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The following are international rankings of South Korea.

Economy

**Economic Rankings**
Name	Year	Place	Out of #	Reference
OECD – Net take-home pay, single with no child	2013	&3	&34	[1]
OECD – Net take-home pay, married with 2 children	2013	&8	&34	[2]
ILO – Average monthly earnings	2009	&10	&72	[3] Archived 2018-09-09 at the Wayback Machine
Gallup – Median household income	2013	&8	&131	[4]
Gallup – Median per-capita income	2013	&15	&131	[5]
World Bank – Ease of Doing Business Index	2016	&4	&183	[6]
The World Factbook – Exports	2014	&5	194	[7]
The World Factbook – Imports	2014	&7	194	[8]
IMF - GDP (Nominal)	2016	&11	179	[9]
IMF - GDP (PPP)	2016	&13	180	[10]
IMF – GDP per capita (Nominal)	2014	&29	180	[11]
IMF – GDP per capita (PPP)	2014	&30	181	[12]
IMF – Foreign exchange reserves	2015	&6	&98	[13]
World Economic Forum – Financial Development Index	2012	&15	62	[14]
World Economic Forum – Global Competitiveness Report	2013-2014	&25	133	[15]
World Economic Forum – Global Enabling Trade Report	2014	&30	138	[16]
IMD – World Competitiveness Yearbook	2015	&25	60	[17]
Wall Street Journal / The Heritage Foundation – Index of Economic Freedom	2015	&29	&179	[18]
OECD – Job security	2012	&4	34	[19]
MIT - Economic Complexity Index	2012	&5	&124	[20]
Connectivity Scorecard	2012	&18	&52	[21]
World Bank - Logistics Performance Index	2014	&21	&160	[22]
World Bank - Paying Taxes	2014	&25	&189	[23]
Grant Thornton - Global Dynamism Index	2013	&14	&60	[24]
FedEx Opportunity Index - Business Rank	2008	&2	&109	[25]
Milken Institute – Capital Access Index	2009	&12	&122	[26]
DHL - Global Connectedness Index	2014	&13	&140	[27]
McKinsey - Connectedness Index	2012	&20	&131	[28] Archived 2016-01-23 at the Wayback Machine

Education

**Education Rankings**
Name	Year	Place	Out of #	Reference
OECD - Attained a tertiary education degree, 25- to 34-year-olds %	2011	&4	35	[29]
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment - Maths	2012	&8	34	[30]
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment - Reading	2012	&2	34	[31]
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment - Science	2012	&4	34	[32]
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study - 4th Grade Math	2011	&2	52	[33]
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study - 8th Grade Math	2011	&9	52	[34]
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study - 4th Grade Science	2011	&23	52	[35]
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study - 8th Grade Science	2011	&3	52	[36]
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation - Women's average years in school	2010	&3	206	[37]

Environment

**Environmental Rankings**
Name	Year	Place	Out of #	Reference
Yale University / Columbia University – Environmental Performance Index	2014	&43	178	[38]
United Nations University for Environment and Human Security – World Risk Index	2013	&62	172	[39]

Health & Safety

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	[40]
OECD - Life expectancy	2013	&11	34	[41]
WHO - Infant mortality	2005–2010	&19	193	[42]
WHO - Health expenditure covered by government	2012	&31	34	[43]
OECD - Obesity rate	2009	&5	34	[44]
OECD - Hospital beds	2011	&2	34	[45]
OECD - Alcohol consumption	2011	&13	34	[46]
OECD - Smoking rate	2010	&26	41	[47]
OECD - Cancer rate	2012	&27	34	[48]
OECD - Colorectal cancer 5-year survival rate	2006-2011	&9	23	[49]
OECD - Hemorrhagic stroke 30 day in-hospital mortality	2011	&3	32	[50]
OECD - Ischemic stroke 30 day in-hospital mortality	2011	&2	33	[51]
Intentional homicide rate	2011	&6	192	[52]

Industry

**Industrial Rankings**
Name	Year	Place	Out of #	Reference
OICA - Automobile production	2017	&6	49	[53]
IAEA - Nuclear energy production	2012	&5		[54]
World Steel Association - Steel production	2017	&6	40	[55]
The World Factbook - Electricity production	2017	&9	211	[56]
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute - Arms exports	2013	&13	154	[57]

Innovation

**Innovation Rankings**
Name	Year	Place	Out of #	Reference
World Intellectual Property Indicators - Patent applications per GDP	2012	&8	206	[58]
World Intellectual Property Indicators - Patent applications per million population	2012	&6	206	[59]
World Intellectual Property Indicators - Application design counts per million population	2012	&8	206	[60]
World Intellectual Property Indicators - Patent grants	2012	&4	206	[61]
World Intellectual Property Indicators - Industrial design registrations in force	2012	&3	206	[62]
Bloomberg Innovation Index	2016	&7	50	Bloomberg Innovation Index
The Boston Consulting Group - International Innovation Index	2009	&2	110	[63]
Cornell University, INSEAD and WIPO - Global Innovation Index	2015	&13	142	[64]
Research and development spending - % of GDP	2012	&9	72	[65]
Research and development spending - Total	2011	&5	72	[66]

Politics, Law and Military

**Political, Law and Military Rankings**
Name	Year	Place	Out of #	Reference
Transparency International – Global Corruption Barometer	2013	&6	95	[67]
OECD – Government transparency	2008	&6	34	[68]
Composite Index of National Capability	2007	&8	193	[69]
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute – Defense budget	2013	&&10	154	[70]
World Justice Project – Rule of Law Index	2015	&11	102	[71]
Nation brand power	2013	&12	40	[72]
Transparency International – Bribe Payers Index	2013	&13	28	[73]
The Economist Intelligence Unit – Democracy Index	2012	&20	167	[74]
Fund for Peace – Fragile State Index	2013	&&23	178	[75]
Nation Brand Index	2014	&&27	49	[76]
Property Rights Alliance – International Property Rights Index	2013	&&37	130	[77]
Transparency International – Corruption Perception Index	2015	&&37	177	[78]
Institute for Economics and Peace – Global Peace Index	2015	&&42	162	[79]
Reporters Without Borders – Press Freedom Index	2014	&&57	169	[80]

Science & Technology

**Science & Technology Rankings**
Name	Year	Place	Out of #	Reference
Google - Smartphone penetration	2018	&4	48	[81] Archived 2018-12-26 at the Wayback Machine
ClinicalTrials.gov - Stem cell research trials	2014	&3	11	[82]
Space Competitiveness Index	2010	&7	15	[83]
World Wide Web Foundation - Web index	2014	&8	81	[84]
World Economic Forum - Networked Readiness Index	2014	&10	145	[85]

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		[86]
Failed States Index – Discrimination and violence against minorities	2013	&18	178	[87]
United Nations - Human Development Index	2012	&12	187	[88]
Newsweek - "World's best countries"	2010	&15	100	[89]
Official Development Assistance aid sent to developing countries	2012	&16	23	[90]
The Economist - Where-to-be-born Index	2013	&19	80	[91]
Walk Free Foundation - Global Slavery Index	2013	&23	&160	[92]
World Economic Forum - Human Capital Report	2013	&23	&122	[93]
OECD - Time devoted to leisure and personal care	2009	&25	&34	[94]
Legatum Prosperity Index	2014	&25	&104	[95]
Center for Global Development - Commitment to Development Index	2013	&26	&166	[96]
Social Progress Index	2014	&28	&132	[97]
Save the Children State of the World's Mothers report	2014	&30	&178	[98]
Average annual hours worked per worker	2012-2013	&32	&35	[99]^[1]
OECD - Social expenditure as % of GDP	2014	&32	&34	[100]
United Nations - World Happiness Report	2013	&41	&166	[101]
Charities Aid Foundation - World Giving Index	2012	&45	&145	[102]

Tourism

**Tourism Rankings**
Name	Year	Place	Out of #	Reference
World Tourism Organization - World Tourism rankings	2013	&23	193	[103]
World Economic Forum - Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report	2013	&25	140	[104]

Transportation

**Transportation Rankings**
Name	Year	Place	Out of #	Reference
The World Factbook - Number of Heliports	2013	&2	192	[105]
The World Factbook - Expressway density	2009	&8	192	[106]

References

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

Index of Korea-related articles

History of Korea

General

Chronology

Geography of Korea

General	Borders Korean Peninsula List of islands of Korea List of lakes of Korea List of mountains in Korea List of rivers of Korea Provinces of Korea Regions of Korea Geology of South Korea Floods in Korea
Geography of North Korea	Administrative divisions of North Korea List of cities in North Korea Special cities of North Korea Geology of North Korea
Geography of South Korea	Administrative divisions of South Korea Environment of South Korea List of cities in South Korea List of special cities of South Korea List of World Heritage Sites in South Korea

Politics

North Korea

South Korea

Economy

Economy of North Korea

Economy of South Korea

Demographics
Koreans Demographics of North Korea Demographics of South Korea Aging of South Korea Gender inequality in South Korea Low birth rate in South Korea International adoption of South Korean children Koreatown Korean language Hangul Hanja Korean name

Culture of Korea

General	Cinema of Korea Korean cuisine Globalization in South Korea Korean martial arts Korean mythology Korean philosophy Religion in Korea Ssireum (wrestling) Korean sword Korean tea ceremony Tattooing in South Korea
Korean art	Korean architecture Korean calligraphy Korean drama Korean literature Traditional music of Korea Korean painting Korean pottery and porcelain
Culture of North Korea	Education in North Korea Religion in North Korea Smoking in North Korea Sport in North Korea Arirang Festival Juche Propaganda in North Korea
Culture of South Korea	Education in South Korea Religion in South Korea Smoking in South Korea Sport in South Korea Cultural icons Korean Wave K-pop Marriage in South Korea Media of South Korea Sexuality in South Korea

v t e Economy of South Korea
History	1997 Asian financial crisis Chaebol Four Asian Tigers Five-Year Plans of South Korea Heavy-Chemical Industry Drive Miracle on the Han River South Korea–Japan trade dispute
Currency	Won (1945–1953) Hwan (1953–1962) Won (1962–) Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation Bank of Korea
Industry	Agriculture Rice production Automotive Film Defense Financial services Fishing Markets Retailing Science and technology Tourism
Labor	Inequality Labor movement Poverty Trade unions Unemployment Youth unemployment Work-life balance
Energy	Energy Nuclear power Trans-Korea Pipeline South–North Pipeline Korea
Finance	Korea Exchange KOSPI KOSDAQ Banks Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation Korea Financial Investment Association Kimchi bond
Free Trade Agreements	ASEAN EFTA India Indonesia Peru European Union United States Australia Canada China Other FTAs Exports Trade policy
Government agencies	Ministry of Economy and Finance Ministry of Employment and Labor Ministry of SMEs and Startups Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy Fair Trade Commission Financial Services Commission Financial Supervisory Service
Organizations	Federation of Korean Industries Korea International Trade Association
Related topics	Billionaires Companies International rankings Regions by GDP
See also: Economy of North Korea

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