In April 2024, the unemployment rate in South Korea stood at three percent. The highest unemployment rate since 2000 was recorded in January 2021, at 5.7 percent.
Monthly unemployment rate in South Korea from January 2020 to April 2024
An unemployed person is a person age 15 years or older who was without a job during the survey week but has been actively seeking employment in the past four weeks and is ready to begin work immediately.
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KOSIS. (May 17, 2024). Monthly unemployment rate in South Korea from January 2020 to April 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1233063/south-korea-monthly-unemployment-rate/
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