Korea, Rep.
Download Report Key Indicators
| Income Group | High income |
| Regional Group | Asia & Pacific |
| Population (Total) | 51,635,256 |
| Population as a share world total | 0.68% |
| GDP (current US$, millions) | 1,620,000 |
| GDP as a share of world total | 1.89% |
| GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) | 40,479 |
Performance Overview
IS03
KOR
Country
Korea, Rep.
Score
73.84
Rank
17
Technology
67.93
People
76.43
Governance
77.07
Impact
73.94
| 1. Mobile tariffs | 60.65 | 71 |
| 2. Cost of cheapest internet-enable device (% of monthly GDP per capita) | 63.16 | 32 |
| 3. Households with internet acccess | 99.44 | 2 |
| 4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population) | 99.9 | 9 |
| 5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of totaal subscriptions) | 100 | 1 |
| 6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user | 68.17 | 64 |
| 7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose | 100 | 1 |
| 1. Digital participation | n/a | n/a |
| 2. Mobile apps development | 81.69 | 26 |
| 3. Receipts for the use of intellectual property | 6.9 | 18 |
| 1. Availability of latest technologies | 79.32 | 23 |
| 2. Company investment in emerging technology | 56.05 | 34 |
| 3. Government procurement of advanced technology products | 54.28 | 29 |
| 4. ICT PCT patent applications per million population | 84.81 | 3 |
| 5. Total computer software spending (% of GDP) | 18.18 | 59 |
| 6. Robot density | 100 | 1 |
| 1. Medium and high-tech industry | 81.42 | 3 |
| 2. High-tech exports | 68.87 | 5 |
| 3. PCT patent applications | 80.71 | 4 |
| 4. Labour productivity per employee | 46.47 | 30 |
| 1. Happiness | 57.97 | 60 |
| 2. Freedom to make life choices | 16.57 | 116 |
| 3. Income inequality | 82.63 | 22 |
| 4. Healthy life expectancy at birth | 88.28 | 9 |
| 1. Access to basic services | 99.86 | 13 |
| 2. Pollution | 78.73 | 82 |
| 3. Road safety | 77.81 | 44 |
| 4. Reading proficiency in schools | n/a | n/a |
| 5. Maths proficiency in schools | 99.01 | 2 |
| 5. Use of clean fuels and technology | 100 | 1 |
| 1. Internet users | 95.82 | 9 |
| 2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions | 44.1 | 20 |
| 3. Use of virtual social networks | 85.45 | 5 |
| 5. Tertiary enrolment | 68.88 | 3 |
| 5. Adult literacy rate | n/a | n/a |
| 6. ICT skills | 65.25 | 17 |
| 1. Firms with website | 55.97 | 55 |
| 2. Internet shopping | 92.94 | 5 |
| 3. Professionals | 53.08 | 20 |
| 4. Technicians and associate professionals | 75.96 | 13 |
| 5. Extent of staff training | 57.47 | 34 |
| 6. R&D expenditure by businesses | 91.77 | 2 |
| 1. Government online services | 97.7 | 4 |
| 2. Publication and use of open data | 81.16 | 5 |
| 3.ICT use and government efficiency | n/a | n/a |
| 4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education | 79.68 | 9 |
| 1. Rule of law | 81.53 | 23 |
| 2. Software piracy rate | 77.03 | 20 |
| 3. Secure Internet servers | 65.12 | 52 |
| 4. Cybersecurity | 93.64 | 17 |
| 5. Online trust and safety | 51.45 | 64 |
| 1. Regulatory quality | 75.53 | 30 |
| 2. Ease of doing business | 95.11 | 5 |
| 3. Legal framework's adaptability to digital business models | 61.03 | 29 |
| 4. E-commerce legislation | 100 | 1 |
| 5. Social safety net protection | 54 | 44 |
| 6. ICT regulatory environment | 81.86 | 72 |
| 1. E-Participation | 100 | 1 |
| 2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments | 93.01 | 21 |
| 3. Availability of local online content | 75.84 | 28 |
| 4. Gender gap in internet use | 62.23 | 37 |
| 5. Rural gap in use of digital payments | 66.67 | 64 |