South Korea Analytics

South Korea is a mid-size country with 0.7% of the world's population. South Korea is a democratic republic country. It has 16 world heritage sites. It produces 1.1% of Onions, of the World.

LANGUAGES

Official Language:
1. Korean : 51,661,000
2. Standard Chinese : 52,000

Mother Tongue : Korean

Literacy Rate (%) : 98.00

Details

Country Capital	:	Seoul
GDP Per capita	:	32,394
GDP Per Capita Rank	:	31^st/195
Life Expectancy	:	83
Unemployment Rate	:	3
Number of Internet Users	:	50,960,000
Internet Users Rank	:	20^th/195
Area	:	98,943
Area Rank	:	105^th/195
Total Population	:	51,830
Total Population Rank	:	28^th/195

Continent: Asia

Cities with > 100K popln: 73

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South Korea Highlights

South Korea is the 28^th ranked country in population and 105^th ranked in area out of 195 countries in the world.Please keep the country rank in perspective, for the highlights below.

Better than World Average-

1. South Korea is the 9^th highest ranked in Total Military Force out of 195 countries in the world. This implies that the country is facing higher threats compared to other countries or may imply that the size or population of the country is higher.
2. The average Military Budget (in Billion $) of 195 countries in the world is 15. South Korea is the 9^th highest ranked country out of 195 countries. This implies that threats to the country is higher compared to other countries.
3. Out of the 195 countries in the world, South Korea is the 14^th highest ranked in Labour Force Participation . This implies better employment opportunities,or imply that economic activity in this country is higher compared to other countries.

Worse than World Average-

1. South Korea is the 110^th worst ranked in Wheat prod. out of 195 countries in the world. This is indicative of less focus on the production of wheat, or scarcity of fertile land, or higher industrialisation as compared to other countries.
2. The average Barley prod. of the countries in the world is 1,576,534. South Korea is the 130^th worst-ranked country out of 195 countries. This is indicative of less focus on the production of barley, or scarcity of fertile land, or higher industrialisation as compared to other countries.
3. Out of the 195 countries in the world, South Korea is the 130^th worst ranked in Potatoes prod. . This is indicative of less focus on the production of potatoes, or scarcity of fertile land, or higher industrialisation as compared to other countries.

South Korea Metrics

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Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Korean	# People	407,376	1	1127
2	Korean as a % of total Korean speakers	% People	0	1	1130
Below than World Average-
1	Standard Chinese	# People	6,821,357	21	1235
2	Mandarin Chinese as a % of total Mandarin Chinese speakers	% People	0	12	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Pop. with access to Electricity (%)	% People	85	1	1127
2	# Cities>500000	# Cities	4	9	1125
3	# Cities>5M	# Cities	0	9	1129
4	# Cities>500000	# Cities	5	10	1130
5	# Cities>1M	# Cities	1	10	1125
6	# Cities>5M	# Cities	0	11	1126
7	# Cities>300000	# Cities	7	11	1129
8	# Cities>300000	# Cities	8	12	1127
9	# Cities>1M	# Cities	2	13	1128
10	# Cities>100000	# Cities	23	16	1125
11	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	16	1130
12	Urban Population (2021)	# People	22,563,215	21	1125
13	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	59	42	1126
Below than World Average-
1	Rural Pop. /Total Pop. %	% People	41	154	1234
2	Rural Pop.	# People	18,013,759	55	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Tree density.	Density	9	1	1125
2	Tree density .	Density	8	1	1126
3	Honey prod.	Tons	16,211	15	1129
4	Honey Produced /Total Honey Produced %	Tons	0	15	1128
5	Onion prod.	Tons	773,539	21	1126
6	Onion Produced/Total Onion Produced %	Tons	0	21	1128
Below than World Average-
1	Wheat prod.	Tons	6,698,590	86	1233
2	Country forest area / Global Forest area %		0	66	1231
3	Barley Produced/Total Barley Produced.%	Tons	1	66	1234
4	Number of Trees	Count	9,751,992,148	67	1235
5	Barley prod.	Tons	1,576,534	66	1232
6	Potatoes prod.	Tons	2,538,925	66	1232
7	Forest Area.	Area	21,142,892	66	1233
8	Potatoes Produced /Total Potatoes Produced %	Tons	0	62	1235
9	Soyabean prod.	Tons	3,684,006	38	1231
10	Soyabean Produced/Total Soyabean Produced %	Tons	1	33	1235
11	Sweet Potatoes prod.	Tons	895,180	26	1233
12	Sweet Potatoes Produced/Total Sweet Potatoes Produced %	Tons	0	26	1233
13	Rice prod.	Tons	5,090,580	16	1235
14	Rice Produced/Total Rice Produced.%	Tons	0	16	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Import Ban(Number of products)	Count	12	6	1125
2	Import of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	182,282	9	1126
3	Export of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	184,833	9	1128
4	Imports/Total Imports of the World %.		0	9	1130
5	Exports /Total Exports of the World %.		0	9	1129
6	GDP (Billions USD) 2022	$ Billions	531	13	1126
7	GDP as a % of Total GDP	Percent	0	13	1129
8	FDI (millions USD)	Amount	7,895	23	1130
9	FDI / Total FDI of the World %.		0	23	1128
10	GDP Per Capita (USD)	$	18,253	31	1128
11	Exports/Total GDP of the Country %.		45	55	1129
12	Corporate Tax Rates in %	Rate	23	108	1126
Below than World Average-
1	Imports /Total GDP of the Country %.		52	74	1231
2	No. of Companies Listed in NYSE	Count	65	15	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	71	6	1125
2	Total No. of Doctors	# People	73,975	17	1125
3	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	14,339	17	1126
Below than World Average-
1	Dentist to doctor ratio	Ratio	3	84	1232
2	Dentist (per 10,000)	People per 10000	31	49	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Buddhist Population	# People	1,912,220	7	1126
2	Gold Medal	Count	3	8	1129
3	Silver Medal	Count	3	9	1125
4	Bronze Medal	Count	4	10	1127
5	Total Medals	Count	12	10	1128
6	# Olympic Medals	Count	126	16	1130
7	World Heritage Sites	Count	7	21	1127
8	Christian Population	# People	11,763,461	36	1129
Below than World Average-
1	Islamic Population	# People	9,744,062	122	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Buddhist Pop./Total Buddhist Pop. %	% People	0	7	1125
2	Buddhist Pop./Total Pop.%.	% People	3	10	1130
3	Christian Pop./Total Christian Pop.%	% People	0	36	1130
Below than World Average-
1	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	166	1235
2	Christian Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	42	109	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Total Military Force	# People	122,909	9	1127
2	Military Budget (in Billion $)	$ Billion	15	9	1130
3	Military Force/Total World Military Force %.	% People	0	9	1127
4	Military Budget/Total World Military Budget %.	Percent	0	9	1130
5	Military Force/Total Pop. %	% People	0	11	1125
6	Police Officers	# People	138,224	14	1128
Below than World Average-
1	Judges Per 100K	People Per 100K	11	71	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Int. Users / Total Pop.%	% People	66	12	1127
2	Twitter users	# People	3,179,254	14	1126
3	Twitter Users as a % of Total Twitter Users	% People	0	14	1126
4	Internet Users	# People	25,030,008	20	1130
5	Twitter Users as a % of Total Population	% People	14	35	1128
6	Twitter Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	16	42	1127
7	Facebook CPC in Rs.	Absolute	5	58	1125
Below than World Average-
1	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	35	159	1232
2	FB Users / Total Int. Users %.	% People	35	148	1234
3	FB Users / Total Pop. %.	% People	26	130	1234
4	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population	% People	30	126	1231
5	LinkedIn users	# People	6,064,509	45	1235
6	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users	% People	0	45	1231
7	Facebook Users as a % of Total facebook Users	% People	0	42	1233
8	Facebook users	# People	7,174,483	42	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	14	1127
2	Labour Force Participation	# People	11,624,528	14	1127
3	Employment in Services	# People	9,747,273	17	1125
4	Formal Jobs	# People	10,227,722	18	1125
5	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	14,402,736	19	1130
6	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	19,636,200	22	1125
7	Employment in Services /Total pop.%.	% People	24	25	1129
8	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	55	44	1129
9	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	75	44	1125
10	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	55	44	1129
11	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	% People	58	57	1125
Below than World Average-
1	Unemployment Rate.	% People	13	160	1231
2	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	24	134	1230
3	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	24	134	1232
4	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	130	1234
5	Employment in Agriculture	# People	5,233,463	63	1235
6	Unemployed Labour Force.	# People	1,648,234	30	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	# Mobile phone numbers	Count	40,393,496	23	1130
2	# Phone Numbers /Total Pop. %	Percent	101	53	1125

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,125,548	25	1130
2	Literacy Rate (%)	% People	86	70	1128
Below than World Average-
1	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	177	1231
2	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	23	170	1232
3	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	168	1230
4	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	169	1232
5	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	31	1	1235
6	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	129	1230
7	# Students per teacher in tertiary edu.	Ratio	32	1	1235
8	Teachers as a % of Enrolment	% People	41	51	1230
9	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	36	1232
10	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	659,923	30	1232
11	# Total Teachers (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	2,858,694	22	1234
12	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	4,618,191	15	1230
13	Teachers in tertiary edu.	# People	297,976	11	1231
14	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	9	1230
15	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %.	% People	9	7	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Total Population (2021)	# People (In Thousands)	40,345	28	1127
2	Male Population	# People (In Thousands)	20,393	28	1126
3	Female Population	# People (In Thousands)	20,160	29	1126
4	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	49	117	1126
Below than World Average-
1	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	1	157	1235
2	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	77	1234
3	Births	# People (In Thousands)	688	75	1233

South Korea Language Details

Sr.	Language	% of people speaking the language in country.
1	Korean	99.67 %
2	Standard Chinese	0.1 %

Sr.	City	Total City Population (2023)
1	Andong	159,087
2	Ansan	715,293
3	Anseong	202,602
4	Anyang	594,431
5	Asan	339,832
6	Bucheon	846,435
7	Busan	3,381,948
8	Changwon	1,068,099
9	Cheonan	665,092
10	Cheongju	831,564
11	Chuncheon	284,041
12	Chungju	217,971
13	Daegu	2,444,891
14	Daejeon	1,530,390
15	Dangjin	168,668
16	Gangneung	216,075
17	Geoje	246,515
18	Gimcheon	138,827
19	Gimhae	549,719
20	Gimpo	426,960
21	Gongju	108,087
22	Goyang	988,156
23	Gumi	426,960
24	Gunpo	275,059
25	Gunsan	268,472
26	Guri	191,623
27	Gwangju	1,514,122
28	Gwangju	286,137
29	Gwangyang	143,618
30	Gwangmyeong	297,515
31	Gyeongju	261,286
32	Gyeongsan	283,143
33	Hanam	279,251
34	Hwaseong	639,642
35	Iksan	284,740
36	Incheon	2,908,779
37	Icheon	225,756
38	Jecheon	134,535
39	Jeju	592,335
40	Jeongeup	106,491
41	Jeonju	651,119
42	Jinju	351,708
43	Miryang	102,997
44	Mokpo	224,059
45	Naju	113,078
46	Namyangju	711,900
47	Nonsan	119,465
48	Osan	240,128
49	Paju	426,860
50	Pocheon	157,590
51	Pohang	515,486
52	Pyeongtaek	499,817
53	Sacheon	110,882
54	Sejong	226,854
55	Seogwipo	178,249
56	Seoul	9,815,394
57	Seongnam	992,248
58	Seosan	176,054
59	Siheung	510,795
60	Suncheon	271,865
61	Suwon	1,207,824
62	Tongyeong	122,759
63	Uijeongbu	435,643
64	Uiwang	159,886
65	Ulsan	1,144,549
66	Wonju	332,147
67	Yangju	232,842
68	Yangsan	350,511
69	Yeoju	113,177
70	Yeongcheon	100,103
71	Yeongju	103,596
72	Yeosu	270,967
73	Yongin	969,393