List of Giving Data, Produced in Korea
A total of nine statistical data is related to giving in Korea. Between those, the National Tax Statistical Yearbook of the National Tax Service provides a total donation amount.
The most cited donation participation rate and the average donation amount are reported through Giving Korea and Social Survey. In addition, the National Survey of Tax and Benefit and Korea Welfare Panel Study do the national survey.
Giving behavior and attitudes surveys, besides donation participation rate and the donation amount, are mainly covered in Giving Korea and Social Survey.
9 Giving Databases in South Korea |
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|
Database |
Institution |
Year of Survey |
Year of Recent |
National |
Giving Korea |
Center on Philanthropy, The Beautiful |
2001 |
2019 |
Social Survey |
National Tax Service |
2006 |
2019 |
|
Korean Longitudinal Survey of Women and |
Korean Women’s Development Institute |
2006 |
2019 |
|
Korea Welfare Panel Study |
Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA) |
2007 |
2011 |
|
National Survey of Tax and Benefit (NaSTaB) |
Korea Institute of Public Finance |
2008 |
2019 |
|
Local |
Seoul Survey |
Smart City Policy Bureau, Seoul |
2005 |
2020 |
Seoul Welfare Panel Survey* |
Seoul Welfare Foundation |
2008 |
2010 |
|
Seoul Welfare Survey |
The Seoul Institute |
2015 |
2019 |
|
National |
National Tax Statistical Yearbook |
National Tax Service |
1967 |
2020 |
Note: * No longer surveyed. |
<Summary of 7 Giving Databases>
Donation participation rate, average amount of donation, total amount of donation, and volunteering participation rate of each database in its reference year are as follows:
|
Giving Korea |
Korea Welfare |
National |
Social Survey |
Seoul Welfare Survey |
Seoul Survey |
National Tax |
Survey Unit |
Individual |
Household |
Household |
Household |
Household |
Household |
– |
Survey Area |
Nationwide |
Nationwide |
Nationwide |
Nationwide |
Seoul |
Seoul |
Nationwide |
Sample Size |
2,011 |
4,124 |
4,816 |
18,676 |
3,000 |
20,000 |
– |
Donation |
46.5% |
12.2% |
35.9% |
21.6% |
17.4% |
37.1% |
– |
Average Amount of Donation |
₩264,000 |
₩461,000 |
₩164,000 |
₩603,000 |
₩904,000 |
– |
– |
Total Amount of |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
\14.4 Trillion |
Volunteering |
32.3% |
13.7% |
– |
16.1% |
10.0% |
13.6% |
– |
Extracted from [기획연구 2020-3] 한국의 나눔 행동과 태도 측정 : 방법론적 고찰 (Korean)
<Reference (Korean)>
- Giving Korea 2020. https://research.beautifulfund.org/blog/2020/12/21/givigkorea2020/
- Korea Welfare Panel Study. https://www.koweps.re.kr:442/eng/main.do
- Korean Longitudinal Survey of Women and Families. https://klowf.kwdi.re.kr/portal/eng/mainPage.do?
- Seoul Welfare Panel Survey. https://wish.welfare.seoul.kr/swflmsfront/board/boardr.do?bmno=10015&bno=1711&pno=10007&ppno=&opno=& (Korean)
- National Survey of Tax and Benefit (NaSTaB). https://www.kipf.re.kr/bbs/panel_report_DataReport.do (Korean)
- Social Survey. National Tax Service (2021)
Kosis – Location : Society > Social Survey > Social Participation > 2009~ > Population of Cash Donations (Contributor) (for the last 12 months, Multiple Response, 13 years old and over), Amount of Cash Donations (for the last 12 months, Multiple Response, 13 years old and over) https://kosis.kr/eng/
Donation Participation Rate : https://www.kostat.go.kr/portal/korea/kor_nw/1/6/3/index.board (Korean) - Seoul Welfare Survey. Seoul Research Data Service http://data.si.re.kr (Korean)
- Seoul Survey.
Seoul Research Data Service http://data.si.re.kr (Korean)
Seoul Giving Experience and Giving Vehicle Statistics https://data.seoul.go.kr/dataList/286/S/2/datasetView.do?tab=S# (Korean) - National Tax Service (2019). National Tax Statistical Yearbook. https://tasis.nts.go.kr/websquare/websquare.html?w2xPath=/cm/index.xml(Korean)
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2) Individual Donation (General Income Tax)
3) Individual Donation (Tax Deduction Amount from Donation)
4) Individual Donation (Tax Deduction Amount from Income)