According to a survey conducted in South Korea in 2022, about 51 percent of job seekers said they were considering starting their own business. When asked what they thought a year ago, about 31 percent said they had considered the same. The most considered area of business was content and media.
Share of job seekers planning to start their own business in South Korea in 2020 and 2022
*job seekers currently attending post-secondary or post-graduate educational programs.
Original questions:
Have you considered starting a business over the past year?
How would you have thought about starting a business a year
ago (2021)?
In consideration of your business plan, what area of business do you have in mind?
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Startup Alliance. (December 14, 2022). Share of job seekers planning to start their own business in South Korea in 2020 and 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 10, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1323685/south-korea-job-seekers-considering-starting-a-business/
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Startup Alliance. (2022). Share of job seekers planning to start their own business in South Korea in 2020 and 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 10, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1323685/south-korea-job-seekers-considering-starting-a-business/
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Share of job seekers planning to start their own business in South Korea in 2020 and 2022 [Graph], Startup Alliance, December 14, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1323685/south-korea-job-seekers-considering-starting-a-business/