Long-term care recipients (65+, home and institutional)

2015: 312,666 persons → 2024: 902,639 persons (up 188.7%). Highest: 2024 (902,639 persons).

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Long-term care recipients (65+, home and institutional) · 2015~2024 (unit: persons)

Year	At home	Institutional
2015	312666.0	168717.0
2016	348435.0	177597.0
2017	398285.0	189144.0
2018	457928.0	202193.0
2019	532274.0	210284.0
2020	602369.0	213922.0
2021	691105.0	222670.0
2022	780733.0	244002.0
2023	848173.0	255813.0
2024	902639.0	269259.0

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Reference (APA 7th)

OECD. (2026). Long-term care resources and utilisation - recipients: Korea [Data set]. OECD Data Explorer. Retrieved November 9, 2026, from https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_HEALTH_LTCR%40DF_HEALTH_LTCR_RECIPIENT&df[ag]=OECD.ELS.HD

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