Unemployment with advanced education, male in Korea
Korea: Unemployment with advanced education, male was 2.7% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Unemployment with advanced education, male in Korea, 2000–2025
Source: Education and Mismatch Indicators database (EMI), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of male labor force with advanced education.
Analysis
Korea recorded 2.7% for unemployment with advanced education, male in 2025.
The figure is up 3.0% on the previous year and down 30.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unemployment with advanced education, male in Korea peaked at 4.2% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 2.5%, in 2022.
That places Korea 95th out of 127 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Unemployment with advanced education, male in Korea, year by year
| Year | % of male labor force with advanced education | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.8% | — |
| 2001 | 3.8% | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 3.4% | -10.3% |
| 2003 | 4.0% | +16.8% |
| 2004 | 3.7% | -5.7% |
| 2005 | 3.6% | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 3.6% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 3.6% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 3.3% | -8.9% |
| 2009 | 3.7% | +12.8% |
| 2010 | 3.7% | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 3.3% | -11.0% |
| 2012 | 3.0% | -9.0% |
| 2013 | 3.6% | +21.4% |
| 2014 | 3.4% | -5.5% |
| 2015 | 3.8% | +12.3% |
| 2016 | 4.0% | +5.2% |
| 2017 | 4.2% | +5.7% |
| 2018 | 3.9% | -7.6% |
| 2019 | 3.7% | -5.0% |
| 2020 | 3.6% | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 3.4% | -4.7% |
| 2022 | 2.5% | -26.5% |
| 2023 | 2.6% | +4.0% |
| 2024 | 2.6% | -1.4% |
| 2025 | 2.7% | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.7% | 3.3% | 4.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.7% | 3.0% | 4.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.9% | 2.5% | 3.6% | 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 unemployment with advanced education, male in Korea?
- Unemployment with advanced education, male in Korea was 2.7% in 2025, according to Education and Mismatch Indicators database (EMI), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest unemployment with advanced education, male recorded in Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 4.2% in 2017.
- What is the lowest unemployment with advanced education, male recorded in Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5% in 2022.
- How does Korea rank for unemployment with advanced education, male?
- Korea ranks 95th out of 127 countries with data for 2025.
- Is unemployment with advanced education, male rising or falling in Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Korea data come from?
- The figures come from Education and Mismatch Indicators database (EMI), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Unemployment with advanced education, male (% of male labor force with advanced education). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The percentage of the labor force with an advanced level of education who are unemployed. Advanced education comprises short-cycle tertiary education, a bachelor’s degree or equivalent education level, a master’s degree or equivalent education level, or doctoral degree or equivalent education level according to the International Standard Classification of Education 2011 (ISCED 2011).