Relative poverty rate (60% of median income, by age)

Name: Relative poverty rate (60% of median income, by age)
Creator: OECD

OECDPeriod 2014~2023Retrieved 2026-11-09

Share of people with disposable income below 60% of the median — a line often used in Europe.

2014: 24% → 2023: 21% (down 3 pp). Highest: 2014 (24%).

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Relative poverty rate (60% of median income, by age) · 2014~2023 (unit: %)
Year	Total	18–65	66+
2014	24.0	19.1	53.7
2015	23.6	18.5	52.7
2016	23.5	18.3	52.5
2017	23.0	17.8	52.1
2018	22.5	16.8	52.1
2019	22.2	16.2	52.4
2020	21.5	15.9	49.9
2021	21.0	15.5	48.8
2022	20.9	15.2	48.7
2023	21.0	15.1	48.2

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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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