Occasional Paper 24 - ECONOMIC GROWTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, 1945-1992

Table 6 |  Table 7 |Table 8 |  Table 9 |  Table 10

Table 6.
Consolidated Central Government Expenditure in Korea
 
      Expenditure by Function 
(percent of central govt expenditure)		      
Year Central Government Expenditure  
Total (%of GDP) 
Billions of Won		   Defence and security Education Health Social welfare
70 443 (16.3) 24.0  17.7  1.4 5.1
71 542 (16) 27.6  18.3  1.4 4.8
72 751 (18) 25.8  15.9  1.2 5.0
73 708 (13.1) 28.7  17.1  1.4 5.9
74 1066 (14.1) 30.1  14.5  1.0 5.6
75 1601 (15.7) 29.0  14.0  1.0 5.3
76 2295 (16.4) 33.6  15.3  1.1 4.6
77 2804 (15.5) 35.9  16.7  1.7 5.0
78 3781 (15.5) 38.0  16.0  1.6 4.9
79 5225 (16.7) 30.6  16.5  1.1 5.4
80 6563 (17.3) 34.3  17.1  1.2 6.4
81 8045 (16.9) 35.2  17.9  1.3 6.0
82 10115 (18.6) 31.3  19.5  1.4 9.6
83 10682 (16.8) 31.9  20.5  1.6 5.2
84 11875 (16.4) 30.1  19.0  1.4 5.5
85 13336 (16.5) 29.7  18.4  1.4 5.7
86 14948 (15.9) 29.2  18.1  1.5 6.4
87 16944 (15.6) 27.3  18.3  2.3 6.4
88 19454 (15.2) 27.1  19.0  2.2 7.4
89 23776 (16.6) 24.9  18.5  2.0 8.3
90 29004 (16.2) 25.8  19.6  2.2 9.7
 
Table 7 - not available

Table 8.
Educational Expenditures by Sources of Funds in Korea
(million won, current price)
 
 
  1968 1977 1982 1985 1990
A. In-school Expenditures 74,555 844,049 3,502,344 4,659,928 8,697,197
  (51.2) (67.2) (62.1) (49.8) (48.0)
           
B. Government 41,378 434,685 1,632,092 2,269,385 ---
  (28.4) (34.6) (28.9) (24.3) (---)
           
C. School Juridical Persons 3,430 10,129 147,098 144,458 ---
(2.4) (0.8) (0.3) (0.2) (---)
           
D. Students  28,927 378,978 1,642,599 2,092,308 3,383,210
  (19.9) (30.2) (29.1) (22.4) (18.7)
           
E. Out-of-school Expenditures 71,098 411,346 2,137,625 4,696,000 9,429,099
  (48.8) (32.8) (37.9) (50.2) (52.0)
           
F. Private-charged Expenditures 100,025 790,324 3,780,224 6,788,308 12,812,309
(D+E) (68.7) (63.0) (67.0) (72.6) (70.7)
           
G. Total Educational Expenditures 145,653 1,255,395 5,639,969 9,355,928 18,126,296 
(A+E) (100) (100) (100) (100) (100)
           
H. GNP 1,652,900 17,021,400 48,088,260 71,262,000 168,437,800
           
G/H (%) 8.8 7.4 11.7 13.1 10.8
 
Table 9.
Income Distribution in Korea, Various Years, 1965-90
 
 
Item 1965 1970 1976 1982 1986 1990
Income share of bottom 40 percent            
  19.3 19.6 16.9 18.8 19.7 20.5
             
Income share of top 20 percent            
  41.8 41.6 45.3 43.8 41.3 40.4
             
Gini coefficient 0.344 0.332 0.391 0.357 0.337 0.323
 
Table 10.
Sources of Growth of the Korean Economy, 1963-82
(unit: percent)
 
 
  1968 1977 1982 1985 1990
A. In-school Expenditures 74,555 844,049 3,502,344 4,659,928 8,697,197
  (51.2) (67.2) (62.1) (49.8) (48.0)
           
B. Government 41,378 434,685 1,632,092 2,269,385 ---
  (28.4) (34.6) (28.9) (24.3) (---)
           
C. School Juridical Persons 3,430 10,129 147,098 144,458 ---
(2.4) (0.8) (0.3) (0.2) (---)
           
D. Students  28,927 378,978 1,642,599 2,092,308 3,383,210
  (19.9) (30.2) (29.1) (22.4) (18.7)
           
E. Out-of-school Expenditures 71,098 411,346 2,137,625 4,696,000 9,429,099
  (48.8) (32.8) (37.9) (50.2) (52.0)
           
F. Private-charged Expenditures 100,025 790,324 3,780,224 6,788,308 12,812,309
(D+E) (68.7) (63.0) (67.0) (72.6) (70.7)
           
G. Total Educational Expenditures 145,653 1,255,395 5,639,969 9,355,928 18,126,296 
(A+E) (100) (100) (100) (100) (100)
           
H. GNP 1,652,900 17,021,400 48,088,260 71,262,000 168,437,800
           
G/H (%) 8.8 7.4 11.7 13.1 10.8