Working conditions for females in South Korea are still a long way behind other OECD countries according to a recent survey.
Our KIM Da-mi reports. Females in South Korea have the worst working conditions out of 33 OECD countries,...according to consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Its Women in Work Index 2019 evaluated working conditions for females in 33 countries based on the gender wage gap,
female labor market participation, gender gap in labor market participation, female unemployment and female full-time employment.

South Korea ranked the second lowest at 32nd from 2013 to 2016, but then dropped to the lowest position in the rankings as a result of Mexico narrowing its gender wage gap.

The gender wage gap of 34.6% in South Korea was the largest gap out of all surveyed countries, and South Korea's female boardroom representation rate was just 2%.

In addition, while 71% of the male working population was in full-time employment, the rate for females was only 48%.

Iceland and Sweden kept their place as the two top performing OECD countries, followed by New Zealand, Slovenia and Norway.

The survey added that South Korea would see a 13% increase in GDP from increasing the female employment rate to the same level as Sweden.

KIM Da-mi, Arirang News.