South Korea: youth workers by industry 2021

In 2021, around 28 percent of wage workers aged 15 to 29 years old in South Korea worked in wholesale, retail trade, accommodation, and food services. This was followed by the public service sector with about 22 percent of youth workers. Overall, around 80 percent of the youth in South Korea worked in the service sector.

Share of wage workers aged 15 to 29 years old in South Korea in 2021, by industry

Characteristic	Share of workers
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Release date

December 2022

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Region

South Korea

Survey time period

2021

Age group

15-29 years

Supplementary notes

*Figure includes public administration, defense, education, human health, and social work activities.

**Figure includes insurance, professional, scientific, and technical activities; business facility management and business support.

***Figure includes warehousing, information, and communication industries.

****Figure includes arts, sports and recreation related services; membership organizations, repair, and other personal services; activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of households for own use; and activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies.

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