International rankings of South Korea

The following are international rankings of South Korea.

Economy

See also: Economy of South Korea

Economic Rankings

Name	Year	Place	Out of #	Reference
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)	2014	&13	179	[9]
IMF - GDP (PPP)	2014	&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 - Global Dynamism Index	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

See also: Education in South Korea

Education Rankings

Name	Year	Place	Out of #	Reference
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

See also: Environment of South Korea

Environmental Rankings

Name	Year	Place	Out of #	Reference
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.

Health Rankings

Name	Year	Place	Out of #	Reference
WHO - Risk of death from non-communicable disease	2008	&9	194	[41]
OECD - Life expectancy	2013	&11	34	[42]
WHO - Infant mortality	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]
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]
IRTAD - Road fatalities per 100,000 population	2013	&29	32	[54]

Industry

Industrial Rankings

Name	Year	Place	Out of #	Reference
AMOLED global market share	2014	&1		[55]
Flat screen TV global market share - Samsung & LG	2014	&1		[56]
Liquid-crystal display (LCD) global market share - Samsung & LG	2014	&1		[57]
Smartphone global market share - Samsung & LG	2014	&1		[58]
Smartwatch global market share - Samsung	2014	&1		[59]
Mobile phone global market share - Samsung & LG	2014	&1		[60]
Memory chip global market share	2012	&1		[61]
Washer & Dryer global market share	2012	&1		[62]
Clarksons - Shipbuilding production	Q1 2015	&1		[63]
OICA - Automobile production	2013	&5	49	[64]
IAEA - Nuclear energy production	2012	&5		[65]
World Steel Association - Steel production	2014	&5	40	[66]
The World Factbook - Electricity production	2011	&10	211	[67]
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute - Arms exports	2013	&13	154	[68]

Innovation

Innovation Rankings

Name	Year	Place	Out of #	Reference
World Intellectual Property Indicators - Patent applications per GDP	2012	&1	206	[69]
World Intellectual Property Indicators - Patent applications per million population	2012	&1	206	[70]
World Intellectual Property Indicators - Application design counts per million population	2012	&1	206	[71]
World Intellectual Property Indicators - Patent grants	2012	&4	206	[72]
World Intellectual Property Indicators - Industrial design registrations in force	2012	&3	206	[73]
Bloomberg Innovation Index	2016	&1	50	Bloomberg Innovation Index
The Boston Consulting Group - International Innovation Index	2009	&2	110	[74]
Cornell University, INSEAD and WIPO - Global Innovation Index	2015	&13	142	[75]
Research and development spending - % of GDP	2012	&1	72	[76]
Research and development spending - Total	2011	&5	72	[77]

Politics, Law and Military

See also: Government of South Korea

Political, Law and Military Rankings

Name	Year	Place	Out of #	Reference
Transparency International – Global Corruption Barometer	2013	&6	95	[78]
OECD – Government transparency	2008	&6	34	[79]
Composite Index of National Capability	2007	&8	193	[80]
Country Brand Index - "Made in" Index	2014-15	&8	75	[81]
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute – Defense budget	2013	&&10	154	[82]
World Justice Project – Rule of Law Index	2015	&11	102	[83]
Nation brand power	2013	&12	40	[84]
Transparency International – Bribe Payers Index	2013	&13	28	[85]
Country Brand Index	2014-15	&20	75	[86]
The Economist Intelligence Unit – Democracy Index	2012	&20	167	[87]
Fund for Peace – Fragile State Index	2013	&&23	178	[88]
Nation Brand Index	2014	&&27	49	[89]
Property Rights Alliance – International Property Rights Index	2013	&&37	130	[90]
Transparency International – Corruption Perception Index	2015	&&37	177	[91]
Institute for Economics and Peace – Global Peace Index	2015	&&42	162	[92]
Reporters Without Borders – Press Freedom Index	2014	&&57	169	[93]
Institute for Economics and Peace – Global Terrorism Index	2012	&&1	114	[94]

Science & Technology

See also: Science and technology in Korea

Science & Technology Rankings

Name	Year	Place	Out of #	Reference
Juniper Networks – 4G LTE penetration	2013	&1	10	[95]
OECD – Share of ICT sector in total value added	2013	&1	29	[96]
OECD – Internet of Things devices online	2015	&1	24	[97]
United Nations - ICT Development Index	2011	&1	155	[98]
United Nations - e-Government Readiness Index	2014	&1	191	[99]
Akamai Technologies – Internet connection speed	2013	&1	200	[100]
Mobile banking usage	2012	&1	14	[101]
The Economist - Government Broadband Index	2011	&1	30	[102]
Google - Smartphone penetration	2012	&2	48	[103]
ClinicalTrials.gov - Stem cell research trials	2014	&2	11	[104]
Space Competitiveness Index	2010	&7	15	[105]
World Wide Web Foundation - Web index	2014	&8	81	[106]
World Economic Forum - Networked Readiness Index	2014	&10	145	[107]

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		[108]
Failed States Index – Discrimination and violence against minorities	2013	&10 (low)	178	[109]
United Nations - Human Development Index	2012	&12	187	[110]
Newsweek - "World's best countries"	2010	&15	100	[111]
Official Development Assistance aid sent to developing countries	2012	&16	23	[112]
The Economist - Where-to-be-born Index	2013	&19	80	[113]
Walk Free Foundation - Global Slavery Index	2013	&23	&160	[114]
World Economic Forum - Human Capital Report	2013	&23	&122	[115]
OECD - Time devoted to leisure and personal care	2009	&25	&34	[116]
Legatum Prosperity Index	2014	&25	&104	[117]
Center for Global Development - Commitment to Development Index	2013	&26	&166	[118]
Social Progress Index	2014	&28	&132	[119]
Save the Children State of the World's Mothers report	2014	&30	&178	[120]
Average annual hours worked per worker	2012-2013	&32	&35	[121]
OECD - Social expenditure as % of GDP	2014	&32	&34	[122]
United Nations - World Happiness Report	2013	&41	&166	[123]
Charities Aid Foundation - World Giving Index	2012	&45	&145	[124]

Tourism

See also: Culture of Korea and South Korean culture

Tourism Rankings

Name	Year	Place	Out of #	Reference
World Tourism Organization - World Tourism rankings	2013	&23	193	[125]
World Economic Forum - Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report	2013	&25	140	[126]

Transportation

See also: Transport in South Korea

Tourism Rankings

Name	Year	Place	Out of #	Reference
Airports Council International, World's best airport - Incheon International Airport	2005-2013	&1		[127]
Skytrax, World's best airport - Incheon International Airport	2005-2012	&1		[128]
Skytrax, World's best international transit airport - Incheon International Airport	2013-2015	&1		[129]
Skytrax, World's cleanest airport - Incheon International Airport	2015	&1		[130]
Skytrax, Airline of the year - Asiana Airlines	2010	&1		[131]
The World Factbook - Number of Heliports	2013	&2	192	[132]
The World Factbook - Expressway density	2009	&8	192	[133]

See also

• International rankings of North Korea
• International rankings of China
• International rankings of Japan