Extreme poverty rate in South Korea
0.1% of people in South Korea lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2021.
South Korea, 2021
0.1%
Change from 2020
0percentage points
World, 2021
11.3%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2021
0.3%
Position in 2021
72nd of 81
Extreme poverty rate in South Korea over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | South Korea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 10.1% |
| 2023 | – | 10.5% |
| 2022 | – | 10.9% |
| 2021 | 0.1% | 11.3% |
| 2020 | 0.1% | 11.4% |
| 2019 | 0.2% | – |
| 2018 | 0.2% | 11.1% |
| 2017 | 0.2% | 11.8% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | 12.6% |
| 2015 | – | 13.4% |
| 2014 | 0.3% | 14.5% |
| 2013 | – | 15.5% |
| 2012 | 0.5% | 17.8% |
| 2011 | – | 19.1% |
| 2010 | 0.5% | 21.0% |
| 2009 | – | 23.1% |
| 2008 | 0.5% | 24.1% |
| 2007 | – | 25.3% |
| 2006 | 0.5% | 27.0% |
| 2005 | – | 28.3% |
| 2004 | – | 30.3% |
| 2003 | – | 32.2% |
| 2002 | – | 33.7% |
| 2001 | – | 35.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is unchanged from 2020.
- Since 2006, when it was 0.5%, the figure has changed by −0.4 percentage points.
- Among the 81 countries with data for 2021, South Korea has the 72nd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2021 was 11.3%.