1990.
- How does Korea rank for labor force, total, per capita?
- Korea ranks 11th out of 188 countries with data for 2025.
- Is labor force, total, per capita rising or falling in Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Korea data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Labor force, total, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
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.
Labor force, total Γ· Population, total
Computed from
- Labor force, total International Labour Organization (ILO), type: estimates based on external database
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
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.