A lot of korean is thinking korea surprassed western nations, japan
And being one of the most rich country more then western nations.
Let’s see if it’s true.
1:
List of coutries by average wage 2017
en.m.wikipedia.org
t_of_countries_by_average_wage
Japan 40,863 Us doller
It’s next to of the Sweden 42,393 Us doller
Korea 35,191 Us doller
It’s 2 rank poorer than Spain 38,507 us doller.
Sweden 42,393
Japan 40,863
New Zealand 40,043
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Spain 38,507
Italy 36,658
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South Korea 35,191
Israel 35,067
Slovenia 34,933 26,713
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2:
GDP per capita. 2017
en.m.wikipedia.org
t_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)_per
_capita
Japanese GDP per capita is ranked 23
38,448
Arround the same level of UK and UAE.
Korean GDP per capita is ranked 27
29,938
Poorer than Puerto Rico
31,581 Ranked 26
And arround the same level of the Spain.
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3:
In GDP ranking
Japan is third biggest GDP japan alone.
Korea is 11th place. 7 stage smaller economy than japan.
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4:
2018Korean minimum wage in korea per hour.
6.73 us doller.
It is lower than
Tokyo 8.81 us doller
And Lower than Osaka 8.36 us doller
But slicely higher than Okinawa 6.60 us doller(poorest place of japan).
And this is the reason korean is keep on saying they surpassed japan at minimum wage per hour lol
statista.com
checkinprice.com
d-minimum-salary-in-tokyo-japan/