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Asia > Korea, South > Labor

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Agricultural workers > Female 12% [26th of 77]
Agricultural workers > Male 10% [45th of 78]
Compensation of employees > % of expense 11.33 % Time series [62nd of 97]
Compensation of employees > current LCU 19539350000000 Time series
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 15-19 13.69 [162nd of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 20-24 72.6 [88th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 25-29 75.19 [126th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 30-34 78.38 [114th of 165]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 35-39 81.78 [97th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 40-44 81.69 [94th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 45-49 81.24 [83rd of 163]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 50-54 77.84 [75th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 55-59 68.93 [61st of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 60-64 50.43 [78th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 65 plus 22.24 [84th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 15-19 10.38 [165th of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 20-24 75.48 [151st of 166]
Economic activity > Men aged 25-29 91.69 [153rd of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 30-34 96.8 [108th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 35-39 96.28 [140th of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 40-44 94.17 [153rd of 163]
Economic activity > Men aged 45-49 92.29 [155th of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 50-54 89.42 [129th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 55-59 82.59 [106th of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 60-64 61.38 [103rd of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 32.4 [86th of 162]
Economic activity > Women aged 15-19 17.24 [142nd of 164]
Economic activity > Women aged 20-24 69.54 [61st of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 25-29 57.79 [114th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 30-34 59.05 [114th of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 35-39 66.91 [94th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 40-44 68.97 [85th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 45-49 69.81 [75th of 161]
Economic activity > Women aged 50-54 66.18 [69th of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 55-59 55.67 [53rd of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 60-64 40.49 [56th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 65 plus 16.02 [65th of 167]
Employees, agriculture, female > % of female employment 8.9 % Time series [18th of 86]
Employees, agriculture, male > % of male employment 7.2 % Time series [31st of 86]
Employees, industry, female > % of female employment 16.6 % Time series [22nd of 86]
Employees, industry, male > % of male employment 34.1 % Time series [22nd of 86]
Employees, services, female > % of female employment 74.4 % Time series [35th of 86]
Employees, services, male > % of male employment 58.5 % Time series [20th of 86]
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment 7.9 % Time series [31st of 94]
Employment in industry > % of total employment 26.8 % Time series [22nd of 94]
Employment in services > % of total employment 65.1 % Time series [29th of 94]
employment rate > Source / date of > information 2003 OECD .
Female decision makers 5% [66th of 67]
Female economic activity 53.2% [79th of 156]
Female economic activity growth 10% [42nd of 156]
Female professionals 34% [66th of 68]
Firing cost > weeks of wages 91 weeks of wages Time series [23rd of 164]
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64 54.22 % Time series [116th of 184]
force participation rate, male > % of male population ages 15-64 77.3 % Time series [134th of 184]
force participation rate, total > % of total population ages 15-64 65.92 % Time series [121st of 184]
force with primary education > % of total 14.2 % Time series [35th of 48]
force with secondary education > % of total 43.7 % Time series [21st of 51]
force with tertiary education > % of total 24.9 % Time series [16th of 52]
force, female > % of total labor force 40.81 % Time series [106th of 184]
force, total 24,375,370 Time series [23rd of 184]
    force, total (per capita) 0.505 per capita Time series [34th of 184]
Foreign labor force 0.6 [22nd of 23]
Industrial workers > Female 19% [24th of 79]
Industrial workers > Male 34% [30th of 79]
Labor force 24,220,000 Time series [20th of 132]
    Labor force (per capita) 493,834.309 per million people Time series [41st of 131]
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture 8%, industry 19%, services 73%
Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture 7.5% Time series [11th of 32]
Labor force > By occupation > Industry 17.3% Time series [10th of 29]
Labor force > By occupation > Services 75.2% Time series [3rd of 29]
Long-term unemployment > % of total unemployment 0.6 % Time series [29th of 48]
Long-term unemployment, female > % of female unemployment 0.3 % Time series [29th of 46]
Long-term unemployment, male > % of male unemployment 0.7 % Time series [29th of 46]
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Date January 28, 1999
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Minimum age 15 [70th of 146]
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave 60 days
Rigidity of employment index 34 Time series [93rd of 166]
Service workers > Female 68% [57th of 79]
Service workers > Male 56% [31st of 79]
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment 41.6 % Time series [77th of 174]
Strikes 95 [6th of 27]
Technicians in R&D > per million people 567.3 per million people Time series [14th of 49]
Total work time > Females 431 minutes [19th of 29]
Total work time > Females over males 116% [9th of 29]
Total work time > Males 373 minutes [23rd of 29]
Unemployment gender ratio 71% [30th of 30]
Unemployment rate 3.3% Time series [79th of 107]
Unemployment with secondary education, female > % of female unemployment 50.9 % Time series [18th of 71]
Unemployment with secondary education, male > % of male unemployment 54.9 % Time series [15th of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education > % of total unemployment 29.6 % Time series [5th of 77]
Unemployment with tertiary education, female > % of female unemployment 32.4 % Time series [4th of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education, male > % of male unemployment 27.9 % Time series [4th of 71]
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 3.1 % Time series [71st of 95]
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force 3.7 % Time series [67th of 95]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 3.5 % Time series [71st of 101]
Unemployment, youth female > % of female labor force ages 15-24 9 % Time series [50th of 77]
Unemployment, youth male > % of male labor force ages 15-24 12.3 % Time series [40th of 77]
Unemployment, youth total > % of total labor force ages 15-24 10.2 % Time series [46th of 77]
Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required 10 working days
Work time > Market-oriented 64% [4th of 29]
Work time > Non-market-oriented 36% [27th of 29]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 3,336,000,000 $ Time series [13th of 149]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per $ GDP) 4.236 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [71st of 166]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per capita) 69.077 $ per 1,000 people Time series [41st of 167]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ 808,000,000 $ Time series [63rd of 156]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (per $ GDP) 1.026 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [143rd of 165]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (per capita) 16.731 $ per capita Time series [113rd of 167]
Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ 67,600,000 BoP $ Time series [70th of 115]
    Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ (per $ GDP) 0.086 BoP $ per $1 million of Time series [93rd of 142]
    Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ (per capita) 1.4 BoP $ per 1,000 people Time series [88th of 143]
Youth unemployment 10.2% [18th of 30]

SOURCES: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002; World Development Indicators database; Economic activity rate and economically active population, by sex, thirteen age groups, 1950-2010 (ILO estimates and projections) are data from the International Labour Union (ILO). Source details: ILO, Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, fourth edition, diskette database (Geneva, 1997). The latest set of estimates and projections covering the period 1950-2010 (4th edition) was released by ILO in December 1996. These data are updated every five-ten years by ILO and a new set of these data is in preparation; Wikipedia: List of countries by employment rate ; calculated on the basis of occupational data from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Laboursta Database. February 2002; calculated on the basis of data on the economically active population and total population from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Estimates and Projections of the Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, 4th ed., rev. 2. Database. Geneva; OECD; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: Minimum Age Convention, 1973 ; Wikipedia: Parental leave ; Harvey, Andrew S. 1995 ?Market and Non-Market Productive Activity in Less Developed and Developing Countries: Lessons from Time Use.? Background Paper for Human Development Report 1995. United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report, Goldshmidt-Clermont, Luisella, and Elisabetta Pagnossin Aligisakis. 1995. ?Measures of Unrecorded Economic Activities in Fourteen Countries.? Background paper for Human Development Report; calculated on the basis of data on male and female unemployment rates from OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). 2001. Employment Outlook 2001. Paris; Wikipedia: Vacation ;

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Korea, South, Republic of Korea, South Korea, Taehan-min'guk, korea, republic of, korea, rep. of, korea-south, SKOREA, Korea Republic, Korean Republic, Korea (Rep.), Korea

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