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China vs Korea, Rep.: Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)

Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.

In , China's Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) was 4.62, compared to Korea, Rep.'s 2.68. That makes China's value 72.0% higher than Korea, Rep.'s.

China

Rank #107 of 182 globally

China trend
Latest (2025)
4.62
Year-over-year
+0.5%
10-year change
-0.8%
Peak
5.00 (2020)
Trough
4.31 (2018)

Korea, Rep.

Rank #154 of 182 globally

Korea, Rep. trend
Latest (2025)
2.68
Year-over-year
-3.6%
10-year change
-24.3%
Peak
3.93 (2020)
Trough
2.68 (2023)

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Source: World Bank Open Data (SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS), CC BY 4.0.