ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of female employees in total in Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of female employees in total was 37.29 % in 2025. ▼ Falling
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of female employees in total in Republic of Korea, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Republic of Korea recorded 37.29 % for ilostat - labour force survey — share of female employees in total in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.6% on the previous year and down 33.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — share of female employees in total in Republic of Korea peaked at 73.54 % in 2006 and was at its lowest, 37.29 %, in 2025.
That places Republic of Korea 14th out of 97 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of female employees in total in Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 66.32 % | — |
| 2001 | 67.97 % | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 66.86 % | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 73.36 % | +9.7% |
| 2004 | 72.95 % | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 72.86 % | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 73.54 % | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 70.54 % | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 67.18 % | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 68.67 % | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 64.91 % | -5.5% |
| 2011 | 63.73 % | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 61.05 % | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 61.56 % | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 57.79 % | -6.1% |
| 2015 | 56 % | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 55.32 % | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 54.29 % | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 50.39 % | -7.2% |
| 2019 | 47.55 % | -5.6% |
| 2020 | 41.15 % | -13.5% |
| 2021 | 39.49 % | -4.0% |
| 2022 | 40.86 % | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 40.87 % | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 43.14 % | +5.6% |
| 2025 | 37.29 % | -13.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 70.03 % | 66.32 % | 73.54 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 57.26 % | 47.55 % | 64.91 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 40.47 % | 37.29 % | 43.14 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Republic of Korea
- 11 Kyrgyzstan 38.25 % compare
- 12 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 37.59 % compare
- 13 Belgium 37.43 % compare
- 15 Thailand 37.2 % compare
- 16 France 36.04 % compare
- 17 Kazakhstan 35.85 % compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is ilostat - labour force survey — share of female employees in total in Republic of Korea?
- Ilostat - labour force survey — share of female employees in total in Republic of Korea was 37.29 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — share of female employees in total recorded in Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 73.54 % in 2006.
- What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — share of female employees in total recorded in Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.29 % in 2025.
- How does Republic of Korea rank for ilostat - labour force survey — share of female employees in total?
- Republic of Korea ranks 14th out of 97 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ilostat - labour force survey — share of female employees in total rising or falling in Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Republic of Korea data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of female employees in total employees in agriculture — Female — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database. In addition, the ILO modelled estimates and projections (ILOEST) are used to provide information on employment in agriculture. FAOSTAT also publishes indicators on employment in agrifood systems (AFS) from 2000 at the national, regional, and global levels, using a methodology developed by the FAO to estimate the number of people employed within these systems.