Part time employment, female in Korea
Korea: Part time employment, female was 41.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Part time employment, female in Korea, 2000–2025
Source: Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of total female employment.
Analysis
In 2025, part time employment, female in Korea stood at 41.2%.
The figure is down 12.6% on the previous year and up 35.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, part time employment, female in Korea peaked at 47.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 21.9%, in 2000.
That places Korea 35th out of 111 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Part time employment, female in Korea, year by year
| Year | % of total female employment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 21.9% | — |
| 2001 | 22.6% | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 24.3% | +7.6% |
| 2003 | 24.9% | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 25.5% | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 25.5% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 25.2% | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 26.7% | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 29.1% | +8.9% |
| 2009 | 27.5% | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 30.3% | +10.1% |
| 2011 | 33.9% | +12.1% |
| 2012 | 29.9% | -11.8% |
| 2013 | 34.9% | +16.8% |
| 2014 | 30.9% | -11.6% |
| 2015 | 30.5% | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 33.2% | +8.8% |
| 2017 | 31.6% | -4.7% |
| 2018 | 35.2% | +11.5% |
| 2019 | 35.9% | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 40.4% | +12.6% |
| 2021 | 41.6% | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 45.1% | +8.3% |
| 2023 | 39.6% | -12.1% |
| 2024 | 47.1% | +19.0% |
| 2025 | 41.2% | -12.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 25.3% | 21.9% | 29.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.6% | 29.9% | 35.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 42.5% | 39.6% | 47.1% | 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 part time employment, female in Korea?
- Part time employment, female in Korea was 41.2% in 2025, according to Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest part time employment, female recorded in Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 47.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest part time employment, female recorded in Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.9% in 2000.
- How does Korea rank for part time employment, female?
- Korea ranks 35th out of 111 countries with data for 2025.
- Is part time employment, female rising or falling in Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Korea data come from?
- The figures come from Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Part time employment, female (% of total female employment). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Part-time employment rate represents the percentage of employment that is part time. Part time employment in this series is based on a common definition of less than 35 actual weekly hours worked.