According to reports, the latest data from South Korea shows that in 2027, two-person households will account for the first time or surpass 30%. According to the “Household Situation Outlook” data released by Korea's National Data Service on the 6th, the total number of households next year will increase 0.9% year-on-year to 22.807 million households. Among them, single-person households increased 2.3% year-on-year to 8.553 million; two-person households increased 2.1% to 6.89 million households; three-person households decreased 0.4% to 4.121 million households; and four-person households decreased 2.9% to 2.609 million households. In terms of share, the share of one-person households increased by 0.5 percentage points to 37.5%; two-person households rose 0.3 percentage points to 30.2%, surpassing 30% for the first time since South Korea began compiling relevant data in 2000; three-person households fell 0.2 percentage points to 18.1%; and four-person households fell 0.5 percentage points to 11.4%.

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