International rankings of South Korea
The following are international rankings of South Korea.
Economy[]
Name | Year | Place | Out of # | Reference |
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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] |
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 – Long-term unemployment rate | 2012 | 1 (low) | 34 | [19] |
OECD – Job security | 2012 | 4 | 34 | [20] |
MIT - Economic Complexity Index | 2012 | 5 | 124 | [21] |
Connectivity Scorecard | 2012 | 18 | 52 | [22] |
World Bank - Logistics Performance Index | 2014 | 21 | 160 | [23] |
World Bank - Paying Taxes | 2014 | 25 | 189 | [24] |
Grant Thornton - | 2013 | 14 | 60 | [25] |
FedEx Opportunity Index - Business Rank | 2008 | 2 | 109 | [26] |
Milken Institute – Capital Access Index | 2009 | 12 | 122 | [27] |
DHL - Global Connectedness Index | 2014 | 13 | 140 | [28] |
McKinsey - Connectedness Index | 2012 | 20 | 131 | [29] |
Education[]
Name | Year | Place | Out of # | Reference |
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OECD - Attained a tertiary education degree, 25- to 34-year-olds % | 2011 | 1 | 35 | [30] |
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment - Maths | 2012 | 1 | 34 | [31] |
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment - Reading | 2012 | 2 | 34 | [32] |
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment - Science | 2012 | 4 | 34 | [33] |
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study - 4th Grade Math | 2011 | 2 | 52 | [34] |
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study - 8th Grade Math | 2011 | 1 | 52 | [35] |
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study - 4th Grade Science | 2011 | 1 | 52 | [36] |
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study - 8th Grade Science | 2011 | 3 | 52 | [37] |
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation - Women's average years in school | 2010 | 3 | 206 | [38] |
Environment[]
Name | Year | Place | Out of # | Reference |
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Yale University / Columbia University – Environmental Performance Index | 2014 | 43 | 178 | [39] |
United Nations University for Environment and Human Security – World Risk Index | 2013 | 62 | 172 | [40] |
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 |
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WHO - Risk of death from non-communicable disease | 2008 | 9 | 194 | [41] |
OECD - Life expectancy | 2013 | 11 | 34 | [42] |
WHO - | 2005-2010 | 15(low) | 193 | [43] |
WHO - Health expenditure covered by government | 2012 | 31 | 34 | [44] |
OECD - Obesity rate | 2009 | 1 | 34 | [45] |
OECD - Hospital beds | 2011 | 2 | 34 | [46] |
OECD - Alcohol consumption | 2011 | 13 | 34 | [47] |
OECD - Smoking rate | 2010 | 26 | 41 | [48][permanent dead link] |
OECD - Cancer rate | 2012 | 27 | 34 | [49] |
OECD - Colorectal cancer 5-year survival rate | 2006-2011 | 1 | 23 | [50] |
OECD - Hemorrhagic stroke 30 day in-hospital mortality | 2011 | 3 | 32 | [51] |
OECD - Ischemic stroke 30 day in-hospital mortality | 2011 | 2 | 33 | [52] |
Intentional homicide rate | 2011 | 6 | 192 | [53] |
Industry[]
Name | Year | Place | Out of # | Reference |
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AMOLED global market share | 2014 | 1 | [54] | |
Flat screen TV global market share - Samsung & LG | 2014 | 1 | [55] | |
Liquid-crystal display (LCD) global market share - Samsung & LG | 2014 | 1 | [56] | |
Smartphone global market share - Samsung & LG | 2014 | 1 | [57] | |
Smartwatch global market share - Samsung | 2014 | 1 | [58] | |
Mobile phone global market share - Samsung & LG | 2014 | 1 | [59] | |
Memory chip global market share | 2012 | 1 | [60] | |
Washer & Dryer global market share | 2012 | 1 | [61] | |
Clarksons - Shipbuilding production | Q1 2015 | 1 | [62] | |
OICA - Automobile production | 2017 | 6 | 49 | [63] |
IAEA - Nuclear energy production | 2012 | 5 | [64] | |
World Steel Association - Steel production | 2017 | 6 | 40 | [65] |
The World Factbook - Electricity production | 2017 | 9 | 211 | [66] |
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute - Arms exports | 2013 | 13 | 154 | [67] |
Innovation[]
Name | Year | Place | Out of # | Reference |
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World Intellectual Property Indicators - Patent applications per GDP | 2012 | 1 | 206 | [68] |
World Intellectual Property Indicators - Patent applications per million population | 2012 | 1 | 206 | [69] |
World Intellectual Property Indicators - Application design counts per million population | 2012 | 1 | 206 | [70] |
World Intellectual Property Indicators - Patent grants | 2012 | 4 | 206 | [71] |
World Intellectual Property Indicators - Industrial design registrations in force | 2012 | 3 | 206 | [72] |
Bloomberg Innovation Index | 2016 | 1 | 50 | Bloomberg Innovation Index |
The Boston Consulting Group - International Innovation Index | 2009 | 2 | 110 | [73] |
Cornell University, INSEAD and WIPO - Global Innovation Index | 2015 | 13 | 142 | [74] |
Research and development spending - % of GDP | 2012 | 1 | 72 | [75] |
Research and development spending - Total | 2011 | 5 | 72 | [76] |
Politics, Law and Military[]
Name | Year | Place | Out of # | Reference |
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Transparency International – Global Corruption Barometer | 2013 | 6 | 95 | [77] |
OECD – Government transparency | 2008 | 6 | 34 | [78] |
Composite Index of National Capability | 2007 | 8 | 193 | [79] |
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute – Defense budget | 2013 | 10 | 154 | [80] |
World Justice Project – Rule of Law Index | 2015 | 11 | 102 | [81] |
Nation brand power | 2013 | 12 | 40 | [82] |
Transparency International – Bribe Payers Index | 2013 | 13 | 28 | [83] |
The Economist Intelligence Unit – Democracy Index | 2012 | 20 | 167 | [84] |
Fund for Peace – Fragile State Index | 2013 | 23 | 178 | [85] |
Nation Brand Index | 2014 | 27 | 49 | [86] |
Property Rights Alliance – International Property Rights Index | 2013 | 37 | 130 | [87] |
Transparency International – Corruption Perception Index | 2015 | 37 | 177 | [88] |
Institute for Economics and Peace – Global Peace Index | 2015 | 42 | 162 | [89] |
Reporters Without Borders – Press Freedom Index | 2014 | 57 | 169 | [90] |
Institute for Economics and Peace – Global Terrorism Index | 2012 | 1 | 114 | [91] |
Science & Technology[]
Name | Year | Place | Out of # | Reference |
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Juniper Networks – 4G LTE penetration | 2013 | 1 | 10 | [92] |
OECD – Share of ICT sector in total value added | 2013 | 1 | 29 | [93] |
OECD – | 2015 | 1 | 24 | [94] |
United Nations - ICT Development Index | 2016 | 1 | 155 | [95] |
United Nations - | 2014 | 1 | 191 | [96] |
Akamai Technologies – Internet connection speed | 2013 | 1 | 200 | [97] |
Mobile banking usage | 2012 | 1 | 14 | [98] |
The Economist - Government Broadband Index | 2011 | 1 | 30 | [99] |
Google - Smartphone penetration | 2018 | 4 | 48 | [100] Archived 2018-12-26 at the Wayback Machine |
ClinicalTrials.gov - Stem cell research trials | 2014 | 3 | 11 | [101] |
Space Competitiveness Index | 2010 | 7 | 15 | [102] |
World Wide Web Foundation - Web index | 2014 | 8 | 81 | [103] |
World Economic Forum - Networked Readiness Index | 2014 | 10 | 145 | [104] |
Society & Quality of Life[]
Name | Year | Place | Out of # | Reference |
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Screen Digest - Average number of movies watched | 2013 | 1 | [105] | |
Failed States Index – Discrimination and violence against minorities | 2013 | 10 (low) | 178 | [106] |
United Nations - Human Development Index | 2012 | 12 | 187 | [107] |
Newsweek - "World's best countries" | 2010 | 15 | 100 | [108] |
Official Development Assistance aid sent to developing countries | 2012 | 16 | 23 | [109] |
The Economist - Where-to-be-born Index | 2013 | 19 | 80 | [110] |
Walk Free Foundation - Global Slavery Index | 2013 | 23 | 160 | [111] |
World Economic Forum - | 2013 | 23 | 122 | [112] |
OECD - Time devoted to leisure and personal care | 2009 | 25 | 34 | [113] |
Legatum Prosperity Index | 2014 | 25 | 104 | [114] |
Center for Global Development - Commitment to Development Index | 2013 | 26 | 166 | [115] |
Social Progress Index | 2014 | 28 | 132 | [116] |
Save the Children State of the World's Mothers report | 2014 | 30 | 178 | [117] |
Average annual hours worked per worker | 2012-2013 | 32 | 35 | [118][1] |
OECD - Social expenditure as % of GDP | 2014 | 32 | 34 | [119] |
United Nations - World Happiness Report | 2013 | 41 | 166 | [120] |
Charities Aid Foundation - World Giving Index | 2012 | 45 | 145 | [121] |
Tourism[]
Name | Year | Place | Out of # | Reference |
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World Tourism Organization - World Tourism rankings | 2013 | 23 | 193 | [122] |
World Economic Forum - Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report | 2013 | 25 | 140 | [123] |
Transportation[]
Name | Year | Place | Out of # | Reference |
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Airports Council International, World's best airport - Incheon International Airport | 2005-2013 | 1 | [124] | |
Skytrax, World's best airport - Incheon International Airport | 2005-2012 | 1 | [125] | |
Skytrax, World's best international transit airport - Incheon International Airport | 2013-2015 | 1 | [126] | |
Skytrax, World's cleanest airport - Incheon International Airport | 2015 | 1 | [127] | |
Skytrax, Airline of the year - Asiana Airlines | 2010 | 1 | [128] | |
The World Factbook - Number of Heliports | 2013 | 2 | 192 | [129] |
The World Factbook - Expressway density | 2009 | 8 | 192 | [130] |
See also[]
- International rankings of North Korea
- International rankings of China
- International rankings of Japan
References[]
Categories:
- South Korea-related lists
- International rankings by country