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Korea Youth Unemployment 2020s

Youth unemployment (ages 15-24) · World Bank
7.23% decade average (2020-2029)

Korea's youth unemployment during the 2020s ranged from 5.41% (2023) to 10.14% (2020), averaging 7.23% over 6 years of data.

2020s Data
YearValueChangeRank
2020 10.14% +0.32pp 51st
2021 8.06% −2.09pp 39th
2022 6.64% −1.42pp 35th
2023 5.41% −1.23pp 31st
2024 6.43% +1.03pp 37th
2025 6.70% +0.26pp 38th