Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20, by age)

Name: Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20, by age)
Creator: OECD

OECDPeriod 2014~2023Retrieved 2026-11-09

Total income of the top 20% divided by that of the bottom 20%. Also called the 'quintile ratio'.

2014: 7.27 times → 2023: 5.72 times (down 21.3%). Highest: 2014 (7.27 times).

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Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20, by age) · 2014~2023 (unit: times)
Year	Total	18–65	66+
2014	7.2741	6.3953	10.6816
2015	6.8089	5.9908	9.2224
2016	6.8714	6.0185	9.0173
2017	6.8465	5.978	8.8092
2018	6.431	5.558	7.9426
2019	6.173	5.3081	7.2367
2020	5.7501	5.0743	6.6376
2021	5.8326	5.1514	6.9273
2022	5.7662	4.9786	7.1099
2023	5.7218	4.9278	7.1204

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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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