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Korea Unemployment Rate 2000s

Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank
3.36% decade average (2000-2009)

Korea's unemployment rate during the 2000s ranged from 2.96% (2008) to 4.06% (2000), averaging 3.36% over 10 years of data.

2000s Data
YearValueChangeRank
2000 4.06% −2.52pp 52nd
2001 3.70% −0.73pp 45th
2002 3.05% −0.95pp 33rd
2003 3.35% +0.09pp 32nd
2004 3.42% −0.13pp 32nd
2005 3.48% −0.18pp 35th
2006 3.25% −0.50pp 35th
2007 3.01% −0.46pp 31st
2008 2.96% −0.30pp 31st
2009 3.36% +0.19pp 35th