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Unemployment rate in South Korea

Latest: 2.7%
Previous: 2.8%
Change: -0.10 (-3.6%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2025
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Percent

Unemployment rate over time

Annual, Percent, Not seasonally adjusted

Source: World Bank Projection Dashed values are International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook database projections, not observed data.

Observations for Unemployment rate in South Korea
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1966	—
Dec 31, 1967	—
Dec 31, 1968	—
Dec 31, 1969	—
Dec 31, 1970	—
Dec 31, 1971	—
Dec 31, 1972	—
Dec 31, 1973	—
Dec 31, 1974	—
Dec 31, 1975	—
Dec 31, 1976	—
Dec 31, 1977	—
Dec 31, 1978	—
Dec 31, 1979	—
Dec 31, 1980	—
Dec 31, 1981	—
Dec 31, 1982	—
Dec 31, 1983	—
Dec 31, 1984	—
Dec 31, 1985	—
Dec 31, 1986	—
Dec 31, 1987	—
Dec 31, 1988	—
Dec 31, 1989	—
Dec 31, 1990	—
Dec 31, 1991	2.4%
Dec 31, 1992	2.5%
Dec 31, 1993	2.9%
Dec 31, 1994	2.5%
Dec 31, 1995	2.1%
Dec 31, 1996	2.0%
Dec 31, 1997	2.6%
Dec 31, 1998	7.0%
Dec 31, 1999	6.3%
Dec 31, 2000	4.1%
Dec 31, 2001	3.7%
Dec 31, 2002	3.0%
Dec 31, 2003	3.3%
Dec 31, 2004	3.4%
Dec 31, 2005	3.5%
Dec 31, 2006	3.3%
Dec 31, 2007	3.0%
Dec 31, 2008	3.0%
Dec 31, 2009	3.4%
Dec 31, 2010	3.3%
Dec 31, 2011	3.0%
Dec 31, 2012	2.8%
Dec 31, 2013	3.1%
Dec 31, 2014	3.1%
Dec 31, 2015	3.5%
Dec 31, 2016	3.7%
Dec 31, 2017	3.7%
Dec 31, 2018	3.8%
Dec 31, 2019	3.7%
Dec 31, 2020	3.9%
Dec 31, 2021	3.6%
Dec 31, 2022	2.9%
Dec 31, 2023	2.7%
Dec 31, 2024	2.8%
Dec 31, 2025	2.7%

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