Income sources of older people (public transfers, work, capital)

Name: Income sources of older people (public transfers, work, capital)
Creator: OECD

OECDPeriod 2014~2022Retrieved 2026-11-09

Shares of public transfers such as pensions, earnings from work, and capital income in the total income of people aged 66+.

2014: 30.2% → 2022: 29.1% (down 1.1 pp). Highest: 2014 (30.2%).

Tap a point or bar in a chart, a map tile or a table row to see the figure and a plain explanation here.

Income sources of older people (public transfers, work, capital) · 2014~2022 (unit: %)
Year	Public transfers (pensions etc.)	Earned income	Capital income
2014	30.2	50.8	19.1
2016	25.0	52.5	22.5
2018	25.9	52.0	22.1
2020	30.0	48.6	21.4
2022	29.1	49.9	21.0

Share · Save

OECD. (2026). Pensions at a glance: income and poverty of older people: Korea [Data set]. OECD Data Explorer. Retrieved November 9, 2026, from https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_PAG%40DF_IPOP&df[ag]=OECD.ELS.SPD

All statistics