Social Protection Statistics in South Korea

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Poverty rate ($3.00/day, 2021 PPP)

0.2%+0.2 pp vs 2020

Poverty rate ($8.30/day, 2021 PPP)

0.5%0.0 pp vs 2020

Social contributions, % of revenue

29.2%+3.0 pp vs 2022

Population aged 65+

19.3%+0.9 pp vs 2023

People receiving government transfers

82.19+199.8% vs 2017

Catastrophic spending risk for surgery

0.10.0% vs 2021

All Social Protection datasets for South Korea (41)

Dataset	Source
Household indicators dashboard – indicator view OECD	OECD	−36.8%
Sustainable Development Goal 01 - No poverty OECD	OECD	−1.3%
Demographic and economic context OECD	OECD	−0.4%
Design of pension systems OECD	OECD	–
Income and poverty of older people OECD	OECD	–
Pensions at a glance OECD	OECD	–
Pension replacement rates OECD	OECD	–
Pension wealth OECD	OECD	–
Structure of asset-backed pensions OECD	OECD	+3.3%
Pension plan membership OECD	OECD	–
Operating costs of asset-backed pensions OECD	OECD	–
Benefit payments and contributions to asset-backed pensions OECD	OECD	+5.5%
Assets earmarked for retirement OECD	OECD	−14.3%
Asset allocation of pension funds and other pension providers OECD	OECD	+12.9%
Received government transfer (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+199.8%
Received government transfer, women (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+257.5%
Received government transfer or pension (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+159.7%
Received government transfer or pension, women (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+197.5%
Received government transfer or pension, men (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+129.8%
Received government transfer or pension: into an account (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+190.6%
Received government transfer or pension: into an account, women (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+249.4%
Received government transfer or pension: into an account, men (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+148.2%
Received government transfer or pension: into bank or similar financial institution account (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+134.6%
Received government transfer or pension: into bank or similar financial institution account, women (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+155.2%
Received a public sector pension (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	−7%
Received a public sector pension, women (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+3.6%
Received a public sector pension, men (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	−15%
Received government payments (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+127.5%
Received government payments, women (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+139.4%
Received government payments, men (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+116.6%
Received government payments: into an account (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+145.3%
Received government payments: into an account, women (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+162.2%
Received government payments: into an account, men (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+130.3%
Received government payments: into a bank or similar financial institution account (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+100.7%
Received government payments: into a bank or similar financial institution account, women (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+94.7%
Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) World Development Indicators	World Development Indicators	0%
Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) World Development Indicators	World Development Indicators	0%
Net total social expenditure in % GDP OECD	OECD	+29%
Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP OECD	OECD	0%
Public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in kind) in % GDP OECD	OECD	0%
Public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % GDP OECD	OECD	+5.6%

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