Korea's per capita GDP is above the average of major countries, but economic sentiment is at the bottom.

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Seong-heum Cho = Although Korea's per capita gross domestic product (GDP) exceeded the average of 29 major countries, a survey showed that Korea's economic sentiment was the lowest at 27th.

On the 17th, the Social Value Institute, a non-profit research foundation established by SK, published the '2026 Social Problems Perspective of Koreans' report, which contains the results of a social problem awareness survey conducted on 1,000 people in cooperation with Triple Light, a social problem-solving consulting company.

As a result of analyzing the results of the 2022-2026 International Monetary Fund (IMF) announcement and the economic status survey results of 29 countries by global opinion research agency Ipsos, Korea's per capita GDP ranking was 13th out of 29 countries, but economic satisfaction ranked only 27th.

Korea's GDP per capita on average over the past five years was $36,044, but only 19.5% of citizens evaluated the Korean economy positively over the past four years on average.

한국의 사회 체감도 역시 최하위권이었다.

개인 행복은 10점 만점에 6점으로 29개국 중 21위였고, 사회적 지지는 80.7%로 25위, 사회 신뢰는 41.8%로 21위였다.

Like Korea, Japan (15th in GDP, 29th in economic perception), which has a low level of economic perception compared to economic indicators, was the lowest in social perception (29th).

The Institute for Social Value explained, “As Korea and Japan are representative countries showing signs of low growth, this suggests that social growth needs to occur simultaneously during the growth process.”

이처럼 사회 문제가 심화하고 있음에도 해결을 위한 국민 의지는 크게 감소했다.

국민들의 봉사 및 재능기부 의향은 2020년 80.4%에서 2026년 72.3%로 낮아졌다.

사회문제 해결을 위해 세금을 추가 납부하겠다는 국민은 2020년 55.5%에서 2026년 42.6%로 줄었다.

이에 따라 사회적가치연구원은 사회문제 해결의 전략적 우선순위를 알려주는 지속가능성 맵을 제안했다.

This is a concept that helps companies strategically approach growth and social issues by presenting four areas based on two criteria, including social impact and business impact.

The Social Value Institute said, "If companies can create new business opportunities and economic value by solving social problems, more companies will be able to participate in solving social problems." He added, "Companies that have led economic growth will be able to actively participate in solving social problems and contribute to social growth."