International rankings of South Korea

The following are international rankings of South Korea.

Economy

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

Education

**Education Rankings**
Name	Year	Place	Out of #
OECD - Attained a tertiary education degree, 25- to 34-year-olds %	2011	&1	35
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment - Maths	2012	&1	34
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment - Reading	2012	&2	34
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment - Science	2012	&4	34
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study - 4th Grade Math	2011	&2	52
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study - 8th Grade Math	2011	&1	52
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study - 4th Grade Science	2011	&1	52
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study - 8th Grade Science	2011	&3	52
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation - Women's average years in school	2010	&3	206

Environment

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

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 #
WHO - Risk of death from non-communicable disease	2008	&9	194
OECD - Life expectancy	2013	&11	34
WHO - Infant mortality	2005-2010	&15(low)	193
WHO - Health expenditure covered by government	2012	&31	34
OECD - Obesity rate	2009	&1	34
OECD - Hospital beds	2011	&2	34
OECD - Alcohol consumption	2011	&13	34
OECD - Smoking rate	2010	&26	41
OECD - Cancer rate	2012	&27	34
OECD - Colorectal cancer 5-year survival rate	2006-2011	&1	23
OECD - Hemorrhagic stroke 30 day in-hospital mortality	2011	&3	32
OECD - Ischemic stroke 30 day in-hospital mortality	2011	&2	33
Intentional homicide rate	2011	&6	192
IRTAD - Road fatalities per 100,000 population	2013	&29	32

Industry

**Industrial Rankings**
Name	Year	Place	Out of #
AMOLED global market share	2014	&1
Flat screen TV global market share - Samsung & LG	2014	&1
Liquid-crystal display (LCD) global market share - Samsung & LG	2014	&1
Smartphone global market share - Samsung & LG	2014	&1
Smartwatch global market share - Samsung	2014	&1
Mobile phone global market share - Samsung & LG	2014	&1
Memory chip global market share	2012	&1
Washer & Dryer global market share	2012	&1
Clarksons - Shipbuilding production	Q1 2015	&1
OICA - Automobile production	2013	&5	49
IAEA - Nuclear energy production	2012	&5
World Steel Association - Steel production	2014	&5	40
The World Factbook - Electricity production	2011	&10	211
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute - Arms exports	2013	&13	154

Innovation

**Innovation Rankings**
Name	Year	Place	Out of #	Reference
World Intellectual Property Indicators - Patent applications per GDP	2012	&1	206
World Intellectual Property Indicators - Patent applications per million population	2012	&1	206
World Intellectual Property Indicators - Application design counts per million population	2012	&1	206
World Intellectual Property Indicators - Patent grants	2012	&4	206
World Intellectual Property Indicators - Industrial design registrations in force	2012	&3	206
Bloomberg Innovation Index	2016	&1	50	Bloomberg Innovation Index
The Boston Consulting Group - International Innovation Index	2009	&2	110
Cornell University, INSEAD and WIPO - Global Innovation Index	2015	&13	142
Research and development spending - % of GDP	2012	&1	72
Research and development spending - Total	2011	&5	72

Politics, Law and Military

**Political, Law and Military Rankings**
Name	Year	Place	Out of #
Transparency International – Global Corruption Barometer	2013	&6	95
OECD – Government transparency	2008	&6	34
Composite Index of National Capability	2007	&8	193
Country Brand Index - "Made in" Index	2014-15	&8	75
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute – Defense budget	2013	&&10	154
World Justice Project – Rule of Law Index	2015	&11	102
Nation brand power	2013	&12	40
Transparency International – Bribe Payers Index	2013	&13	28
Country Brand Index	2014-15	&20	75
The Economist Intelligence Unit – Democracy Index	2012	&20	167
Fund for Peace – Fragile State Index	2013	&&23	178
Nation Brand Index	2014	&&27	49
Property Rights Alliance – International Property Rights Index	2013	&&37	130
Transparency International – Corruption Perception Index	2015	&&37	177
Institute for Economics and Peace – Global Peace Index	2015	&&42	162
Reporters Without Borders – Press Freedom Index	2014	&&57	169
Institute for Economics and Peace – Global Terrorism Index	2012	&&1	114

Science & Technology

**Science & Technology Rankings**
Name	Year	Place	Out of #
Juniper Networks – 4G LTE penetration	2013	&1	10
OECD – Share of ICT sector in total value added	2013	&1	29
OECD – Internet of Things devices online	2015	&1	24
United Nations - ICT Development Index	2011	&1	155
United Nations - e-Government Readiness Index	2014	&1	191
Akamai Technologies – Internet connection speed	2013	&1	200
Mobile banking usage	2012	&1	14
The Economist - Government Broadband Index	2011	&1	30
Google - Smartphone penetration	2012	&2	48
ClinicalTrials.gov - Stem cell research trials	2014	&2	11
Space Competitiveness Index	2010	&7	15
World Wide Web Foundation - Web index	2014	&8	81
World Economic Forum - Networked Readiness Index	2014	&10	145

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
Failed States Index – Discrimination and violence against minorities	2013	&10 (low)	178
United Nations - Human Development Index	2012	&12	187
Newsweek - "World's best countries"	2010	&15	100
Official Development Assistance aid sent to developing countries	2012	&16	23
The Economist - Where-to-be-born Index	2013	&19	80
Walk Free Foundation - Global Slavery Index	2013	&23	&160
World Economic Forum - Human Capital Report	2013	&23	&122
OECD - Time devoted to leisure and personal care	2009	&25	&34
Legatum Prosperity Index	2014	&25	&104
Center for Global Development - Commitment to Development Index	2013	&26	&166
Social Progress Index	2014	&28	&132
Save the Children State of the World's Mothers report	2014	&30	&178
Average annual hours worked per worker	2012-2013	&32	&35	^[1]
OECD - Social expenditure as % of GDP	2014	&32	&34
United Nations - World Happiness Report	2013	&41	&166
Charities Aid Foundation - World Giving Index	2012	&45	&145

Tourism

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

Transportation

**Tourism Rankings**
Name	Year	Place	Out of #
Airports Council International, World's best airport - Incheon International Airport	2005-2013	&1
Skytrax, World's best airport - Incheon International Airport	2005-2012	&1
Skytrax, World's best international transit airport - Incheon International Airport	2013-2015	&1
Skytrax, World's cleanest airport - Incheon International Airport	2015	&1
Skytrax, Airline of the year - Asiana Airlines	2010	&1
The World Factbook - Number of Heliports	2013	&2	192
The World Factbook - Expressway density	2009	&8	192

References

↑ Ministry of Employment and Labor, 2015 hours in 2013

Korea topics

History

General	Timeline Monarchs Military

Chronology	Gojoseon / Jin Proto–Three Kingdoms Buyeo Okjeo Dongye Samhan Four Commanderies of Han Three Kingdoms Goguryeo Baekje Silla Gaya North–South States Period Unified Silla Balhae Later Three Kingdoms Taebong Later Baekje Silla Goryeo Joseon Korean Empire Japanese rule Provisional Government Division of Korea USAMGIK Korean War North Korea / South Korea

Geography

General	Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) Islands Korean Peninsula Lakes Mountains Provinces Regions Special cities Rivers

North Korea	Administrative divisions Cities

South Korea	Administrative divisions Cities Environment

Politics

North Korea	Constitution Foreign relations Government President Premier Human rights Juche Military National Defence Commission Nuclear program Politics Elections Political parties Workers' Party of Korea Supreme People's Assembly

South Korea	Constitution Foreign relations Government President Prime Minister Human rights Military National Assembly Politics Elections Political parties

Economy

North Korea	Agriculture Automotive industry Energy Famine Informal economy Mining Special economic zone Telecommunications Tourism Transportation Won (currency)

South Korea	Car industry Chaebol Energy Financial services Fishing "Miracle on the Han River" Real estate Telecommunications Tourism Trade unions Transportation Won (currency) 1997 financial crisis

Demographics

Koreans list Koreatown Language Hangul Hanja Names North Korea South Korea adoptees

Culture

General	Cinema Cuisine Martial arts Mythology Philosophy Religion Ssireum (wrestling) Swords Tea ceremony

Arts	Architecture Calligraphy Drama Literature Music Painting Pottery

North Korea	Arirang Festival Education Juche Propaganda Religion Sports

South Korea	Education K-pop Korean Wave Marriage Religion Sexuality Smoking Sports

Economy of South Korea

History	Chaebol 1997 Asian financial crisis Four Asian Tigers Five-Year Plans of South Korea Heavy-Chemical Industry Drive Miracle on the Han River

Currency	Won (1945–1953) Hwan (1953–1962) Won (1962–) Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation Bank of Korea

Industry and business	Automotive industry Companies Energy Exports Financial services Fishing industry Markets Real estate Rice production Trade unions Korea National Oil Corporation

Government agencies	Fair Trade Commission Korea Forest Service Financial Services Commission Financial Supervisory Service Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation National Information & Credit Evaluation Korea Investment Corporation Korea Transportation Safety Authority Small and Medium Business Administration

Employment and tax	Companies

Infrastructure and transport	Trans Korea Pipeline South–North Pipeline Korea Driving license

Rankings	International rankings Regions by GDP

Finance and banking	Korea Exchange KOSDAQ KRX 100 KOSPI Banks

Free Trade Agreements	ASEAN EFTA India Peru European Union United States Australia Vietnam

Energy	National RD&D Organisation for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Programme Nuclear power Nuclear research programs

Other	European Union Chamber of Commerce in Korea Korea Financial Investment Association Kimchi bond Korea Non-Life Insurance Association Korea Oil & Petroleum Association

See also: Economy of North Korea

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