Korea, Rep.'s part time employment, female (% of total female employment) was 35.45% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 11.05 percentage points from 24.4% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 35.45% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 34.06% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 24.4% | 2015 |
| Highest | 41.01% | 2024 |
| Lowest | 15.31% | 2000 |
| Average since 2016 | 32.92% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 15.31% | 2000 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Korea, Rep.'s part time employment, female (% of total female employment) fell 5.56 percentage points on 2024 (from 41.01% to 35.45%).
Across the 24 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2024), the average change was +1.07 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.68 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 7.2 percentage points in 2024 and the biggest yearly fall was 5.56 percentage points in 2025. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.46 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 75% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Korea, Rep. had the 20th highest value of the 45 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Korea, Rep. | 35.45% | 2025 |
| High income | 36.79% | 2024 |
Closest to Korea, Rep. in the 2025 ranking
- Mexico — 17th of 45: 36.64%
- Portugal — 18th of 45: 36.57%
- Chile — 19th of 45: 36.49%
- Dominican Republic — 21st of 45: 34.04%
- Panama — 22nd of 45: 33.54%
- United States — 23rd of 45: 33.16%
What this measures
Part-time employment rate represents the percentage of employment that is part time. Part time employment in this series is based on a common definition of less than 35 actual weekly hours worked.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 26 values
| Year | Part time employment, female (% of total female employment) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 35.45 |
| 2024 | 41.01 |
| 2023 | 33.81 |
| 2022 | 38.8 |
| 2021 | 35.24 |
| 2020 | 34.06 |
| 2019 | 30.05 |
| 2018 | 28.64 |
| 2017 | 25.73 |
| 2016 | 26.41 |
| 2015 |
Part time employment, female (% of total female employment) in nearby economies
- Australia — 46.64% (2021)
- Brunei Darussalam — 12.36% (2025)
- Cambodia — 31.02% (2025)
- Indonesia — 47.02% (2023)
- Mongolia — 6.21% (2025)
- Philippines — 28.48% (2024)
- Thailand — 17.8% (2025)
- Viet Nam — 20.96% (2024)
More social protection & labor data for Korea, Rep.
- Net migration — 65,731 (2025)
- Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national estimate) — 2.79% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (national estimate) — 57.31% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (national estimate) — 78.79% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (national estimate) — 72.74% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (national estimate) — 64.92% (2025)
- Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (national estimate) — 2.74% (2025)
- Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (national estimate)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Korea, Rep.'s part time employment, female (% of total female employment)?
- 35.45% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is up 20.14 percentage points from 15.31% in 2000. The highest value was 41.01% in 2024 and the lowest 15.31% in 2000.
- How does Korea, Rep. rank?
- 20th highest of 45 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in part time employment, female (% of total female employment) unusual for Korea, Rep.?
- In 2025, Korea, Rep.'s part time employment, female (% of total female employment) fell 5.56 percentage points on 2024 (from 41.01% to 35.45%). Across the 24 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2024), the average change was +1.07 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.68 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SL.TLF.PART.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: September 28, 2026 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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