Economically Active Population Survey

URL Copy Print

The EAPS collects up-to-date information on the status of economic activities (employment, unemployment, labor force, etc.) of the citizens to inform macro-economic analyses and policymaking for workforce development.

Members of selected sample households who live in the households and are 15 years old or older (in full)

Reference period: One week (seven days, Sun. ~ Sat.) of every month which includes the 15th of the month

1962: Carried out the Economically Active Population Survey (Approved for the production of the statistics)
1982: Changed the survey cycle (monthly)
1999: Adjusted seasonal data and published the unemployed and unemployment rate based on the job-seeking period of 4 weeks (Jun. 1999 ∼ )
2001: Carried out an additional survey by type of employment (once a year)
2002: Carried out an additional survey on youth (once a year)
2005: Carried out an additional survey on the elderly (once a year)
2007: Carried out an additional survey on non-wage workers (once a year)
2008: Changed the survey cycle of an additional survey by type of employment (2 times a year)
2013: Changed the survey cycle of an additional survey on non-wage workers (every 2 even-numbered years)
2014: Published the Supplementary Indicators on Employment (providing data from May 2014)
2016: Carried out an additional survey on the economically inactive population (every 2 odd-numbered years)
2017: Changed the survey cycle of an additional survey by type of employment (once a year)

Statistics Korea