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Statistics Korea

Aug 13,2025

[Economically active population and labor force participation rate]
◦ The economically active population marked 29.754 million persons in July, which grew 160 thousand persons or 0.5% year-on-year.
◦ The labor force participation rate stood at 65.0% in July, up 0.1%p year-on-year.

[Employed persons and employment to population ratio]
◦ The number of employed persons totaled 29.029 million persons in July, which went up 171 thousand persons or 0.6% year-on-year.
◦ The employment to population ratio recorded 63.4% in July, up 0.1%p year-on-year.

[Unemployed persons and unemployment rate]
◦ The number of unemployed persons totaled 726 thousand people in July, which decreased 11 thousand persons or 1.5% year-on-year.
◦ The unemployment rate marked 2.4% in July, down 0.1%p year-on-year.

[Economically inactive population]
◦ The economically inactive population totaled 16.004 million people in July, increasing 8 thousand persons or 0.1% year-on-year.


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