This statistic shows the share of South Koreans who expect that economic inequality will be reduced after reunification with North Korea from 2007 to 2016. In 2016, 12.3 percent of respondents stated during the survey that economic inequality will be reduced after reunification with North Korea. To learn more about this topic, please click here.
Share of South Koreans who expect that economic inequality will be reduced after reunification with North Korea from 2007 to 2016
Characteristic
Share of respondents
2016
12.3%
2015
19.7%
2014
14.1%
2013
14.8%
2012
12.2%
2011
13.2%
2010
15.8%
2009
14.7%
2008
10.1%
2007
17.7%
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Original question: "How much do you expect that this social issue (economic inequality) will improve after reunification? Or how much do you expect that it will worsen? Please choose among 'It will be improved a lot', 'It will be improved a bit', 'It will remain the same', 'It will worsen a bit', and 'It will worsen a lot'."
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IPUS. (February 10, 2017). Share of South Koreans who expect that economic inequality will be reduced after reunification with North Korea from 2007 to 2016 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 19, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/707914/south-korean-s-expectation-of-economic-inequality-after-reunification-with-north-korea/
IPUS. "Share of South Koreans who expect that economic inequality will be reduced after reunification with North Korea from 2007 to 2016." Chart. February 10, 2017. Statista. Accessed February 19, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/707914/south-korean-s-expectation-of-economic-inequality-after-reunification-with-north-korea/
IPUS. (2017). Share of South Koreans who expect that economic inequality will be reduced after reunification with North Korea from 2007 to 2016. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 19, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/707914/south-korean-s-expectation-of-economic-inequality-after-reunification-with-north-korea/
IPUS. "Share of South Koreans Who Expect That Economic Inequality Will Be Reduced after Reunification with North Korea from 2007 to 2016." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Feb 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/707914/south-korean-s-expectation-of-economic-inequality-after-reunification-with-north-korea/
IPUS, Share of South Koreans who expect that economic inequality will be reduced after reunification with North Korea from 2007 to 2016 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/707914/south-korean-s-expectation-of-economic-inequality-after-reunification-with-north-korea/ (last visited February 19, 2025)
Share of South Koreans who expect that economic inequality will be reduced after reunification with North Korea from 2007 to 2016 [Graph], IPUS, February 10, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/707914/south-korean-s-expectation-of-economic-inequality-after-reunification-with-north-korea/
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