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Asia > Korea, South > Labor

KOREAN LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agricultural workers > Female 12% [26th of 77]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 32.4 [86th of 162]
Definition: Labor > Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus
Employees, industry, female > % of female employment 16.6 % Time series [22nd of 86]
Definition: Labor > Employees, industry, female > % of female employment
Employees, services, female > % of female employment 74.4 % Time series [35th of 86]
Definition: Labor > Employees, services, female > % of female employment
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment 7.9 % Time series [31st of 94]
Definition: Labor > Employment in agriculture > % of total employment
Female decision makers 5% [66th of 67]
Definition: Labor > Female decision makers
force with tertiary education > % of total 24.9 % Time series [16th of 52]
Definition: Labor > force with tertiary education > % of total
force, total 24,375,370 Time series [23rd of 184]
Definition: Labor > force, total
Foreign labor force 0.6 [22nd of 23]
Definition: Labor > Foreign labor force
Labor force 24,220,000 Time series [20th of 132]
Definition: Labor > Labor force
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture 8%, industry 19%, services 73%
Definition: Labor > Labor force > By occupation
Labor force > By occupation > Industry 17.3% Time series [10th of 29]
Definition: Labor > Labor force > By occupation > Industry
Labor force > By occupation > Services 75.2% Time series [3rd of 29]
Definition: Labor > Labor force > By occupation > Services
Strikes 95 [6th of 27]
Definition: Labor > Strikes
Unemployment gender ratio 71% [30th of 30]
Definition: Labor > Unemployment gender ratio
Unemployment rate 3.3% Time series [79th of 107]
Definition: Labor > Unemployment rate
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 3.5 % Time series [71st of 101]
Definition: Labor > Unemployment, total > % of total labor force
Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required 10 working days
Definition: Labor > Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 3,336,000,000 $ Time series [13th of 149]
Definition: Labor > Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$
Youth unemployment 10.2% [18th of 30]
Definition: Labor > Youth unemployment

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SOURCES: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002; 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; World Development Indicators database; calculated on the basis of occupational data from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Laboursta Database. February 2002; OECD; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; 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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