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The following are international rankings of South Korea.

Outline

Name Classification Reference
FTSE Developed market Green tickY [1]
Emerging market
Frontier market
Name Classification Reference
S&P Developed market Green tickY [2]
Emerging market
Frontier market
Name Classification Reference
IMF Advanced economy Green tickY [3]
Emerging and Developing Economies
Name Classification Reference
DAC Member Green tickY [4]
Non-member
Name Classification Reference
Paris Club Member Green tickY [5]
Non-member
Name Classification Reference
World Bank High income Green tickY [6]
Middle income
Low income

Economy

See also: Economy of South Korea
Seoul ranks fifth in global city GDP and second in Asian city GDP.
Economic Rankings
Name Year Place Out of # Reference
OECD – Net take-home pay, single with no child 2013 &3 &34 [7]
OECD – Net take-home pay, married with 2 children 2013 &8 &34 [8]
ILO – Average monthly earnings 2009 &10 &72 [9] Archived 2018-09-09 at the Wayback Machine
Gallup – Median household income 2013 &8 &131 [10]
Gallup – Median per-capita income 2013 &15 &131 [11]
World Bank – Ease of Doing Business Index 2016 &4 &183 [12]
The World Factbook – Exports 2014 &5 194 [13]
The World Factbook – Imports 2014 &7 194 [14]
IMF - GDP (Nominal) 2016 &11 179 [15]
IMF - GDP (PPP) 2016 &13 180 [16]
IMF – GDP per capita (Nominal) 2014 &29 180 [17]
IMF – GDP per capita (PPP) 2014 &30 181 [18]
IMF – Foreign exchange reserves 2015 &6 &98 [19]
World Economic Forum – Financial Development Index 2012 &15 62 [20]
World Economic Forum – Global Competitiveness Report 2019 &13 141 [21]
World Economic Forum – Global Enabling Trade Report 2014 &30 138 [22]
IMD – World Competitiveness Yearbook 2015 &25 60 [23]
Wall Street Journal / The Heritage Foundation – Index of Economic Freedom 2023 &14 &184 [24]
OECD – Job security 2012 &4 34 [25]
MIT - Economic Complexity Index 2012 &5 &124 [26]
Connectivity Scorecard 2012 &18 &52 [27]
World Bank - Logistics Performance Index 2023 &17 &139 [28]
World Bank - Paying Taxes 2014 &25 &189 [29]
Grant Thornton - Global Dynamism Index 2013 &14 &60 [30]
FedEx Opportunity Index - Business Rank 2008 &2 &109 [31]
Milken Institute – Capital Access Index 2009 &12 &122 [32]
DHL - Global Connectedness Index 2014 &13 &140 [33]
McKinsey - Connectedness Index 2012 &20 &131 [34] Archived 2016-01-23 at the Wayback Machine

Education

See also: Education in South Korea
Education Rankings
Name Year Place Out of # Reference
OECD - Attained a tertiary education degree, 25- to 34-year-olds % 2011 &4 35 [35]
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment - Maths 2012 &8 34 [36]
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment - Reading 2012 &2 34 [37]
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment - Science 2012 &4 34 [38]
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study - 4th Grade Math 2011 &2 52 [39]
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study - 8th Grade Math 2011 &9 52 [40]
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study - 4th Grade Science 2011 &23 52 [41]
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study - 8th Grade Science 2011 &3 52 [42]
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation - Women's average years in school 2010 &3 206 [43]

Environment

See also: Environment of South Korea
Environmental Rankings
Name Year Place Out of # Reference
Yale University / Columbia University – Environmental Performance Index 2014 &43 178 [44]
United Nations University for Environment and Human Security – World Risk Index 2013 &62 172 [45]

Health & Safety

See also: Healthcare in South Korea and Housing in South Korea
Comparison of healthcare spending and life expectancy for some countries in 2007

Note: In the case of statistics with potentially conflicting meanings, the rankings have been converted to reflect the same direction - Positive statistics rank higher, while negative statistics rank lower.

Health Rankings
Name Year Place Out of # Reference
WHO - Risk of death from non-communicable disease 2008 &9 194 [46]
OECD - Life expectancy 2013 &11 34 [47]
WHO - Infant mortality 2005–2010 &19 193 [48]
WHO - Health expenditure covered by government 2012 &31 34 [49]
OECD - Obesity rate 2009 &5 34 [50]
OECD - Hospital beds 2011 &2 34 [51]
OECD - Alcohol consumption 2011 &13 34 [52]
OECD - Smoking rate 2010 &26 41 [53]
OECD - Cancer rate 2012 &27 34 [54]
OECD - Colorectal cancer 5-year survival rate 2006-2011 &9 23 [55]
OECD - Hemorrhagic stroke 30 day in-hospital mortality 2011 &3 32 [56]
OECD - Ischemic stroke 30 day in-hospital mortality 2011 &2 33 [57]
Intentional homicide rate 2011 &6 192 [58]

Industry

See also: Manufacturing in South Korea and Energy in South Korea
KSLV-II Nuri launching from the Launch Pad 2 at Naro Space Center, 21 October 2021.
The launch of KARI KSR-1
Industrial Rankings
Name Year Place Out of # Reference
OICA - Automobile production 2023 5 49 [59]
IAEA - Nuclear energy production 2012 &5 [60]
World Steel Association - Steel production 2017 &6 40 [61]
The World Factbook - Electricity production 2017 &9 211 [62]
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute - Arms exports 2013 &13 154 [63]

Innovation

See also: List of Korean inventions and discoveries
Innovation Rankings
Name Year Place Out of # Reference
World Intellectual Property Indicators - Patent applications per GDP 2012 &8 206 [64]
World Intellectual Property Indicators - Patent applications per million population 2012 &6 206 [65]
World Intellectual Property Indicators - Application design counts per million population 2012 &8 206 [66]
World Intellectual Property Indicators - Patent grants 2012 &4 206 [67]
World Intellectual Property Indicators - Industrial design registrations in force 2012 &3 206 [68]
Bloomberg Innovation Index 2016 &7 50 Bloomberg Innovation Index
The Boston Consulting Group - International Innovation Index 2009 &2 110 [69]
Cornell University, INSEAD and WIPO - Global Innovation Index 2015 6 180 [70]
Research and development spending - % of GDP 2012 &9 72 [71]
Research and development spending - Total 2011 &5 72 [72]

Politics, Law and Military

See also: Government of South Korea, Politics of South Korea, and Law of South Korea
The National Assembly building
The main chamber of the National Assembly
Political, Law and Military Rankings
Name Year Place Out of # Reference
Transparency International – Global Corruption Barometer 2013 &6 95 [73]
OECD – Government transparency 2008 &6 34 [74]
Composite Index of National Capability 2007 &8 193 [75]
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute – Defense budget 2013 &&10 154 [76]
World Justice Project – Rule of Law Index 2015 &11 102 [77]
Nation brand power 2013 &12 40 [78]
Transparency International – Bribe Payers Index 2013 &13 28 [79]
The Economist Intelligence Unit – Democracy Index 2012 &20 167 [80]
Fund for Peace – Fragile State Index 2013 &&23 178 [81]
Nation Brand Index 2023 &&24 49 [82]
Property Rights Alliance – International Property Rights Index 2013 &&37 130 [83]
Transparency International – Corruption Perception Index 2015 &&37 177 [84]
Institute for Economics and Peace – Global Peace Index 2015 &&42 162 [85]
Reporters Without Borders – Press Freedom Index 2023 47 180 [86]

Science & Technology

See also: Science and technology in South Korea
Hyundai Motor Group, one of the top three car brands in the world
LG Electronics, the No. 1 TV market player in the world
Samsung Electronics, the world's No. 1 smartphone market share as of 2022
SK Hynix, the world's fourth-largest chipmaker in sales as of 2023
Science & Technology Rankings
Name Year Place Out of # Reference
Google - Smartphone penetration 2018 &4 48 [87] Archived 2018-12-26 at the Wayback Machine
ClinicalTrials.gov - Stem cell research trials 2014 &3 11 [88]
Space Competitiveness Index 2024 &7 15 [89]
World Wide Web Foundation - Web index 2014 &8 81 [90]
World Economic Forum - Networked Readiness Index 2014 &10 145 [91]
United Nations - E-Government Development Index 2022 3 193 [92]
United Nations - E-Participation Index 2022 9 193 [93]
United Nations - Online Service Index 2022 3 193 [94]

Society & Quality of Life

See also: Demographics of South Korea and Koreans
Social and Quality of Life Rankings
Name Year Place Out of # Reference
Screen Digest - Average number of movies watched 2013 &1 [95]
Fragile States Index 2013 &18 178 [96]
United Nations - Human Development Index 2012 &12 187 [97]
Newsweek - "World's best countries" 2010 &15 100 [98]
Official Development Assistance aid sent to developing countries 2012 &16 23 [99]
The Economist - Where-to-be-born Index 2013 &19 80 [100]
Walk Free Foundation - Global Slavery Index 2013 &23 &160 [101]
World Economic Forum - Human Capital Report 2013 &23 &122 [102]
OECD - Time devoted to leisure and personal care 2009 &25 &34 [103]
Legatum Prosperity Index 2014 &25 &104 [104]
Center for Global Development - Commitment to Development Index 2013 &26 &166 [105]
Social Progress Index 2014 &28 &132 [106]
Save the Children State of the World's Mothers report 2014 &30 &178 [107]
Average annual hours worked per worker 2012-2013 &32 &35 [108][1]
OECD - Social expenditure as % of GDP 2014 &32 &34 [109]
United Nations - World Happiness Report 2013 &41 &166 [110]
Charities Aid Foundation - World Giving Index 2012 &45 &145 [111]

Tourism

See also: Tourism in South Korea and South Korean culture
The Deoksugung palace in Seoul, a popular visitor attraction
Tourism Rankings
Name Year Place Out of # Reference
World Tourism Organization - World Tourism rankings 2013 &23 193 [112]
World Economic Forum - Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2013 15 140 [113]
UNESCO - World Heritage Site 2023 22 34 [114]

Transportation

See also: Transport in South Korea
KTX train
Transportation Rankings
Name Year Place Out of # Reference
The World Factbook - Number of Heliports 2013 &2 192 [115]
The World Factbook - Expressway density 2009 &8 192 [116]

Culture

See also: Hallyu, K-pop, and Soft power
K-pop fans outside the Korean Cultural Center in Warsaw, Poland, in 2011
Culture rankings
Name Year Place Out of # Reference
Brand Finance - Global Soft Power Index 2023 15 - [117]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ministry of Employment and Labor, 2015 hours in 2013".
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