From the 4th to the 10th of May 2020, there were approximately 3.3 million cases of population movement recorded in South Korea. According to the source, this was around ten percent lower than the movement cases that were recorded before the COVID-19 outbreak in South Korea. The largest drop in movement happened during the fourth week after the outbreak (February 24th to March 1st), when population movement decreased by over 30 percent in comparison to before the COVID-19 outbreak in South Korea. All recorded cases post-outbreak were lower than the population movement figures recorded in 2019.
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Cases of population movement in South Korea after the COVID-19 outbreak from February to May 2020
(in millions)
*First week of COVID-19 outbreak in South Korea.
A case of population movement is recorded when a person visits an administrative area that is different from their registered address for over 30 minutes.
Values have been rounded.
Cases were recorded with people using SK Telecom as their mobile carrier. The initial data was then weighted with census data from Statistics Korea to gain representativeness.
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KOSIS. (May 15, 2020). Cases of population movement in South Korea after the COVID-19 outbreak from February to May 2020 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1127938/south-korea-population-movement-after-covid-19-outbreak/
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KOSIS. (2020). Cases of population movement in South Korea after the COVID-19 outbreak from February to May 2020 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1127938/south-korea-population-movement-after-covid-19-outbreak/
KOSIS. "Cases of Population Movement in South Korea after The Covid-19 Outbreak from February to May 2020 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1127938/south-korea-population-movement-after-covid-19-outbreak/
KOSIS, Cases of population movement in South Korea after the COVID-19 outbreak from February to May 2020 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1127938/south-korea-population-movement-after-covid-19-outbreak/ (last visited December 26, 2024)
Cases of population movement in South Korea after the COVID-19 outbreak from February to May 2020 (in millions) [Graph], KOSIS, May 15, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1127938/south-korea-population-movement-after-covid-19-outbreak/
