Prarang: G2C

South Korea AI Report

Date: May 25, 2026

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% Onions of the world.

South Korea is the 29^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.

Total Military Force

Teachers in tertiary edu.

Military Budget (in Billion $)

Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)

Out of 195 countries in the world, South Korea is the 2^nd highest ranked in Total Military Force . 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.

South Korea is the 11^th highest ranked in Teachers in tertiary edu. out of all the 195 countries.This implies better investment by the country in higher education when compared to other countries.

South Korea is the 11^th highest ranked in Military Budget (in Billion $) out of all the 195 countries.This implies that threats to the country is higher compared to other countries.

The Average Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes) of 195 countries in the world is 1,420,982. South Korea is the 15^th highest ranked country out of 195 countries. This may take into context a higher country population, or imply that more people in this country pursue higher education when compared to other countries.

Wheat prod.

Barley prod.

Potatoes prod.

Employment in Agriculture

The Average Wheat prod. of 195 countries in the world is 6,811,171. South Korea is the 110^th worst ranked country out of 195 countries. This is indicative of less focus on the production of wheat, or scarcity of fertile land, or higher industrialisation as compared to other countries.

The Average Barley prod. of 195 countries in the world is 1,545,003. 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.

South Korea is the 130^th worst ranked in Potatoes prod. out of all the 195 countries.This is indicative of less focus on the production of potatoes, or scarcity of fertile land, or higher industrialisation as compared to other countries.

The Average Employment in Agriculture of 195 countries in the world is 5,314,003. South Korea is the 137^th worst ranked country out of 195 countries. This may indicate that a significant portion of population is living in urban areas or simply imply that the country is developed

Culture

Nature

Internet

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Korean	# People	19,859,611	1	1129
2	Korean as a % of total Korean speakers	% People	0	1	1127
Below World Average
1	Standard Chinese	# People	26,081,662	21	1235
2	Mandarin Chinese as a % of total Mandarin Chinese speakers	% People	0	12	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Pop. with access to Electricity (%)	% People	86	1	1125
2	# Cities>500000	# Cities	4	9	1125
3	# Cities>5M	# Cities	0	9	1125
4	# Cities>500000	# Cities	7	10	1128
5	# Cities>1M	# Cities	1	10	1127
6	# Cities>300000	# Cities	7	11	1129
7	# Cities>300000	# Cities	11	12	1128
8	# Cities>1M	# Cities	4	13	1127
9	# Cities>100000	# Cities	27	16	1126
10	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	16	1130
11	Urban Population (2021)	# People	23,603,754	23	1130
12	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	60	45	1127
Below World Average
1	Rural Pop. /Total Pop. %	% People	40	151	1231
2	Rural Pop.	# People	18,013,759	55	1234
3	# Cities>5M	# Cities	1	11	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Total Military Force	# People	362,682	2	1126
2	Military Force/Total World Military Force %.	% People	0	2	1127
3	Military Force/Total Pop. %	% People	1	2	1125
4	Military Budget (in Billion $)	$ Billion	17	11	1130
5	Military Budget/Total World Military Budget %.	Percent	0	11	1129
6	Police Officers	# People	138,224	14	1125
Below World Average
1	Judges Per 100K	People Per 100K	11	71	1232
2	Lawyers Per 100K	People Per 100K	137	20	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	73	4	1129
2	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	19,528	15	1128
3	Total No. of Doctors	# People	78,648	18	1127
Below World Average
1	Dentist to doctor ratio	Ratio	3	84	1230
2	Dentist (per 10,000)	People per 10000	31	79	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Import Ban(Number of products)	Count	12	6	1125
2	Import of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	173,515	9	1127
3	FTAs in India via Chennai (%)	% People	5	9	1127
4	Imports/Total Imports of the World %.		0	10	1127
5	Exports /Total Exports of the World %.		0	10	1130
6	FTAs in India for Business (%)	% People	18	10	1125
7	Export of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	180,704	11	1128
8	GDP (Billions USD)	$ Billions	600	13	1128
9	GDP as a % of Total GDP	Percent	0	15	1130
10	FTAs in India	# People	51,254	16	1130
11	FDI (millions USD)	Amount	3,288	23	1128
12	GDP Per Capita at PPP (USD)	$	30,199	26	1130
13	FDI / Total FDI of the World %.		0	31	1125
14	GDP Per Capita (USD)	$	18,044	32	1125
15	FTAs in India via Bengaluru (%)	% People	6	32	1128
16	INDs via Delhi Airport (%)	% People	38	35	1125
17	INDs via Chennai Airport (%)	% People	5	36	1127
18	INDs via Hyderabad Airport (%)	% People	3	46	1128
19	INDs via Bengaluru Airport (%)	% People	5	47	1129
20	FTAs in India via Delhi (%)	% People	46	50	1130
21	INDs for Business (%)	% People	25	56	1130
22	Corporate Tax Rates in %	Rate	23	67	1126
23	INDs for Leisure (%)	% People	46	70	1129
Below World Average
1	FTAs in India - Indian Diaspora (%)	% People	14	172	1235
2	FTAs in India via Mumbai (%)	% People	23	163	1235
3	INDs via Mumbai Airport (%)	% People	33	139	1231
4	FTAs in India via Cochin (%)	% People	3	109	1231
5	INDs via Ahmedabad Airport (%)	% People	1	61	1231
6	INDs via Cochin Airport (%)	% People	3	86	1235
7	INDs - Indian Diaspora (%)	% People	22	120	1233
8	FTAs in India via Hyderabad (%)	% People	3	75	1231
9	FTAs in India for Education (%)	% People	5	82	1231
10	INDs via Trivandrum Airport (%)	% People	1	44	1232
11	FTAs in India for Leisure (%)	% People	42	97	1233
12	INDs via Kolkata Airport (%)	% People	2	54	1230
13	FTAs in India via Kolkata (%)	% People	2	43	1232
14	Imports /Total GDP of the Country %.		51	76	1234
15	INDs for Education (%)	% People	3	54	1230
16	Exports/Total GDP of the Country %.		48	64	1235
17	INDs from India	# People	158,494	39	1231
18	No. of Companies Listed in NYSE	Count	65	15	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Buddhist Pop./Total Buddhist Pop. %	% People	0	7	1128
2	Gold Medal	Count	5	8	1128
3	Silver Medal	Count	5	9	1129
4	Bronze Medal	Count	5	10	1126
5	Total Medals	Count	12	10	1125
6	Buddhist Pop./Total Pop.%.	% People	3	10	1126
7	# Olympic Medals	Count	146	16	1129
8	World Heritage Sites	Count	7	21	1127
9	Christian Pop./Total Christian Pop.%	% People	0	36	1128
Below World Average
1	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	164	1235
2	Islamic Population	# People	10,091,996	122	1232
3	Christian Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	42	107	1235
4	Jewish Population	# People	162,421	77	1231
5	Christian Population	# People	16,917,912	36	1232
6	# Cannes Grand Prizes (Palme d'Or or Grand Prix)		4	16	1234
7	Share of Cannes Grand Prize Wins (% World)		3	16	1234
8	# Oscar Wins – Best International Feature Film		2	16	1232
9	Share of Best International Feature Film Wins (% World)		3	16	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	X (Twitter) users	# People	1,789,045	10	1130
2	X (Twitter) Users as a % of Total X (Twitter) Users	% People	0	10	1127
3	Int. Users / Total Pop.%	% People	69	14	1125
4	Instagram Users as a % of Total Instagram Users	% People	0	15	1129
5	Instagram Users	Absolute	10,458,072	17	1129
6	X (Twitter) Users as a % of Total Population	% People	13	18	1126
7	Internet Users	# People	28,543,790	22	1127
8	X (Twitter) Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	12	22	1129
9	Instagram Users as a % of Total Population	% People	29	42	1125
10	Facebook CPC in Rs.	Absolute	5	58	1130
11	Instagram Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	36	65	1128
Below World Average
1	FB Users / Total Int. Users %.	% People	34	158	1233
2	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	37	151	1235
3	FB Users / Total Pop. %.	% People	27	135	1234
4	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population	% People	34	122	1230
5	Facebook users	# People	11,706,915	54	1235
6	Facebook Users as a % of Total facebook Users	% People	0	54	1233
7	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users	% People	0	41	1232
8	LinkedIn users	# People	7,145,162	41	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Teachers in tertiary edu.	# People	80,879	11	1127
2	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	1,420,982	15	1130
3	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,678,001	26	1126
4	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	201,153	30	1129
5	Teachers in primary edu.	# People	112,672	31	1125
6	Literacy Rate (%)	% People	86	70	1129
Below World Average
1	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	177	1234
2	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	23	170	1230
3	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	168	1234
4	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	169	1234
5	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	129	1230
6	# Students per teacher in tertiary edu.	Ratio	58	72	1234
7	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	57	121	1234
8	Teachers as a % of Enrolment	% People	41	51	1233
9	# Total Teachers (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	2,895,876	22	1235
10	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	36	1234
11	Enrolment in primary edu.	# People	3,831,465	53	1232
12	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	9	1230
13	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %.	% People	9	7	1230
14	Enrolment in secondary edu.	# People	3,225,437	40	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	11	1128
2	Employment in Services	# People	10,251,634	16	1130
3	Labour Force Participation	# People	14,659,929	17	1128
4	Formal Jobs	# People	10,605,934	19	1127
5	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	15,067,127	19	1129
6	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	20,641,663	23	1125
7	Employment in Services /Total pop.%.	% People	25	23	1125
8	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	57	45	1128
9	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	56	45	1128
10	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	76	46	1129
11	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	% People	59	58	1127
Below World Average
1	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	23	132	1233
2	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	23	132	1235
3	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	123	1233
4	Unemployment Rate.	% People	6	118	1235
5	Employment in Agriculture	# People	5,314,003	59	1233
6	Unemployed Labour Force.	# People	1,511,199	34	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Honey prod.	Tons	15,393	15	1126
2	Honey Produced /Total Honey Produced %	Weight	0	15	1125
3	Onion prod.	Tons	819,042	21	1126
4	Onion Produced/Total Onion Produced %	Weight	0	21	1127
5	Chicken Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	588,164	30	1128
6	Chicken Meat Production (% of Total Chicken Meat Production)	Percent	0	30	1126
7	Cow Beef Production (in tonnes)	Weight	320,761	35	1125
8	Cow Beef Production (% of Total Cow Beef Production)	Percent	0	35	1130
9	Tree density.	Density	22,685	45	1129
Below World Average
1	Tree density .	Density	828	133	1233
2	Goat Meat Production (% of Total Goat Meat Production)	Percent	0	88	1230
3	Goat Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	46,111	92	1232
4	Wheat prod.	Tons	6,811,171	86	1235
5	Goat Milk Production (% of Total Goat Milk Production)	Percent	0	77	1233
6	Goat Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	196,989	78	1230
7	Number of Trees	Count	15,642,617,148	72	1235
8	Country forest area / Global Forest area %		0	66	1232
9	Barley Produced/Total Barley Produced.%	Weight	1	66	1233
10	Barley prod.	Tons	1,545,003	66	1230
11	Potatoes prod.	Tons	2,504,846	66	1230
12	Forest Area.	Area	21,595,147	66	1230
13	Potatoes Produced /Total Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	62	1233
14	Number of Cows	Count	8,697,624	61	1232
15	Cows (% of Total Cows)	Percent	0	60	1235
16	Cow Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	3,855,383	57	1234
17	Cow Milk Production (% of Total Cow Milk Production)	Percent	0	57	1234
18	Coal Production (% of Total Coal Production)	Percent	1	46	1233
19	Coal Production (in 1000 metric tons)	Weight	121,850	50	1234
20	Soyabean prod.	Tons	3,572,369	38	1232
21	Soyabean Produced/Total Soyabean Produced %	Weight	1	33	1230
22	Iron Production (in 1000 metric tons)	Weight	33,258	36	1234
23	Iron Production (% of Total Iron Production)	Percent	2	35	1231
24	Apple Production (in tonnes)	Weight	1,044,287	30	1235
25	Apple Production (% of Total Apple Production)	Percent	1	30	1230
26	Sweet Potatoes prod.	Tons	878,129	26	1234
27	Sweet Potatoes Produced/Total Sweet Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	26	1233
28	Rice prod.	Tons	6,920,442	16	1232
29	Rice Produced/Total Rice Produced.%	Weight	0	16	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	# Mobile phone numbers	Count	40,393,496	23	1126
2	# Phone Numbers /Total Pop. %	Percent	101	53	1130

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Total Population	# People	42,357,833	31	1126
2	Male Population	# People	21,291,067	31	1130
3	Female Population	# People	21,066,765	31	1130
4	Total Deaths	# People	321,991	31	1126
Below World Average
1	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	0	159	1231
2	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	50	119	1231
3	Total Births	# People	677,551	81	1230
4	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	77	1233

Language

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

Mother Tongue : Korean

Literacy Rate (%) : 98.00

Basic Details

Country Capital	:	Seoul
GDP Per Capita	:	34,642
GDP Per Capita Rank	:	32^nd/195
Life Expectancy	:	84
Unemployment Rate	:	2
Number of Internet Users	:	50,403,243
Internet Users Rank	:	22^nd/195
Area	:	98,943
Area Rank	:	105^th/195
Total Population	:	51,667
Total Population Rank	:	29^th/195

Continent: Asia

Cities with > 100K popln: 73

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

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