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Statistics Korea

Jul 16,2025

[Economically active population and labor force participation rate]
◦ The economically active population marked 29.915 million persons in June, which grew 151 thousand persons or 0.5% year-on-year.
◦ The labor force participation rate stood at 65.4% in June, up 0.1%p year-on-year.

[Employed persons and employment to population ratio]
◦ The number of employed persons totaled 29.091 million persons in June, which went up 183 thousand persons or 0.6% year-on-year.
◦ The employment to population ratio recorded 63.6% in June, up 0.1%p year-on-year.

[Unemployed persons and unemployment rate]
◦ The number of unemployed persons totaled 825 thousand people in June, which decreased 32 thousand persons or 3.8% year-on-year.
◦ The unemployment rate marked 2.8% in June, down 0.1%p year-on-year.

[Economically inactive population]
◦ The economically inactive population totaled 15.828 million people in June, increasing 42 thousand persons or 0.3% year-on-year.


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