South Korea

Metrics

1. population
   51M
   30 of 176
   REST Countries · UN data
2. gdp
   $1.8T
   13 of 170
   World Bank · latest available
3. gdp per capita
   $35,674
   29 of 170
   World Bank · latest available
4. military spending
   $48B
   11 of 151
   SIPRI via World Bank
5. military % of gdp
   2.6%
   30 of 148
   SIPRI via World Bank
6. area
   100K km²
   111 of 176
   REST Countries
7. population density
   510 /km²
   5 of 176
   zuhd — derived from population and area
8. life expectancy
   83.4 yr
   6 of 175
   World Bank · latest available
9. internet access
   97%
   15 of 166
   ITU via World Bank
10. co₂ per capita
    11.4 t
    13 of 163
    World Bank · Climate Watch
11. urbanization
    81%
    35 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
12. fertility rate
    0.7
    168 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
13. foreign-born share
    3.5%
    91 of 167
    World Bank · UN DESA
14. remittances % of gdp
    0.4%
    121 of 155
    World Bank · IMF BOP
15. r&d % of gdp
    4.9%
    2 of 123
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
16. researchers per million
    9472
    1 of 118
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
17. scientific articles / yr
    71,724
    9 of 168
    NSF / World Bank
18. high-tech exports %
    36%
    8 of 153
    World Bank · UN Comtrade
19. gini inequality
    33
    52 of 139
    World Bank · PovcalNet
20. youth unemployment
    7%
    40 of 166
    ILO via World Bank
21. adult literacy
    98%
    23 of 109
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
22. democracy (v-dem)
    0.74
    22 of 163
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
23. cpi (clean gov)
    64
    27 of 164
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
24. press freedom
    23.4
    38 of 163
    RSF via Our World in Data
25. human development
    0.937
    17 of 164
    UNDP via Our World in Data
26. refugees hosted
    4K
    106 of 150
    UNHCR via Our World in Data
27. refugees produced
    142
    122 of 152
    UNHCR via Our World in Data