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By the year 2020, the average life expectancy of South Koreans is expected to reach 81 years of age according to findings by the Ministry of Health and Welfare보건복지부 on August 7, citing a report from the United Nations.
Currently, South Koreans enjoy a life expectancy of 77.9 years, about a year-and-a-half longer than other member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) 경제협력개발기구 who averaged just 76.2 years. Only Japan and Italy ranked higher in life expectancies with 82.1 years and 79 years respectively.
According to Ministry officials, this trend will likely continue as Koreans gain the added benefits of significantimprovements in healthcare and nutrition. A decliningbirthrate is also expected to boost these numbers as South Korea’s birthrate fell to a record-low of 1.19 in 2003, dropping way below the rate of 2.83 calculated just 20 years ago.
Although the prolonged life expectancy is a cause for celebration since our parents are likely to live longer, experts worry about the dependency ratio -- the ratio of children and people over 65 compared with the sector of the population that is of working age. They warn that the increasing life expectancies will burden the already diminishingworkforce and that concretemeasures should be introduced as soon as possible to cope with the aging population.
The National Statistical Office (NSO)통계청 expects that Korea will become an "aged society" by 2019 meaning that people over the age of 65 will account for 14 percent of the total population.
Authorities warn that the consequences of such a shift will become apparent as the working-age population will be unable to maintainliving standards for the dependent population due to the increased burdens associated with an ever diminishing workforce.
Experts also worry that an aging population in the context of a declining labor supply might make economic growthuntenable since higher taxes will be needed to fundpension and health systems for the elderly.
Kim Dong-suk, a researcher at the state-run Korea Development Institute 한국개발연구원, expects Korea’s potentialeconomic growth rates could sink below one percent by 2040. "I predict that the potential economic growth rates will drop from around five percent now to 4.21 percent between 2010 and 2019, 2.91 percent in the 2020s, to 1.6 percent in the 2030s and 0.74 percent in the 2040s,"he said.
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By the year 2020, the average life expectancy of South Koreans is expected to reach 81 years of age according to findings by the Ministry of Health and Welfare보건복지부 on August 7, citing a report from the United Nations.
Currently, South Koreans enjoy a life expectancy of 77.9 years, about a year-and-a-half longer than other member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) 경제협력개발기구 who averaged just 76.2 years. Only Japan and Italy ranked higher in life expectancies with 82.1 years and 79 years respectively.
According to Ministry officials, this trend will likely continue as Koreans gain the added benefits of significantimprovements in healthcare and nutrition. A decliningbirthrate is also expected to boost these numbers as South Korea’s birthrate fell to a record-low of 1.19 in 2003, dropping way below the rate of 2.83 calculated just 20 years ago.
Although the prolonged life expectancy is a cause for celebration since our parents are likely to live longer, experts worry about the dependency ratio -- the ratio of children and people over 65 compared with the sector of the population that is of working age. They warn that the increasing life expectancies will burden the already diminishingworkforce and that concretemeasures should be introduced as soon as possible to cope with the aging population.
The National Statistical Office (NSO)통계청 expects that Korea will become an "aged society" by 2019 meaning that people over the age of 65 will account for 14 percent of the total population.
Authorities warn that the consequences of such a shift will become apparent as the working-age population will be unable to maintainliving standards for the dependent population due to the increased burdens associated with an ever diminishing workforce.
Experts also worry that an aging population in the context of a declining labor supply might make economic growthuntenable since higher taxes will be needed to fundpension and health systems for the elderly.
Kim Dong-suk, a researcher at the state-run Korea Development Institute 한국개발연구원, expects Korea’s potentialeconomic growth rates could sink below one percent by 2040. "I predict that the potential economic growth rates will drop from around five percent now to 4.21 percent between 2010 and 2019, 2.91 percent in the 2020s, to 1.6 percent in the 2030s and 0.74 percent in the 2040s,"he said.
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