International rankings of South Korea

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The following are international rankings of South Korea.

Economy[edit]

Economic Rankings
Name Year Place Out of # Reference
OECDNet take-home pay, single with no child 2013 &3 &34 [1]
OECDNet take-home pay, married with 2 children 2013 &8 &34 [2]
ILOAverage monthly earnings 2009 &10 &72 [3] Archived 2018-09-09 at the Wayback Machine
GallupMedian household income 2013 &8 &131 [4]
GallupMedian per-capita income 2013 &15 &131 [5]
World BankEase of Doing Business Index 2016 &4 &183 [6]
The World FactbookExports 2014 &5 194 [7]
The World FactbookImports 2014 &7 194 [8]
IMF - GDP (Nominal) 2016 &11 179 [9]
IMF - GDP (PPP) 2016 &13 180 [10]
IMFGDP per capita (Nominal) 2014 &29 180 [11]
IMFGDP per capita (PPP) 2014 &30 181 [12]
IMFForeign exchange reserves 2015 &6 &98 [13]
World Economic ForumFinancial Development Index 2012 &15 62 [14]
World Economic ForumGlobal Competitiveness Report 2013-2014 &25 133 [15]
World Economic ForumGlobal Enabling Trade Report 2014 &30 138 [16]
IMDWorld Competitiveness Yearbook 2015 &25 60 [17]
Wall Street Journal / The Heritage FoundationIndex of Economic Freedom 2015 &29 &179 [18]
OECD – Job security 2012 &4 34 [19]
MIT - Economic Complexity Index 2012 &5 &124 [20]
Connectivity Scorecard 2012 &18 &52 [21]
World Bank - Logistics Performance Index 2014 &21 &160 [22]
World Bank - Paying Taxes 2014 &25 &189 [23]
Grant Thornton - Global Dynamism Index 2013 &14 &60 [24]
FedEx Opportunity Index - Business Rank 2008 &2 &109 [25]
Milken Institute – Capital Access Index 2009 &12 &122 [26]
DHL - Global Connectedness Index 2014 &13 &140 [27]
McKinsey - Connectedness Index 2012 &20 &131 [28] Archived 2016-01-23 at the Wayback Machine

Education[edit]

Education Rankings
Name Year Place Out of # Reference
OECD - Attained a tertiary education degree, 25- to 34-year-olds % 2011 &4 35 [29]
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment - Maths 2012 &8 34 [30]
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment - Reading 2012 &2 34 [31]
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment - Science 2012 &4 34 [32]
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study - 4th Grade Math 2011 &2 52 [33]
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study - 8th Grade Math 2011 &9 52 [34]
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study - 4th Grade Science 2011 &23 52 [35]
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study - 8th Grade Science 2011 &3 52 [36]
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation - Women's average years in school 2010 &3 206 [37]

Environment[edit]

Environmental Rankings
Name Year Place Out of # Reference
Yale University / Columbia UniversityEnvironmental Performance Index 2014 &43 178 [38]
United Nations University for Environment and Human SecurityWorld Risk Index 2013 &62 172 [39]

Health & Safety[edit]

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 [40]
OECD - Life expectancy 2013 &11 34 [41]
WHO - Infant mortality 2005–2010 &19 193 [42]
WHO - Health expenditure covered by government 2012 &31 34 [43]
OECD - Obesity rate 2009 &5 34 [44]
OECD - Hospital beds 2011 &2 34 [45]
OECD - Alcohol consumption 2011 &13 34 [46]
OECD - Smoking rate 2010 &26 41 [47]
OECD - Cancer rate 2012 &27 34 [48]
OECD - Colorectal cancer 5-year survival rate 2006-2011 &9 23 [49]
OECD - Hemorrhagic stroke 30 day in-hospital mortality 2011 &3 32 [50]
OECD - Ischemic stroke 30 day in-hospital mortality 2011 &2 33 [51]
Intentional homicide rate 2011 &6 192 [52]

Industry[edit]

Industrial Rankings
Name Year Place Out of # Reference
OICA - Automobile production 2017 &6 49 [53]
IAEA - Nuclear energy production 2012 &5 [54]
World Steel Association - Steel production 2017 &6 40 [55]
The World Factbook - Electricity production 2017 &9 211 [56]
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute - Arms exports 2013 &13 154 [57]

Innovation[edit]

Innovation Rankings
Name Year Place Out of # Reference
World Intellectual Property Indicators - Patent applications per GDP 2012 &8 206 [58]
World Intellectual Property Indicators - Patent applications per million population 2012 &6 206 [59]
World Intellectual Property Indicators - Application design counts per million population 2012 &8 206 [60]
World Intellectual Property Indicators - Patent grants 2012 &4 206 [61]
World Intellectual Property Indicators - Industrial design registrations in force 2012 &3 206 [62]
Bloomberg Innovation Index 2016 &7 50 Bloomberg Innovation Index
The Boston Consulting Group - International Innovation Index 2009 &2 110 [63]
Cornell University, INSEAD and WIPO - Global Innovation Index 2015 &13 142 [64]
Research and development spending - % of GDP 2012 &9 72 [65]
Research and development spending - Total 2011 &5 72 [66]

Politics, Law and Military[edit]

Political, Law and Military Rankings
Name Year Place Out of # Reference
Transparency InternationalGlobal Corruption Barometer 2013 &6 95 [67]
OECDGovernment transparency 2008 &6 34 [68]
Composite Index of National Capability 2007 &8 193 [69]
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Defense budget 2013 &&10 154 [70]
World Justice ProjectRule of Law Index 2015 &11 102 [71]
Nation brand power 2013 &12 40 [72]
Transparency InternationalBribe Payers Index 2013 &13 28 [73]
The Economist Intelligence UnitDemocracy Index 2012 &20 167 [74]
Fund for PeaceFragile State Index 2013 &&23 178 [75]
Nation Brand Index 2014 &&27 49 [76]
Property Rights AllianceInternational Property Rights Index 2013 &&37 130 [77]
Transparency InternationalCorruption Perception Index 2015 &&37 177 [78]
Institute for Economics and Peace Global Peace Index 2015 &&42 162 [79]
Reporters Without BordersPress Freedom Index 2014 &&57 169 [80]

Science & Technology[edit]

Science & Technology Rankings
Name Year Place Out of # Reference
Google - Smartphone penetration 2018 &4 48 [81] Archived 2018-12-26 at the Wayback Machine
ClinicalTrials.gov - Stem cell research trials 2014 &3 11 [82]
Space Competitiveness Index 2010 &7 15 [83]
World Wide Web Foundation - Web index 2014 &8 81 [84]
World Economic Forum - Networked Readiness Index 2014 &10 145 [85]

Society & Quality of Life[edit]

Social and Quality of Life Rankings
Name Year Place Out of # Reference
Screen Digest - Average number of movies watched 2013 &1 [86]
Fragile States Index 2013 &18 178 [87]
United Nations - Human Development Index 2012 &12 187 [88]
Newsweek - "World's best countries" 2010 &15 100 [89]
Official Development Assistance aid sent to developing countries 2012 &16 23 [90]
The Economist - Where-to-be-born Index 2013 &19 80 [91]
Walk Free Foundation - Global Slavery Index 2013 &23 &160 [92]
World Economic Forum - Human Capital Report 2013 &23 &122 [93]
OECD - Time devoted to leisure and personal care 2009 &25 &34 [94]
Legatum Prosperity Index 2014 &25 &104 [95]
Center for Global Development - Commitment to Development Index 2013 &26 &166 [96]
Social Progress Index 2014 &28 &132 [97]
Save the Children State of the World's Mothers report 2014 &30 &178 [98]
Average annual hours worked per worker 2012-2013 &32 &35 [99][1]
OECD - Social expenditure as % of GDP 2014 &32 &34 [100]
United Nations - World Happiness Report 2013 &41 &166 [101]
Charities Aid Foundation - World Giving Index 2012 &45 &145 [102]

Tourism[edit]

Tourism Rankings
Name Year Place Out of # Reference
World Tourism Organization - World Tourism rankings 2013 &23 193 [103]
World Economic Forum - Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2013 &25 140 [104]

Transportation[edit]

Transportation Rankings
Name Year Place Out of # Reference
The World Factbook - Number of Heliports 2013 &2 192 [105]
The World Factbook - Expressway density 2009 &8 192 [106]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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