Status in employment (employees, employers, contributing family workers)

World BankPeriod 2016~2025Retrieved 2026-11-09

Shares of wage earners, employers and unpaid family workers among the employed (ILO modeled estimate).

2016: 74.49% → 2025: 77.33% (up 2.84 pp). Highest: 2025 (77.33%).

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Status in employment (employees, employers, contributing family workers) · 2016~2025 (unit: %)
YearWage workersEmployersUnpaid family workers
201674.49375.99364.2648
201774.59686.01364.1521
201874.87986.15474.104
201975.3635.66813.9712
202075.57195.10013.8724
202176.09444.79263.692
202276.54834.86093.4015
202376.81674.99583.1642
202477.13885.01073.0642
202577.33044.98282.9594

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Reference (APA 7th)

World Bank. (2026). Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate); Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate); Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) – Korea, Rep. [Data set]. World Development Indicators. Retrieved November 9, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.EMP.WORK.ZS?locations=KR

Source https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.EMP.WORK.ZS?locations=KR

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