International rankings of South Korea
The following are international rankings of South Korea.
Outline
Name | Classification | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|
FTSE | Developed market | Y | [1] |
Emerging market | |||
Frontier market |
Name | Classification | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|
S&P | Developed market | Y | [2] |
Emerging market | |||
Frontier market |
Name | Classification | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|
IMF | Advanced economy | Y | [3] |
Emerging and Developing Economies |
Name | Classification | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|
DAC | Member | Y | [4] |
Non-member |
Name | Classification | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|
Paris Club | Member | Y | [5] |
Non-member |
Name | Classification | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|
World Bank | High income | Y | [6] |
Middle income | |||
Low income |
Economy
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
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
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
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.
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
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] Archived 2016-04-22 at the Wayback Machine |
Innovation
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] Archived 2021-06-16 at the Wayback Machine |
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
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] Archived 2019-11-13 at the Wayback Machine |
Institute for Economics and Peace – Global Peace Index | 2015 | &&42 | 162 | [85] |
Reporters Without Borders – Press Freedom Index | 2023 | 47 | 180 | [86] |
Science & Technology
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
Tourism
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
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
Name | Year | Place | Out of # | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|
Brand Finance – Global Soft Power Index | 2023 | 15 | - | [117] |
See also
- International rankings of North Korea
- International rankings of China
- International rankings of Japan
References
- ^ "Ministry of Employment and Labor, 2015 hours in 2013".
- v
- t
- e
|
Politics | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Economy | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Demographics | |
---|---|
|