In 2021, around 28 percent of wage workers aged 15 to 29 years old in South Korea worked in wholesale, retail trade, accommodation, and food services. This was followed by the public service sector with about 22 percent of youth workers. Overall, around 80 percent of the youth in South Korea worked in the service sector.
Share of wage workers aged 15 to 29 years old in South Korea in 2021, by industry
*Figure includes public administration, defense, education, human health, and social work activities.
**Figure includes insurance, professional, scientific, and technical activities; business facility management and business support.
***Figure includes warehousing, information, and communication industries.
****Figure includes arts, sports and recreation related services;
membership organizations, repair, and other personal services;
activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of households for own use; and
activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies.
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Korea Labor Institute. (December 30, 2022). Share of wage workers aged 15 to 29 years old in South Korea in 2021, by industry [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 02, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1229341/south-korea-youth-workers-by-industry/
Korea Labor Institute. "Share of wage workers aged 15 to 29 years old in South Korea in 2021, by industry." Chart. December 30, 2022. Statista. Accessed January 02, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1229341/south-korea-youth-workers-by-industry/
Korea Labor Institute. (2022). Share of wage workers aged 15 to 29 years old in South Korea in 2021, by industry. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 02, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1229341/south-korea-youth-workers-by-industry/
Korea Labor Institute. "Share of Wage Workers Aged 15 to 29 Years Old in South Korea in 2021, by Industry." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1229341/south-korea-youth-workers-by-industry/
Korea Labor Institute, Share of wage workers aged 15 to 29 years old in South Korea in 2021, by industry Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1229341/south-korea-youth-workers-by-industry/ (last visited January 02, 2025)
Share of wage workers aged 15 to 29 years old in South Korea in 2021, by industry [Graph], Korea Labor Institute, December 30, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1229341/south-korea-youth-workers-by-industry/
