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Number of North Korean Defectors Entering South Korea

(persons)

Number of North Korean Defectors Entering South Korea
Category	~'98	~'01	'02	'03	'04	'05	'06	'07	'08	'09	'10	'11	'12	'13	'14	'15	'16	'17	’18	’19	’20	’21	’22	’23.3(provi sional)	Total
Male	831	565	510	474	626	424	515	573	608	662	591	795	404	369	305	251	302	188	168	202	72	40	35	5	9,515
Female	116	478	632	811	1,272	960	1,513	1,981	2,195	2,252	1,811	1,911	1,098	1,145	1,092	1,024	1,116	939	969	845	157	23	32	29	24,401
Total	947	1,043	1,142	1,285	1,898	1,384	2,028	2,554	2,803	2,914	2,402	2,706	1,502	1,514	1,397	1,275	1,418	1,127	1,137	1,047	229	63	67	34	33,916
Percent age of female defecto rs	12.2%	45.8%	55.3%	63.1%	67.0%	69.4%	74.6%	77.6%	78.3%	77.3%	75.4%	70.6%	73.1%	75.6%	78.2%	80.3%	78.7%	83.3%	85.2%	80.7%	68.6%	36.5%	47.8%	85.3%	71.9%

Number of North Korean Defectors by Age Group

(persons)

Number of North Korean Defectors by Age Group
Category	Ages 0-9	Ages 10-19	Ages 20-29	Ages 30-39	Ages 40-49	Ages 50-59	Ages 60 and older	Total
Male	651	1,705	2,631	2,167	1,403	590	356	9,503
Female	646	2,106	6,973	7,561	4,612	1,462	997	24,357
Total	1,297	3,811	9,604	9,728	6,015	2,052	1,353	33,860

※ The figures are based on the ages when they entered South Korea and may differ from the actual number of North Korean defectors due to the exclusion of those who arrived recently and are in protection facilities.

Number of North Korean Defectors by Professional Background in the North

(persons)

Number of North Korean Defectors by Professional Background in the North
Category	Management	Military	Workers	Unemployed	Volunteer sector	Arts and sports	Professions	Non-target (children)	Total
Male	413	723	4,185	3,217	93	84	241	547	9,503
Female	140	161	9,227	11,957	1,459	221	526	666	24,357
Total	553	884	13,412	15,174	1,552	305	767	1,213	33,860

※ The figures may differ from the actual number of North Korean defectors due to the exclusion of those who arrived recently and are in protection facilities (The figures may be adjusted as a result of the revision of historical

Number of North Korean Defectors by Academic Background in the North

(persons)

Number of North Korean Defectors by Academic Background in the North
Category	Preschool child	Kindergarten	Primary school	Secondary school (Middleand highschool)	College	University and higher education	Uneducated	Other (unidentified)	Total
Male	418	135	806	5,752	858	1,134	360	40	9,503
Female	404	215	1,499	17,732	2,682	1,219	515	91	24,357
Total	822	350	2,305	23,484	3,540	2,353	875	131	33,860

※ The figures may differ from the actual number of North Korean defectors due to the exclusion of those who arrived recently and are in protection facilities, and they include dropouts for each educational level.
※ The figures may be adjusted as a result of the revision of historical data and the category of Other includes those who entered Hanawon recently and did not fill in their academic background.

Number of North Korean Defectors by Region of Birth in the North

(persons)

Number of North Korean Defectors by Region of Birth in the North
Cate gory	Kangwon	Nampo	Ryang gang	Jagang	South Pyongan	North Pyongan	Pyong yang	South Hamg yong	North Hamg yong	South Hwang hae	North Hwang hae	Kaesong	Other (uniden tified)	Total
Male	225	77	1,560	79	464	379	487	777	4,856	270	185	46	98	9,503
Female	377	89	4,457	165	656	507	345	2,106	15,002	203	285	33	132	24,357
Total	602	166	6,017	244	1,120	886	832	2,883	19,858	473	470	79	230	33,860

※ The figures may differ from the actual number of North Korean defectors due to the exclusion of those who arrived recently and are in protection facilities.

Number of North Korean Defectors by Region

(persons)

Number of North Korean Defectors by Region
Region	Seoul	Gyeonggi	Incheon	Busan	North Gyeongsang	South Gyeongsang	Daegu	North Chung cheong	South Chung cheong and Sejong
Male	2,054	2,769	785	226	229	230	129	280	362
Female	4,501	8,154	2,119	667	909	833	498	1,107	1,436
Total	6,555	10,923	2,904	893	1,138	1,063	627	1,387	1,798
Region	Gwangju	Gangwon	Daejeon	South Jeolla	North Jeolla	Ulsan	Jeju	Total
Male	120	230	124	146	115	116	79	7,994
Female	419	697	457	516	427	343	276	23,359
Total	538	927	581	662	542	459	355	31,353

※ The figures do not include those who are dead, whose resident registrations were cancelled, who emigrated, whose residences are unknown, and who are in protection facilities.

Settlement Status of North Korean Defectors

(percentage (%))

Settlement Status of North Korean Defectors
Category	’08	’09	’10	’11	’12	’13	’14	’15	’16	’17	’18	’19	’20	’21	’22
Percentage of recipients receiving livelihood benefits	54.8	54.9	51.3	46.7	40.8	35	32.3	25.3	24.4	24.4	23.8	23.8	23.8	22.8	22.6
Dropout rates(primary, middle, and highschool)	10.8	6.1	4.9	4.7	3.3	3.46	2.5	2.2	2.1	2.0	2.5	3.0	2.9	1.2	1.6

Economic Activities of North Korean Defectors

(percentage (%))

Economic Activities of North Korean Defectors
Category	’08	’09	’10	’11	’12	’13	’14	’15	’16	’17	’18	’19	’20	’21	’22
Activity Rates	49.6	48.6	42.6	56.5	54.1	56.9	56.6	59.4	57.9	61.2	64.8	62.1	60.1	61.3	63
Employment rates	44.9	41.9	38.7	49.7	50	51.4	53.1	54.6	55	56.9	60.4	58.2	54.4	56.7	59.2
Unemploy ment rates	9.5	13.7	9.2	12.1	7.5	9.7	6.2	4.8	5.1	7	6.9	6.3	9.4	7.5	6.1

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