Disposable income per person during each mayor's tenure
6 mayors, ranked by how disposable income per person changed from their first day in office, next to the province over the same months. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | Mayor | City | In office | Total | vs province | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LKP Ahn Sang-soo | Incheon | 1 Jul 2002 – 1 Jul 2010 from 2002 | +24.2% 2002 → 2010 | +8.3 pts province +15.9% | +2.7%/yr | |
| 2 | LKP Kwon Young-jin | Daegu | 1 Jul 2014 – 1 Jul 2022 from 2014 | +20.4% 2014 → 2022 | −0.8 pts province +21.2% | +2.4%/yr | |
| 3 | DPK Park Won-soon | Seoul | 27 Oct 2011 – 9 Jul 2020 | +20.1% 2011 → 2020 | −9.4 pts province +29.6% | +2.1%/yr | |
| 4 | N Kim Bum-il | Daegu | 1 Jul 2006 – 1 Jul 2014 from 2006 | +17.6% 2006 → 2014 | +5.0 pts province +12.6% | +2.0%/yr | |
| 5 | LKP Paul Yoo | Incheon | 1 Jul 2014 – 1 Jul 2018 from 2014 | +16.8% 2014 → 2018 | +3.9 pts province +12.9% | +4.0%/yr | |
| 6 | PPP Oh Se-hoon | Seoul | 1 Jul 2006 – 27 Oct 2011 from 2006 | +13.5% 2006 → 2011 | +9.0 pts province +4.5% | +2.6%/yr | |
| 7 | LKP Lee Myung-bak | Seoul | 1 Jul 2002 – 1 Jul 2006 from 2002 | +11.1% 2002 → 2006 | +2.5 pts province +8.6% | +2.7%/yr | |
| 8 | DPK Song Young-gil | Incheon | 1 Jul 2010 – 1 Jul 2014 from 2010 | +10.1% 2010 → 2014 | +4.6 pts province +5.5% | +2.4%/yr | |
| 9 | N Cho Hae-nyung | Daegu | 1 Jul 2002 – 1 Jul 2006 from 2002 | +8.7% 2002 → 2006 | +0.1 pts province +8.6% | +2.1%/yr | |
| 10 | DPK Park Nam-choon | Incheon | 1 Jul 2018 – 1 Jul 2022 from 2018 | +7.8% 2018 → 2022 | +0.4 pts province +7.4% | +1.9%/yr |
Showing 10 of 15 tenures.
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); the province is measured over the same months. Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. ₩ million per person, in today's money · Statistics Korea regional household accounts via the OECD regional database (TL3), net disposable income of households per person, adjusted for inflation with the CPI, calendar years dated at mid-year · metropolitan city data · as of Jul 2025.