South Korea vs Poland: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates

South Korea
2.8%
in 2025
Poland
3.0%
in 2025
South Korea rank
150th
Poland rank
147th

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time

  • South Korea
  • Poland
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How they compare

Poland currently reports 3.0% against 2.8% in South Korea, a difference of 0.2%.

That makes Poland's figure about 1.1 times South Korea's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Poland ahead.

South Korea ranks 150th and Poland ranks 147th of 185 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates
Unit
%
Source
Labour Force Statistics, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
185 places, 5,169 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon. Figures refer to national estimates and may not be fully comparable across countries.