NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) in Korea
Korea: NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) was 0.006 units per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) in Korea, 2005–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per square kilometre.
Analysis
Korea recorded 0.006 units per square kilometre for neet: youth not in employment, education or training (ilo modelled) in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.6% on the previous year and down 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neet: youth not in employment, education or training (ilo modelled) in Korea peaked at 0.009 units per square kilometre in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.006 units per square kilometre, in 2023.
Korea ranks 43rd of 186 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) in Korea, year by year
| Year | units per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.009 units per square kilometre | — |
| 2006 | 0.0081 units per square kilometre | -9.9% |
| 2007 | 0.0071 units per square kilometre | -13.3% |
| 2008 | 0.0071 units per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0074 units per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 0.0075 units per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0077 units per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0076 units per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 0.0076 units per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0074 units per square kilometre | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0083 units per square kilometre | +13.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0083 units per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0081 units per square kilometre | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0081 units per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.0079 units per square kilometre | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0081 units per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 0.0073 units per square kilometre | -9.6% |
| 2022 | 0.0062 units per square kilometre | -15.0% |
| 2023 | 0.006 units per square kilometre | -3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0077 units per square kilometre | 0.0071 units per square kilometre | 0.009 units per square kilometre | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.0079 units per square kilometre | 0.0074 units per square kilometre | 0.0083 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0069 units per square kilometre | 0.006 units per square kilometre | 0.0081 units per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Korea
- 40 Nigeria 0.0068 units per square kilometre compare
- 41 Yemen 0.0066 units per square kilometre compare
- 42 Cape Verde 0.0062 units per square kilometre compare
- 44 Senegal 0.006 units per square kilometre compare
- 45 Timor-Leste 0.0059 units per square kilometre compare
- 46 Honduras 0.0057 units per square kilometre compare
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 0.006 units per square kilometre in 2023, 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 0.009 units per square kilometre in 2005.
- What is the lowest neet: youth not in employment, education or training (ilo modelled) recorded in Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.006 units per square kilometre in 2023.
- How does Korea rank for neet: youth not in employment, education or training (ilo modelled)?
- Korea ranks 43rd out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is neet: youth not in employment, education or training (ilo modelled) rising or falling in Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.4%. 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 square kilometre. 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 Land area (sq. km), 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) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training International Labour Organization
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.