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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	’24.6	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	32	10	9,552
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	164	95	24,631
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	196	105	34,183
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%	83.7%	90.5%	72.1%

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	652	1,708	2,641	2,175	1,407	603	358	9,544
Female	646	2,112	7,015	7,626	4,671	1,483	1,003	24,556
Total	1,298	3,820	9,656	9,801	6,078	2,086	1,361	34,100

※ 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	415	725	4,204	3,219	94	84	243	559	9,544
Female	141	165	9,321	12,006	1,474	224	535	690	24,556
Total	557	890	13,525	15,225	1,568	308	778	1,249	34,100

※ 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	419	135	806	5,769	863	1,147	360	45	9,544
Female	405	217	1,518	17,838	2,713	1,231	514	120	24,556
Total	824	352	2,324	23,607	3,576	2,378	874	154	34,100

※ 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	1,563	79	466	379	509	779	4,861	276	186	46	98	9,544
Female	380	92	4,524	166	661	512	358	2,124	15,072	210	287	34	136	24,556
Total	605	169	6,087	245	1,127	891	867	2,903	19,933	486	473	80	234	34,100

※ 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	2,003	2,808	809	210	224	231	133	284	368
Female	4,388	8,272	2,179	645	890	817	496	1,145	1,451
Total	6,391	11,080	2,988	855	1,114	1,048	629	1,429	1,819
Region	Gwangju	Gangwon	Daejeon	South Jeolla	North Jeolla	Ulsan	Jeju	Total
Male	111	219	119	136	111	111	73	7,950
Female	414	705	453	528	421	338	285	23,427
Total	525	924	579	664	532	449	358	31,377

※ 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	’23
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	22.7
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	1.9

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	’23
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	63.0	63.4
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	60.5
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	4.5

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