Country
South Korea
- Region
- East Asia & Pacific
- Income group
- high income
- Capital
- Seoul
- ISO code
- KR · KOR
74 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 51.7M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 55,697 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 83.6 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 11.4 t CO₂
Population
- Population 51.7M 2025 29th of 214
- Population density 530 people/km² 2024 21st of 212
- Population growth -0.13 % per year 2025 180th of 214
- Natural increase -2.1 per 1,000 people 2023 195th of 228
- Net migration 1.3 per 1,000 people 2025 58th of 214
- Fertility rate 0.75 births per woman 2024 213th of 214
- Urban population 81.2 % 2025 53rd of 214
- Median age 44.5 years 2023 19th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 20.3 % 2025 35th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 29.3 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 40th of 214
- Children under 15 10.2 % 2025 214th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 83.6 years 2024 13th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 86.6 years 2024 6th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 80.8 years 2024 25th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 5.8 years 2024 66th of 214
- Infant mortality 2.3 per 1,000 births 2024 179th of 195
- Under-5 mortality 2.8 per 1,000 births 2024 177th of 195
- Maternal mortality 4 per 100,000 births 2023 172nd of 193
- Health spending per person 3,044 USD 2023 29th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 4,798 $ (PPP) 2023 29th of 191
- Physicians 2.61 per 1,000 people 2022 71st of 179
- Hospital beds 12.8 per 1,000 people 2022 1st of 150
- Measles immunization 97 % 2024 31st of 191
- Undernourishment 2.5 % 2024 102nd of 165
- Tobacco use 18.6 % 2024 84th of 165
- Calorie supply 3,430 kcal per day 2023 31st of 175
- Meat supply 84.0 kg per person per year 2023 36th of 175
Economy
- GDP 1.9T USD 2025 13th of 185
- GDP per capita 36,227 USD 2025 32nd of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 55,697 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 26th of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 41,321 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 23rd of 165
- GDP growth 1.0 % 2025 158th of 185
- GDP per capita growth 1.1 % 2025 128th of 185
- Inflation 2.1 % 2025 110th of 169
- Unemployment 2.7 % 2025 153rd of 181
- Youth unemployment 6.7 % 2025 143rd of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 10.8 % 2002 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Trade 85 % of GDP 2024 80th of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 32.9 2021 97th of 151
- Extreme poverty 0.1 % 2021 128th of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 1.5 % of GDP 2024 154th of 187
- Women in the labour force 56.8 % 2025 65th of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.937 2023 20th of 192
- Literacy rate 98.0 % 2008 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Education spending 5.4 % of GDP 2022 33rd of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 96 % 2023 65th of 145
- Tertiary enrolment 107 % 2023 6th of 127
- Primary completion rate 98 % 2023 46th of 135
- Women in parliament 20.3 % 2025 119th of 183
- Homicide rate 0.6 per 100,000 people 2020 113th of 129
Technology and infrastructure
- Internet use 98 % 2024 13th of 182
- Mobile phone subscriptions 162 per 100 people 2023 18th of 172
- Fixed broadband 46.6 per 100 people 2023 6th of 169
- Access to electricity 100.0 % 2024 1st of 212
- Safe drinking water 99 % 2024 27th of 146
- Safely managed sanitation 99 % 2024 8th of 140
- Research and development 4.94 % of GDP 2023 3rd of 84
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 588.0 Mt CO₂ 2024 9th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 11.4 t CO₂ 2024 16th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 11.29 t CO₂ 2024 21st of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 20.7 Gt CO₂ 2024 16th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 12.9 t CO₂e 2024 21st of 201
- Forest area 64.4 % of land 2024 23rd of 208
- Water stress 85 % 2022 20th of 176
- Arable land 13.3 % of land 2024 79th of 205
- Renewable energy 3.6 % of final energy 2021 170th of 210
- Renewable electricity 10.5 % of electricity 2024 149th of 193
- Nuclear electricity 30.1 % of electricity 2024 11th of 193
- Electricity from coal 29.7 % of electricity 2024 31st of 193
- Electricity from wind 0.6 % of electricity 2024 87th of 193
- Electricity from solar 6.0 % of electricity 2024 72nd of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 410 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 108th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 12,131 kWh 2024 13th of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 21.9 µg/m³ 2023 73rd of 199
South Korea on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldKorean · official languageSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldSouth Korean won (KRW)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC+9Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType C, F · 220 V · 60 Hz
- National dishes of the world6 national dishes
- Plants of the world10 characteristic plants
- Castles map7 castles and palacesSource: Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- Volcano & earthquake map2 volcanoesSource: Smithsonian GVP (Smithsonian Terms of Use)
- Ghost map1 ghost story
- UFO sightings map1 UFO or unexplained case
- VPN provider mapServers of 30 VPN providersSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)