Talk:Economic inequality in South Korea

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Unreferenced statements like "To bridge the gap between the rich and the poor, a universal social safety net needs to be established" and "People who are confident of their own skills will prefer a competition with a big prize money" are not appropriate for a Wikipedia article. This article is littered with unattributed opinions. I will edit if I have time, but if anybody else can help clean this up, that'd be great. 148.64.26.111 (talk) 16:28, 16 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The opening sentence in the article currently reads: "South Korea was the 168th most equal country in the world in 2019, and economic inequality is growing." According to the 2019 Gini index data presented in the link, South Korea is indeed in the 168th country out of the 172 for which there is listed data. However the lower a Gini index the lower the income inequality (with 0 being perfect equality and 1 being perfect inequality), which means rather than being the 168th most equal, they're actually the 168th most unequal, or put differently, the 5th most equal country of the 172 listed, with only 4 countries having a lower (more equal) value than theirs. While income inequality is still a serious problem in South Korea, as its risen to very high levels globally and ~.61 isn't a great score compared to historical values, this is hardly great evidence of being unequal compared to the rest of the world in 2019. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.81.106.167 (talk) 01:06, 17 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, it seems this has been fixed since. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 05:39, 20 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]