In 2022, around 23 percent of shareholders of listed corporations in the South Korean stock market were people in their forties, making them the largest age group. This was closely followed by shareholders in their fifties, with a share of about 21 percent. The number of people investing in the South Korean stock market has increased in recent years, especially after the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) in 2020.
Distribution of individual shareholders of listed corporations in South Korea in 2022, by age group
* The number refers to individual shareholders whose personal identification number could be identified, out of a total of 14,241,206 shareholders of corporations listed in the South Korean stock market in the fiscal year 2022. Those whose personal identification number turned out to be unclear were excluded here.Â
South Korea’s fiscal year starts on January 1 and ends on December 31.
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