Employment rate by age group (youth, prime-age, older)

Name: Employment rate by age group (youth, prime-age, older)
Creator: OECD

OECDPeriod 2016~2025Retrieved 2026-11-09

Share of people in each age group who work — useful for comparing youth and older-worker employment.

2016: 66.08% → 2025: 69.85% (up 3.77 pp). Highest: 2025 (69.85%).

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Employment rate by age group (youth, prime-age, older) · 2016~2025 (unit: %)
Year	15–64	Youth 15–29	25–54	55–64	65+
2016	66.076	41.733	76.162	66.181	30.553
2017	66.629	42.09	76.348	67.453	30.629
2018	66.614	42.675	76.428	66.839	31.289
2019	66.823	43.545	76.376	66.865	32.906
2020	65.86	42.225	74.925	66.57	34.052
2021	66.525	44.212	75.349	66.314	34.867
2022	68.512	46.647	76.999	68.786	36.171
2023	69.227	46.469	77.862	69.877	37.295
2024	69.543	46.067	78.365	69.914	38.241
2025	69.847	44.981	78.789	70.462	39.455

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OECD. (2026). Employment and unemployment by five-year age group and sex - indicators: Korea [Data set]. OECD Data Explorer. Retrieved November 9, 2026, from https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_LFS%40DF_LFS_INDIC&df[ag]=OECD.ELS.SAE

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