Relative poverty rate by detailed age group (50% of median)

Name: Relative poverty rate by detailed age group (50% of median)
Creator: OECD

OECDPeriod 2014~2023Retrieved 2026-11-09

Relative poverty rates for children, young people, middle-aged people and older people (66–75, 76+).

2014: 16.3% → 2023: 8.5% (down 7.8 pp). Highest: 2014 (16.3%).

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Relative poverty rate by detailed age group (50% of median) · 2014~2023 (unit: %)
Year	Under 18	18–25	26–40	41–50	51–65	66–75	76+
2014	16.3	13.2	11.8	14.0	15.4	39.9	55.2
2015	15.8	11.0	11.4	12.8	14.9	37.1	54.9
2016	15.1	11.8	11.0	13.1	14.4	36.4	57.2
2017	13.7	11.2	10.9	11.7	14.4	35.2	56.2
2018	12.2	11.1	9.3	11.5	13.4	34.6	55.0
2019	10.3	10.0	8.6	10.3	13.3	33.5	55.9
2020	9.5	9.0	7.9	10.2	12.7	31.4	52.5
2021	9.6	8.4	8.5	9.6	12.3	30.1	51.9
2022	9.5	8.7	7.6	9.4	12.6	29.8	54.0
2023	8.5	9.3	7.0	9.4	12.6	29.4	54.6

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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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