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Mon, January 30, 2023 | 11:39
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National income growth fails to improve Koreans' wellbeing
국민총소득 증가, 한국인 삶의 질 향상은 실패
Posted : 2022-03-10 13:36
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By Yi Whan-woo

Korea's gross national income (GNI) has surpassed $35,000 per capita for the first time, setting another economic milestone for what is perhaps the most rapidly industrialized nation in the last century.
한국의 1인당 국민총소득이 처음으로 3만5000달러를 넘어서 아마 지난 세기 가장 빠르게 산업화된 국가에 또 다른 경제적인 중대 시점을 만들었다.


GNI is the total amount of money earned by a nation's people and businesses and is used to measure and track its wealth.
국민총소득은 한 국가의 국민 및 사업체가 얻은 모든 총소득이며 국가의 부를 측정 및 추적하는 데에 사용된다.


The milestone, announced by the Bank of Korea (BOK) last week, is receiving little public attention because this wealth is "not trickling down to the lives of everyday people," according to analysts.
분석가들에 의하면 지난주 한국은행에 의해 발표된 이 중대 시점은 부가 "일반 시민들의 삶으로 흘러 들어가지 않고" 있기 때문에 대중의 주목을 거의 받지 못하고 있다.


The experts attributed the country's GNI per capita, which amounted to $35,168 in 2021, to factors that do not necessarily improve individuals' actual income or quality of life.
전문가들은 2021년 3만5168달러에 미친 국가의 1인당 국민총소득을 개인의 실제적인 소득이나 삶의 질 향상에 그다지 영향을 주지는 않는 요인들 덕분으로 보았다.


They also pointed out the increased wealth is not distributed equally across society.
그들은 또한 증가한 부가 사회 전체에 동등하게 분배되지 않는다는 점을 지적했다.


According to the BOK, the GNI per capita for 2021 was made possible due mainly to five factors ― a 4 percent growth in GDP, a 3 percent year-on-year decrease in the won-dollar exchange rate, a 2.3 percent GDP deflator expansion, surging inflation and a dwindling population.
한국은행에 의하면 2021년 1인당 국민총소득은 실질 GDP 4.0% 증가, 원·달러 환율 3.0% 하락, GDP디플레이터 2.3% 상승, 급증하는 인플레이션 및 감소하는 인구라는 5개의 주요 요인으로 인해 가능해졌다.


The first three especially were behind the reversal in the country's GNI per capita after it broke the $30,000 mark in 2017 for the first time.
첫 세 개 요인은 2017년에 처음 3만 달러 기록을 깬 후 한국의 국민총소득의 반등에 특히나 중요한 역할을 했다.

KEY WORDS
■ gross national income 국민총소득
■ surpass 능가하다, 뛰어넘다
■ per capita 1인당
■ milestone 중요한 단계
■ trickle down 부[富]가 확산되다
■ attribute A to B: B를 A의 덕분으로 돌리다
■ amount to ~에 이르다

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