An international survey shows that South Koreans have the lowest risk of losing jobs to robots among major advanced economies.
In its recently survey on its 21 member countries, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development(OECD) found out that an average of nine percent of jobs in the nations are automatable, or face so-called "risk of computerization."
Among the 21 OECD member nations, the share of automatable jobs in South Korea and Estonia came to six percent, while the corresponding figure in Japan, Poland, Sweden, Finland and Belgium was seven percent.
Nine percent of jobs in the U.S. were automatable. The share in Germany, Austria and Spain was the highest at 12 percent.
The OECD explained that South Korea has a lower portion of workers engaged in automated jobs than the U.S., while South Korean workers are better educated in subjects that are associated with fewer automatable tasks compared to their American counterparts.