Poverty and Inequality Indicators for the Republic of Korea

World Bank poverty and inequality measures for the Republic of Korea, likely spanning from 1990 onward. The dataset is compiled from the World Bank's analytical reports, national poverty monitoring programs, and the Development Research Group's global estimates. It was last updated on the HDX platform on 2026-04-28.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between economic growth and poverty rates based on internationally comparable estimates.
• Analyzing trends in income inequality over time using measures from national monitoring programs.
• Assessing the impact of specific public policies on household welfare based on survey data analysis.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative World Bank Group.
• Includes internationally comparable poverty estimates produced since 1990.
• Last update timestamp is precisely recorded as 2026-04-28 05:29:59.893023.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and specific temporal coverage are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

World Bank Group

Collection Method

Analytical work and estimates generated from household survey data, national programs, and World Bank research.

Time Range

Likely spans from 1990 onward, based on the description of research starting in 1990.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 05:29:59.893023; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Republic of Korea