International rankings of South Korea

The following are international rankings of South Korea.

Economy

**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)	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 - 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

**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

**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]^{[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

**Industrial Rankings**
Name	Year	Place	Out of #	Reference
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

**Innovation Rankings**
Name	Year	Place	Out of #	Reference
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

**Political, Law and Military Rankings**
Name	Year	Place	Out of #	Reference
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

**Science & Technology Rankings**
Name	Year	Place	Out of #	Reference
Juniper Networks – 4G LTE penetration	2013	&1	10	[92]
OECD – Share of ICT sector in total value added	2013	&1	29	[93]
OECD – Internet of Things devices online	2015	&1	24	[94]
United Nations - ICT Development Index	2017	&2	155	[95]
United Nations - e-Government Readiness Index	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]
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

**Social and Quality of Life Rankings**
Name	Year	Place	Out of #	Reference
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 - Human Capital Report	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

**Tourism Rankings**
Name	Year	Place	Out of #	Reference
World Tourism Organization - World Tourism rankings	2013	&23	193	[122]
World Economic Forum - Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report	2013	&25	140	[123]

Transportation

**Tourism Rankings**
Name	Year	Place	Out of #	Reference
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]

References

^ "Ministry of Employment and Labor, 2015 hours in 2013".

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

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v t e Economy of South Korea
History	Five-Year Plans of South Korea Heavy-Chemical Industry Drive Miracle on the Han River Four Asian Tigers 1997 Asian financial crisis South Korea–Japan trade dispute
Currency	Won (1945–1953) Hwan (1953–1962) Won (1962–) Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation Bank of Korea
Industry	Agriculture Rice production Automotive Film Defense Financial services Fishing Markets Retailing Science and technology Semiconductor Tourism
Labor	Inequality Labor movement Poverty Trade unions Unemployment Youth unemployment Work-life balance
Energy	Energy Nuclear power Trans-Korea Pipeline South–North Pipeline Korea
Finance	Korea Exchange KOSPI KOSDAQ Banks Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation Korea Financial Investment Association Kimchi bond
Free Trade Agreements	ASEAN EFTA India Indonesia Peru European Union United States Australia Canada China Other FTAs Exports Trade policy
Government agencies	Ministry of Economy and Finance Ministry of Employment and Labor Ministry of SMEs and Startups Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy Fair Trade Commission Financial Services Commission Financial Supervisory Service
Organizations	Federation of Korean Industries Korea International Trade Association
Related topics	Billionaires Chaebol Companies Largest companies International rankings Regions by GDP Seoul
See also: Economy of North Korea