NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) in Korea
Korea: NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) was 0 units per person in 2025. ▼ Falling
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) in Korea, 2005–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
Korea recorded 0 units per person for neet: youth not in employment, education or training (ilo modelled) in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is down 2.5% on the previous year and down 32.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neet: youth not in employment, education or training (ilo modelled) in Korea peaked at 0 units per person in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0 units per person, in 2025.
That places Korea 157th out of 186 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) in Korea, year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0 units per person | — |
| 2006 | 0 units per person | -10.4% |
| 2007 | 0 units per person | -13.7% |
| 2008 | 0 units per person | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 0 units per person | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 0 units per person | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 0 units per person | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 0 units per person | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 0 units per person | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 0 units per person | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 0 units per person | +12.7% |
| 2016 | 0 units per person | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 0 units per person | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 0 units per person | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 0 units per person | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 0 units per person | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 0 units per person | -9.4% |
| 2022 | 0 units per person | -14.8% |
| 2023 | 0 units per person | -3.7% |
| 2024 | 0 units per person | -2.9% |
| 2025 | 0 units per person | -2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 5 |
| 2010s | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Korea
More work & labour data for Korea
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 16,840 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 63.91 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 29,824 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 2.96 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 0.78 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 97,052 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 65,686 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 62.02 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 0.9719 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate -0.1065 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is neet: youth not in employment, education or training (ilo modelled) in Korea?
- Neet: youth not in employment, education or training (ilo modelled) in Korea was 0 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest neet: youth not in employment, education or training (ilo modelled) recorded in Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 0 units per person in 2005.
- What is the lowest neet: youth not in employment, education or training (ilo modelled) recorded in Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 units per person in 2025.
- How does Korea rank for neet: youth not in employment, education or training (ilo modelled)?
- Korea ranks 157th out of 186 countries with data for 2025.
- Is neet: youth not in employment, education or training (ilo modelled) rising or falling in Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Korea data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled estimates), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled estimates) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled estimates) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training International Labour Organization
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled estimates) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.