Table Data - Unit Labor Costs: Early Estimate of Quarterly Unit Labor Costs (ULC) Indicators: Unit Labor Costs: Total for Korea

Title Unit Labor Costs: Early Estimate of Quarterly Unit Labor Costs (ULC) Indicators: Unit Labor Costs: Total for Korea
Series ID ULQEUL01KRQ657S
Source Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
Release Main Economic Indicators (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Quarterly
Units Growth rate previous period
Date Range 1989-04-01 to 2025-10-01
Last Updated 2026-07-16 3:13 PM CDT
Notes OECD Data Filters:
REF_AREA: KOR
MEASURE: ULC
UNIT_MEASURE: GR
ACTIVITY: _T
ADJUSTMENT: Y
TRANSFORMATION: G1
FREQ: Q

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DATE VALUE
1989-04-01 9.625958324542800
1989-07-01 1.695101369165570
1989-10-01 -0.375770654797059
1990-01-01 1.912455130387800
1990-04-01 3.720242280916450
1990-07-01 1.520679697920020
1990-10-01 1.361203298931570
1991-01-01 -3.610424238325350
1991-04-01 6.258372605484010
1991-07-01 2.726990794732910
1991-10-01 2.197856198755250
1992-01-01 2.824590432237330
1992-04-01 0.816437484937560
1992-07-01 3.739037099876840
1992-10-01 2.471727375320890
1993-01-01 2.285268666134450
1993-04-01 -0.254151354617183
1993-07-01 1.188190325084300
1993-10-01 1.362641266894160
1994-01-01 1.431089506160950
1994-04-01 1.315006576696430
1994-07-01 1.579501773032650
1994-10-01 0.593630435618553
1995-01-01 -0.227928771483077
1995-04-01 2.090275422042390
1995-07-01 1.070867692766410
1995-10-01 1.542111988913900
1996-01-01 1.286909530530120
1996-04-01 0.543054312644475
1996-07-01 3.101898757038550
1996-10-01 1.023437023004830
1997-01-01 2.964133625190920
1997-04-01 -2.489844655427520
1997-07-01 1.007042125246600
1997-10-01 -4.280064477046170
1998-01-01 5.611100866862830
1998-04-01 0.739372817168182
1998-07-01 -7.505424308824660
1998-10-01 1.044042197934750
1999-01-01 2.725200418371940
1999-04-01 1.433426287664990
1999-07-01 -0.720975183917560
1999-10-01 2.589632495675250
2000-01-01 -11.645173425514300
2000-04-01 3.155874284176010
2000-07-01 -0.022593088629530
2000-10-01 1.208444221713070
2001-01-01 -0.020608100513342
2001-04-01 1.034237414305370
2001-07-01 0.729018571713769
2001-10-01 0.337319875364384
2002-01-01 1.879451649940700
2002-04-01 2.687170289853550
2002-07-01 -0.353632960465033
2002-10-01 2.046204562324340
2003-01-01 2.793974183377190
2003-04-01 -0.769546749706485
2003-07-01 0.543260417149471
2003-10-01 -0.951609768505313
2004-01-01 0.820167406806416
2004-04-01 0.080754582187592
2004-07-01 2.917823848903050
2004-10-01 1.029508168368640
2005-01-01 -0.364831950282674
2005-04-01 -0.575868063636742
2005-07-01 0.168515766341204
2005-10-01 0.592417458371530
2006-01-01 -0.788811222515662
2006-04-01 1.149087333134720
2006-07-01 -1.072108123395900
2006-10-01 3.272662053063890
2007-01-01 -2.255356441174930
2007-04-01 -0.069109589078065
2007-07-01 1.299507415296560
2007-10-01 -0.823426895831958
2008-01-01 -6.826212733956790
2008-04-01 0.431016592883582
2008-07-01 -0.792726125467647
2008-10-01 2.023690034976800
2009-01-01 0.140292114809681
2009-04-01 -0.833484708743726
2009-07-01 -3.202953061238200
2009-10-01 1.857638087806770
2010-01-01 0.775639713680065
2010-04-01 -0.782820025499575
2010-07-01 0.876228771270471
2010-10-01 -2.049062043457740
2011-01-01 -2.530935439249940
2011-04-01 2.414572015786080
2011-07-01 0.821164941447283
2011-10-01 1.192291886483440
2012-01-01 2.301648939612800
2012-04-01 0.123395433963336
2012-07-01 0.918620114489910
2012-10-01 -0.355208355322700
2013-01-01 0.030194087580182
2013-04-01 0.867356095413996
2013-07-01 -0.063703855162633
2013-10-01 -0.520845590192653
2014-01-01 1.204213193690600
2014-04-01 -0.292126403198723
2014-07-01 0.383901726388447
2014-10-01 1.059161463424260
2015-01-01 -1.205563042828340
2015-04-01 1.107865301857670
2015-07-01 -0.837513569954473
2015-10-01 0.455101818543469
2016-01-01 0.522220343300606
2016-04-01 -0.750319572445013
2016-07-01 1.382645285894820
2016-10-01 1.201130018144210
2017-01-01 -2.378108799527590
2017-04-01 1.479978960960700
2017-07-01 -0.840267530331618
2017-10-01 0.984409911026707
2018-01-01 2.369162521607930
2018-04-01 -2.045324588898070
2018-07-01 0.302473354730615
2018-10-01 -0.246242294668431
2019-01-01 2.518679092563450
2019-04-01 -1.043297396813150
2019-07-01 0.488952680751154
2019-10-01 -0.422817962791466
2020-01-01 -0.340564250860065
2020-04-01 2.345056204690210
2020-07-01 -1.406864864820930
2020-10-01 -0.425144209465511
2021-01-01 -0.468066452201010
2021-04-01 1.603569721772710
2021-07-01 1.635913122807400
2021-10-01 0.076138553337146
2022-01-01 3.323209625746370
2022-04-01 -1.627940088467290
2022-07-01 0.960607233069433
2022-10-01 1.392048607648190
2023-01-01 0.472762939323013
2023-04-01 -0.251754163941620
2023-07-01 0.248978384593279
2023-10-01 -0.292254048521323
2024-01-01 -1.486956278103250
2024-04-01 1.907278455717880
2024-07-01 1.575796268720400
2024-10-01 -0.708563371079418
2025-01-01 1.586138213712630
2025-04-01 -0.584799113355794
2025-07-01 -1.702329001799830
2025-10-01 3.671596242257920

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