Gini Index / South Korea
South Korea Gini Index
South Korea gini index data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 32.90.
COUNTRY: South Korea
UNIT: index
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-07-06 05:09:31
GM ECONOMY RATING
South Korea · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
A
76 / 100
Strong stability
Fiscal stability
13.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
16.0 / 20
External stability
8.0 / 15
Financial robustness
15.0 / 15
Structural stability
14.0 / 15
Future capacity
10.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
4.0 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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South Korea · gini index data as index.
Latest
32.90
Previous
32.70
Range avg.
32.97
Rank
52
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CountrySouth Korea
IndicatorGini Index
32.902021 · Rank 52
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
South Korea recorded 32.90 for Gini Index in 2021, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2020, the indicator increased by 0.20 (0.6%), from 32.70 to 32.90.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 10 available observations (32.97).
Across the five latest available observations (2017–2021), the pattern is predominantly downward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 31.20 in 2014 and the high was 35.20 in 2016.
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