Part time employment, male in Korea
Korea: Part time employment, male was 23.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Part time employment, male in Korea, 2000–2025
Source: Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of total male employment.
Analysis
The most recent figure for part time employment, male in Korea is 23.0%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 22.1% on the previous year and up 52.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, part time employment, male in Korea peaked at 29.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 12.2%, in 2000.
Korea ranks 32nd of 111 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Part time employment, male in Korea, year by year
| Year | % of total male employment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 12.2% | — |
| 2001 | 12.3% | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 13.8% | +12.0% |
| 2003 | 13.7% | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 13.9% | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 14.7% | +6.0% |
| 2006 | 14.1% | -4.1% |
| 2007 | 15.2% | +7.5% |
| 2008 | 17.4% | +14.8% |
| 2009 | 14.4% | -17.6% |
| 2010 | 16.3% | +13.4% |
| 2011 | 20.0% | +22.7% |
| 2012 | 15.2% | -24.1% |
| 2013 | 20.6% | +35.5% |
| 2014 | 15.5% | -24.7% |
| 2015 | 15.1% | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 16.9% | +11.7% |
| 2017 | 15.6% | -7.5% |
| 2018 | 18.8% | +20.7% |
| 2019 | 18.2% | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 22.3% | +22.4% |
| 2021 | 23.5% | +5.4% |
| 2022 | 28.2% | +19.8% |
| 2023 | 22.2% | -21.1% |
| 2024 | 29.5% | +32.7% |
| 2025 | 23.0% | -22.1% |
Korea compared with similar countries
- Korea's 23.0% is above the median for high income countries, which is 10.5%, 2.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Korea's 23.0% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 19.4%, 1.2× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.2% | 12.2% | 17.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.2% | 15.1% | 20.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.8% | 22.2% | 29.5% | 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, male in Korea?
- Part time employment, male in Korea was 23.0% in 2025, according to Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest part time employment, male recorded in Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 29.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest part time employment, male recorded in Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.2% in 2000.
- How does Korea rank for part time employment, male?
- Korea ranks 32nd out of 111 countries with data for 2025.
- Is part time employment, male rising or falling in Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 52.1%. 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, male (% of total male 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.