Income decile ratio (P90/P10)

Name: Income decile ratio (P90/P10)
Creator: OECD

OECDPeriod 2014~2023Retrieved 2026-11-09

How many times the income at the top-10% threshold is the income at the bottom-10% threshold.

2014: 5.91 times → 2023: 4.79 times (down 19%). Highest: 2014 (5.91 times).

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Income decile ratio (P90/P10) · 2014~2023 (unit: times)
Year	Total	18–65	66+
2014	5.9146	5.1571	8.4956
2015	5.6978	4.9044	7.3699
2016	5.6015	4.8179	7.0072
2017	5.6941	4.8963	7.0315
2018	5.4611	4.6012	6.4533
2019	5.1619	4.4156	5.9011
2020	4.7368	4.1702	5.3183
2021	4.8797	4.2217	5.5347
2022	4.8674	4.0861	5.6834
2023	4.7911	4.0608	5.8055

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OECD. (2026). Income distribution database (IDD): Korea [Data set]. OECD Data Explorer. Retrieved November 9, 2026, from https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_WISE_IDD%40DF_IDD&df[ag]=OECD.WISE.INE

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