Korea
KR desk: Korea first; United States, Japan, China, Taiwan, euro area, United Kingdom and Australia alongside.
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As of 2025 | % of labour force ages 15–24
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.70% |
| 2024 | 6.43% |
| 2023 | 5.41% |
| 2022 | 6.64% |
| 2021 | 8.05% |
| 2020 | 10.14% |
| 2019 | 9.83% |
| 2018 | 10.12% |
| 2017 | 9.78% |
| 2016 | 10.14% |
| 2015 | 9.90% |
| 2014 | 8.59% |
| 2013 | 8.94% |
| 2012 | 7.74% |
| 2011 | 8.30% |
| 2010 | 8.54% |
| 2009 | 9.22% |
| 2008 | 8.65% |
| 2007 | 7.85% |
| 2006 | 8.92% |
| 2005 | 9.32% |
| 2004 | 9.80% |
| 2003 | 9.42% |
| 2002 | 7.90% |
Youth unemployment is the same ILO definition restricted to ages 15–24 (SL.UEM.1524.ZS). It is usually higher than the all-ages rate. Latest: 6.70% in 2025.
It is a rate among young people in the labour force, not a share of all young people. From 1991 to 2025 (35 years): mean 8.73%, median 8.65%; low 5.41% (2023), high 15.72% (1998).
Source: World Bank Open Data. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (terms).
This series is the unemployment rate restricted to people aged 15 to 24: those without work, available for and actively seeking it, as a share of the labour force in that age band. The source is World Bank Open Data indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS, an ILO modelled estimate using the same unemployment definition as the all-ages series. It is a rate among young people in the labour force, not a share of all young people: a country with few teenagers looking for work can post a high youth rate while most of its young population is in education.
The chart plots annual observations for the economies you select; the range buttons shorten the period and the legend or table adds and removes lines. The ranked ledger lists each economy’s latest published year, and those years differ. Because the series is modelled from national surveys and censuses, values are revised when inputs change, so a rebuild can print a different past reading. Youth rates are usually higher than all-ages rates.
The Korea desk places Korea first and shows the United States, Japan, China, Taiwan, the euro area, the United Kingdom and Australia alongside, where the indicator covers them. Taiwan appears on every series here for comparison, but the World Bank does not publish Taiwanese labour data, so only the headline unemployment page carries a Taiwanese value, from the IMF World Economic Outlook. The figures are the same World Bank ILO modelled estimates as the all-countries pages, filtered to this desk, and are not recomputed.
Use the Country selector to switch desks, the Chart and Table tabs for the same data two ways, and the range buttons to change the period. Each page names its indicator, source and licence. A blank Taiwanese cell on the youth, sex, participation and employment pages means the source has no published value. Where a Taiwanese value is not published, no estimate is substituted.