Poverty gap (60% of median income)

Name: Poverty gap (60% of median income)
Creator: OECD

OECDPeriod 2014~2023Retrieved 2026-11-09

On average, how many percent poor people's incomes fall below the poverty line (60% of median).

2014: 37.3% → 2023: 33.4% (down 3.9 pp). Highest: 2014 (37.3%).

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Poverty gap (60% of median income) · 2014~2023 (unit: %)
Year	Total	18–65	66+
2014	37.3	34.0	45.6
2015	35.8	32.6	43.7
2016	36.1	32.9	44.0
2017	36.2	32.9	43.6
2018	35.0	32.0	41.5
2019	34.1	31.5	39.8
2020	31.7	29.3	37.1
2021	32.8	30.8	38.0
2022	33.9	31.5	39.3
2023	33.4	30.5	39.3

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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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