Youth unemployment rate (by sex)

World BankPeriod 2016~2025Retrieved 2026-11-09

Share of young people (15–24) in the labor force who cannot find a job (ILO modeled estimate).

2016: 10.27% → 2025: 6.67% (down 3.6 pp). Highest: 2020 (10.74%).

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Youth unemployment rate (by sex) · 2016~2025 (unit: %)
YearMaleFemale
201610.2710.039
201710.0689.535
201810.3539.935
201910.1699.531
202010.7459.631
20218.9247.356
20227.2266.157
20235.3915.416
20246.3296.514
20256.6736.712

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Reference (APA 7th)

World Bank. (2026). Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate); Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) – Korea, Rep. [Data set]. World Development Indicators. Retrieved November 9, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.1524.MA.ZS?locations=KR

Source https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.1524.MA.ZS?locations=KR

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