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Korea Unemployment Rate 2010s

Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank
3.37% decade average (2010-2019)

Korea's unemployment rate during the 2010s ranged from 2.81% (2012) to 3.82% (2018), averaging 3.37% over 10 years of data.

2010s Data
YearValueChangeRank
2010 3.32% −0.31pp 34th
2011 2.99% −0.72pp 27th
2012 2.81% −0.60pp 27th
2013 3.07% −0.16pp 32nd
2014 3.08% −0.02pp 34th
2015 3.55% +0.05pp 43rd
2016 3.65% +0.06pp 45th
2017 3.65% −0.02pp 47th
2018 3.82% +0.14pp 55th
2019 3.75% −0.09pp 60th