Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Korea

Korea: Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total was 0.9% in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
0.9%
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
31st
of 92 countries
All-time high
0.9%
in 2017
All-time low
0.8%
in 2002
Years of data
16
2001–2017

Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Korea, 2001–2017

00.20.40.60.82001200920172001: 0.816 % of total workers in the industrial sector2002: 0.811 % of total workers in the industrial sector2003: 0.814 % of total workers in the industrial sector2004: 0.823 % of total workers in the industrial sector2005: 0.815 % of total workers in the industrial sector2007: 0.832 % of total workers in the industrial sector2008: 0.846 % of total workers in the industrial sector2009: 0.843 % of total workers in the industrial sector2010: 0.841 % of total workers in the industrial sector2011: 0.841 % of total workers in the industrial sector2012: 0.84 % of total workers in the industrial sector2013: 0.854 % of total workers in the industrial sector2014: 0.853 % of total workers in the industrial sector2015: 0.86 % of total workers in the industrial sector2016: 0.861 % of total workers in the industrial sector2017: 0.862 % of total workers in the industrial sector

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of total workers in the industrial sector.

Analysis

In 2017, wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Korea stood at 0.9%. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Korea peaked at 0.9% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2002.

Korea ranks 31st of 92 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.

Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Korea, year by year

Annual values for Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total (% of total workers in the industrial sector) in Korea, 2001 to 2017.
Year % of total workers in the industrial sector Change
2001 0.8%
2002 0.8% -0.6%
2003 0.8% +0.4%
2004 0.8% +1.2%
2005 0.8% -1.0%
2007 0.8% +2.1%
2008 0.8% +1.6%
2009 0.8% -0.3%
2010 0.8% -0.3%
2011 0.8% +0.0%
2012 0.8% -0.2%
2013 0.9% +1.8%
2014 0.9% -0.1%
2015 0.9% +0.8%
2016 0.9% +0.1%
2017 0.9% +0.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 8
2010s 0.9% 0.8% 0.9% 8

Countries ranked near Korea

  1. 28 Romania 0.9% compare
  2. 29 Finland 0.9% compare
  3. 30 Malta 0.9% compare
  4. 32 Tunisia 0.9% compare
  5. 33 Kyrgyzstan 0.9% compare
  6. 34 Ireland 0.8% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Korea?
Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Korea was 0.9% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total recorded in Korea?
The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 2017.
What is the lowest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total recorded in Korea?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2002.
How does Korea rank for wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total?
Korea ranks 31st out of 92 countries with data for 2017.
Is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total rising or falling in Korea?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Korea data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total (% of total workers in the industrial sector). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total (% of total workers in the industrial sector)
Unit
% of total workers in the industrial sector
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
92 places, 1,346 data points, 1970–2021
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