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Life satisfaction index hits record high - 8 out of 10 Koreans content?!
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8 out of 10 South Koreans said they are satisfied with their lives overall. According to the National Data Center's latest 2025 social indicators report, 80.8% of Koreans are satisfied with their lives. This represents a meaningful increase of 5.2% from a year earlier.
This is the highest percentage reached since Soul began compiling records on this matter in 2013. By age, those in their 30s were the most satisfied with 85.2% of those posts saying their content. This was followed by people in their 40s and those aged 19 to 29, both in the low 80% range.
Those aged 60 and above were the least content with their lot with satisfaction numbers dropping to 75.1%. By gender, 81.2%. 2% of men said they are satisfied, slightly higher than 80.3% for women.
The latest official findings said that people spending more and a greater number of Koreans opting to travel appear to have lifted overall life satisfaction. Satisfaction linked to spending stood at 24.6% last year, rising steadily since 2011.
Among those aged 13 and older, 70.2% 2% said that they traveled within the country over the past year with 31.5% acknowledging that they traveled abroad, up 16% from 2023.
However, structural issues such as a low birth rate, aging population, and income inequality remain a source of lingering concerns, and the ability of the country as a whole to tackle such challenges will likely determine whether Koreans will remain content with their lives or become dissatisfied going forward.
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https://youtube.com/watch?v=a1gDQYVprUo
8 out of 10 South Koreans said they are satisfied with their lives overall. According to the National Data Center's latest 2025 social indicators report, 80.8% of Koreans are satisfied with their lives. This represents a meaningful increase of 5.2% from a year earlier.
This is the highest percentage reached since Soul began compiling records on this matter in 2013. By age, those in their 30s were the most satisfied with 85.2% of those posts saying their content. This was followed by people in their 40s and those aged 19 to 29, both in the low 80% range.
Those aged 60 and above were the least content with their lot with satisfaction numbers dropping to 75.1%. By gender, 81.2%. 2% of men said they are satisfied, slightly higher than 80.3% for women.
The latest official findings said that people spending more and a greater number of Koreans opting to travel appear to have lifted overall life satisfaction. Satisfaction linked to spending stood at 24.6% last year, rising steadily since 2011.
Among those aged 13 and older, 70.2% 2% said that they traveled within the country over the past year with 31.5% acknowledging that they traveled abroad, up 16% from 2023.
However, structural issues such as a low birth rate, aging population, and income inequality remain a source of lingering concerns, and the ability of the country as a whole to tackle such challenges will likely determine whether Koreans will remain content with their lives or become dissatisfied going forward.
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