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]
IMF	Emerging and Developing Economies		[3]

Name	Classification		Reference
DAC	Member	Y	[4]
DAC	Non-member		[4]

Name	Classification		Reference
Paris Club	Member	Y	[5]
Paris Club	Non-member		[5]

Name	Classification		Reference
World Bank	High income	Y	[6]
	Middle income
	Low income

Economy

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

**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

**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

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

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] Archived 2016-04-22 at the Wayback Machine

Innovation

**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] Archived 2021-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
WIPO – Global Innovation Index	2024	6	133	^[1]
Research and development spending - % of GDP	2012	&9	72	[70]
Research and development spending – Total	2011	&5	72	[71]

Politics, Law and Military

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	[72]
OECD – Government transparency	2008	&6	34	[73]
Composite Index of National Capability	2007	&8	193	[74]
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute – Defense budget	2013	&&10	154	[75]
World Justice Project – Rule of Law Index	2015	&11	102	[76]
Nation brand power	2013	&12	40	[77]
Transparency International – Bribe Payers Index	2013	&13	28	[78]
The Economist Intelligence Unit – Democracy Index	2012	&20	167	[79]
Fund for Peace – Fragile State Index	2013	&&23	178	[80]
Nation Brand Index	2023	&&24	49	[81]
Property Rights Alliance – International Property Rights Index	2013	&&37	130	[82]
Transparency International – Corruption Perception Index	2015	&&37	177	[83] Archived 2019-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
Institute for Economics and Peace – Global Peace Index	2015	&&42	162	[84]
Reporters Without Borders – Press Freedom Index	2023	47	180	[85]

Science & Technology

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	[86] Archived 2018-12-26 at the Wayback Machine
ClinicalTrials.gov – Stem cell research trials	2014	&3	11	[87]
Space Competitiveness Index	2024	&7	15	[88]
World Wide Web Foundation – Web index	2014	&8	81	[89]
World Economic Forum – Networked Readiness Index	2014	&10	145	[90]
United Nations – E-Government Development Index	2022	3	193	[91]
United Nations – E-Participation Index	2022	9	193	[92]
United Nations – Online Service Index	2022	3	193	[93]

Society & Quality of Life

**Social and Quality of Life Rankings**
Name	Year	Place	Out of #	Reference
Screen Digest – Average number of movies watched	2013	&1		[94]
Fragile States Index	2013	&18	178	[95]
United Nations – Human Development Index	2012	&12	187	[96]
Newsweek – "World's best countries"	2010	&15	100	[97]
Official Development Assistance aid sent to developing countries	2012	&16	23	[98]
The Economist – Where-to-be-born Index	2013	&19	80	[99]
Walk Free Foundation – Global Slavery Index	2013	&23	&160	[100]
World Economic Forum – Human Capital Report	2013	&23	&122	[101]
OECD – Time devoted to leisure and personal care	2009	&25	&34	[102]
Legatum Prosperity Index	2014	&25	&104	[103]
Center for Global Development – Commitment to Development Index	2013	&26	&166	[104]
Social Progress Index	2014	&28	&132	[105]
Save the Children State of the World's Mothers report	2014	&30	&178	[106]
Average annual hours worked per worker	2012–2013	&32	&35	[107]^[2]
OECD – Social expenditure as % of GDP	2014	&32	&34	[108]
United Nations – World Happiness Report	2013	&41	&166	[109]
Charities Aid Foundation – World Giving Index	2012	&45	&145	[110]

Tourism

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	[111]
World Economic Forum – Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report	2013	15	140	[112]
UNESCO – World Heritage Site	2023	22	34	[113]

Transportation

KTX train

**Transportation Rankings**
Name	Year	Place	Out of #	Reference
The World Factbook – Number of Heliports	2013	&2	192	[114]
The World Factbook – Expressway density	2009	&8	192	[115]

Culture

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	-	[116]

References

^ World Intellectual Property Organization (2024). "Global Innovation Index 2024: Unlocking the Promise of Social Entrepreneurship". www.wipo.int. p. 18. doi:10.34667/tind.50062. ISBN 978-92-805-3681-2. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
^ "Ministry of Employment and Labor, 2015 hours in 2013".

[1] World Intellectual Property Organization (2024). "Global Innovation Index 2024: Unlocking the Promise of Social Entrepreneurship". www.wipo.int. p. 18. doi:10.34667/tind.50062. ISBN 978-92-805-3681-2. Retrieved 2024-10-06.

[2] "Ministry of Employment and Labor, 2015 hours in 2013".

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