Poverty gap (50% of median income)

Name: Poverty gap (50% of median income)
Creator: OECD

OECDPeriod 2014~2023Retrieved 2026-11-09

On average, how far (in %) poor people's incomes fall below the poverty line.

2014: 36% → 2023: 32.6% (down 3.4 pp). Highest: 2014 (36%).

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Poverty gap (50% of median income) · 2014~2023 (unit: %)
Year	Total	18–65	66+
2014	36.0	33.2	42.3
2015	35.0	32.6	40.6
2016	34.8	32.5	40.1
2017	35.4	33.0	40.4
2018	33.8	31.7	37.9
2019	32.7	31.2	35.7
2020	30.1	29.2	32.5
2021	31.9	31.6	34.2
2022	33.2	32.5	35.4
2023	32.6	31.3	35.1

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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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