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

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

OECDPeriod 2016~2025Retrieved 2026-11-09

Share of unemployed people in the labor force of each age group.

2016: 3.68% → 2025: 2.8% (down 0.88 pp). Highest: 2020 (3.95%).

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Unemployment rate by age group (youth, prime-age, older) · 2016~2025 (unit: %)
Year	15+	Youth 15–29	15–24	25–54	55–64
2016	3.681	9.836	10.684	3.384	2.762
2017	3.686	9.827	10.332	3.491	2.448
2018	3.847	9.457	10.529	3.637	2.885
2019	3.772	8.911	10.442	3.48	3.019
2020	3.954	8.96	10.508	3.674	3.261
2021	3.663	7.751	8.507	3.349	3.267
2022	2.879	6.379	7.059	2.721	2.205
2023	2.692	5.861	5.757	2.64	2.102
2024	2.799	5.877	6.407	2.612	2.386
2025	2.804	6.062	6.427	2.731	2.145

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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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