South Korea vs Taiwan: Prosperity gap

South Korea
0.6595
in 2021
Taiwan
0.6992
in 2021
South Korea rank
110th
Taiwan rank
107th

Prosperity gap over time

  • South Korea
  • Taiwan
0.511.52198120012021

How they compare

Taiwan currently reports 0.6992 against 0.6595 in South Korea, a difference of 0.0396.

That makes Taiwan's figure about 1.1 times South Korea's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 7 shared years of data; in 2010 it was South Korea ahead.

South Korea ranks 110th and Taiwan ranks 107th of 120 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Prosperity gap
Source
World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
120 places, 2,148 data points, 1963–2025
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Average factor by which incomes need to be multiplied to bring everyone to the prosperity standard of $28 per person per day.