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Korea Unemployment Rate 1990s

Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank
3.28% decade average (1990-1999)

Korea's unemployment rate during the 1990s ranged from 2.05% (1996) to 6.96% (1998), averaging 3.28% over 10 years of data.

1990s Data
YearValueChangeRank
1990 2.46% −0.13pp 11th
1991 2.41% −0.05pp 39th
1992 2.51% +0.06pp 37th
1993 2.88% +0.35pp 37th
1994 2.48% −0.42pp 24th
1995 2.06% −0.41pp 19th
1996 2.05% −0.02pp 18th
1997 2.61% +0.55pp 26th
1998 6.96% +4.35pp 90th
1999 6.34% −0.61pp 87th