Women marrying without jobs down nearly 80% since 2008

The number of South Korean women who married while unemployed, managing a household or studying fell to about one-fifth of the 2008 level last year, as more women enter the workforce and marry later in life.

A total of 33,143 women who married in 2025 were classified as unemployed, homemakers or students, according to data released Monday by Statistics Korea through the Korean Statistical Information Service.

The figure was down 78.6 percent from 155,081 in 2008, when the statistics were reorgan ...