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Korea Youth Unemployment 2010s

Youth unemployment (ages 15-24) · World Bank
9.19% decade average (2010-2019)

Korea's youth unemployment during the 2010s ranged from 7.74% (2012) to 10.15% (2016), averaging 9.19% over 10 years of data.

2010s Data
YearValueChangeRank
2010 8.54% −0.68pp 47th
2011 8.30% −0.24pp 46th
2012 7.74% −0.56pp 42nd
2013 8.94% +1.21pp 54th
2014 8.59% −0.35pp 50th
2015 9.90% +1.31pp 62nd
2016 10.15% +0.25pp 62nd
2017 9.78% −0.36pp 68th
2018 10.12% +0.34pp 74th
2019 9.83% −0.29pp 68th