Korea's sleep time is 8 minutes less on average than five years ago...a decline of all ages
Jul 28, 2025
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According to the results of the "2024 Living Time Survey" released by the National Statistical Office on the 28th, Koreans aged 10 or older spend 11 hours and 32 minutes on essential activities such as sleep, meals, and personal maintenance, of which 8 hours and 4 minutes of sleep, 1 hour and 54 minutes of meals and snacks, and 1 hour and 34 minutes of other personal maintenance.
Sleep time decreased for the first time since the 1999 survey, with declines in all age groups, including teenagers (-5 minutes), 20s (-11 minutes), 30s (-7 minutes), 40s (-4 minutes), 50s (-6 minutes), and 60 and older (-14 minutes) compared to five years ago. The average sleep time was the most in the teens (8 hours and 37 minutes), followed by those in their 20s and 30s. People in their 50s (7 hours and 40 minutes) recorded the least amount of sleep.
Sleep time decreased by eight minutes from five years ago, and it was found that weekdays (-7 minutes), Saturdays (-8 minutes), and Sundays (-15 minutes) were all reduced. There were more sleep hours on Saturday (8 hours 31 minutes) and Sunday (8 hours 49 minutes) than on weekdays (7 hours 45 minutes).
In addition, 11.9% of all people were sleepless, and their average sleepless time was 32 minutes. It is a markedly longer time compared to the average 4 minutes of sleepless hours for the whole nation.
The proportion of people who couldn't sleep was the highest at 19.6% for those aged 60 or older, followed by those in their 50s (11.1%) and those in their 40s (8.2%). Compared to five years ago, the proportion of people who did not sleep rose in all age groups, including teenagers (1.9%p), people in their 20s (3.0%p), people in their 30s (3.2%p), people in their 40s (2.9%p), people in their 50s (4.3%p), and people aged 60 or older (6.1%p).
In addition, the bedtime of the Korean people was 11:28 p.m., four minutes later than five years ago.
The bedtime of those in their 20s was the latest at midnight at 00:37, followed by those in their 30s (11:56 p.m.) and teenagers (11:42 p.m.). Bedtime was later in all age groups except teenagers than five years ago, with 17 minutes in their 20s, 11 minutes in their 30s, 1 minute in their 40s, 7 minutes in their 50s, and 10 minutes in their 60s or older.
On the other hand, the wake-up time was 6:59, nine minutes earlier than five years ago.
The wake-up time for those aged 60 or older was the fastest at 5:56 a.m., and the higher the age group in their 20s, the faster the wake-up time was. They are 8:20 a.m. in their 20s, 7:33 a.m. in their 30s, 7:08 a.m. in their 40s, 6:39 a.m. in their 50s, and 5:56 a.m. in their 60s and older. The weather time was 5 minutes earlier for teenagers, 2 minutes for 40s, and 12 minutes earlier for those over 60 than five years ago.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
