South Korean cities with the lowest published unemployment

강화군, South Korea has the lowest unemployment rate of the 30 cities compared: 1 % (2025 H2 Local Area Labour Force Survey — municipal key employment indicators, 2025-12-31).

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South Korean municipalities ranked by the official published unemployment rate, with period and source retained.

Items compared: 30
Countries represented: 1
Last checked: 2026-09-24

Source-backed answers

Compare each answer with its unit and checked date; the complete source ledger is below.

Showing all 30 rows

Original rank	City or place			Source and scope
1	강화군, South Korea	1 %	2026-07-22	Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
2	남원시, South Korea	1 %	2026-07-26	Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
3	당진시, South Korea	1 %	2026-09-24	Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
4	인제군, South Korea	1 %	2026-07-26	Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
5	단양군, South Korea	1.1 %	2026-07-22	Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
6	안동시, South Korea	1.1 %	2026-07-22	Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
7	양평군, South Korea	1.1 %	2026-07-26	Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
8	제천시, South Korea	1.1 %	2026-07-22	Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
9	밀양시, South Korea	1.2 %	2026-07-22	Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
10	의령군, South Korea	1.2 %	2026-07-22	Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
11	진주시, South Korea	1.2 %	2026-07-22	Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
12	상주시, South Korea	1.3 %	2026-07-22	Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
13	속초시, South Korea	1.3 %	2026-07-26	Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
14	양양군, South Korea	1.3 %	2026-07-26	Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
15	음성군, South Korea	1.3 %	2026-07-22	Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
16	문경시, South Korea	1.4 %	2026-07-22	Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
17	성주군, South Korea	1.4 %	2026-07-22	Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
18	양구군, South Korea	1.5 %	2026-07-26	Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
19	익산시, South Korea	1.6 %	2026-07-26	Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
20	군산시, South Korea	1.7 %	2026-07-26	Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
21	여주시, South Korea	1.7 %	2026-07-22	Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
22	영덕군, South Korea	1.7 %	2026-07-22	Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
23	예산군, South Korea	1.7 %	2026-07-26	Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
24	옥천군, South Korea	1.7 %	2026-07-22	Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
25	홍천군, South Korea	1.7 %	2026-07-26	Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
26	횡성군, South Korea	1.7 %	2026-07-26	Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
27	goseonggun, South Korea	1.8 %	2026-07-26	Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
28	가평군, South Korea	1.8 %	2026-07-22	Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
29	거창군, South Korea	1.8 %	2026-07-26	Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
30	김제시, South Korea	1.8 %	2026-07-26	Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31

What the numbers say

강화군, South Korea leads at 1 %.
김제시, South Korea sits at the other end with 1.8 %.
The middle of this ranking is 1.4 %, across 30 places that publish the metric.
The spread between first and last is 0.8 %.

Quick answer

What does South Korean cities with the lowest published unemployment show?

강화군, South Korea has the lowest unemployment rate of the 30 cities compared: 1 % (2025 H2 Local Area Labour Force Survey — municipal key employment indicators, 2025-12-31).

How this list is built

Every row is a published unemployment rate observation measured in %, ranked lowest first. The values were observed in 2025. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value. Only published cities with at least 20,000 residents and city-level observations qualify.

Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.

Rows: 30 places
Geographic grain: city
Observation period: 2025-12-31
Last checked: 2026-09-24
With an official source link: 30 of 30

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). South Korean cities with the lowest published unemployment [ImmigrationDB compilation; version a7f054ef9de6fd40a80abb69291c7103]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/south-korea-cities-with-lowest-unemployment/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  title = {South Korean cities with the lowest published unemployment},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {a7f054ef9de6fd40a80abb69291c7103},
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  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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Sources

2025 H2 Local Area Labour Force Survey — municipal key employment indicatorsMinistry of Data and Statistics (MODS), Republic of Korea · Checked 2026-07-22
KOSIS Local Area Labour Force Survey — si/gun/gu unemployment rateStatistics Korea (KOSTAT) / KOSIS · Checked 2026-07-26