Korea, Rep.
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Key Indicators
| Income Group | High income |
| Regional Group | Asia & Pacific |
| Population (Total) | 51,709,098 |
| Population as a share world total | 0.67% |
| GDP (current US$, millions) | 1,640,000 |
| GDP as a share of world total | 1.87% |
| GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) | 43,028 |
Performance Overview
IS03
KOR
Country
Korea, Rep.
Score
74.60
Rank
14
Technology
65.02
People
79.60
Governance
81.44
Impact
72.33
| 1. Mobile tariffs | 60.65 | 71 |
| 2. Handset prices | 63.16 | 32 |
| 3. Households with internet acccess | 99.48 | 2 |
| 4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population) | 99.90 | 9 |
| 5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of total subscriptions) | 100.00 | 1 |
| 6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user | 68.22 | 65 |
| 7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose | 100.00 | 1 |
| 1. GitHub commits | 13.50 | 43 |
| 2. Wikipedia edits | 56.58 | 53 |
| 3. Internet domain registrations* | - | - |
| 4. Mobile apps development | 83.40 | 26 |
| 1. Availability of latest technologies | 75.40 | 20 |
| 2. Company investment in emerging technology | 59.48 | 34 |
| 3. ICT PCT patent applications per million population | 92.85 | 3 |
| 4. Total computer software spending (% of GDP) | 20.70 | 62 |
| 5. Robot density | 100.00 | 1 |
| 1. Medium and high-tech industry | 81.42 | 3 |
| 2. High-tech exports | 61.33 | 8 |
| 3. PCT patent applications | 85.11 | 4 |
| 4. Labour productivity per employee | 52.66 | 30 |
| 5. Prevalence of gig economy | 71.77 | 19 |
| 1. Happiness | 63.09 | 63 |
| 2. Freedom to make life choices | 56.30 | 109 |
| 3. Income inequality | 80.93 | 25 |
| 4. Healthy life expectancy at birth | 89.40 | 9 |
| 1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being | 95.08 | 6 |
| 2. SDG 4: Quality Education | 75.42 | 5 |
| 3. SDG 5: Gender Equality | 62.95 | 97 |
| 4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy | 63.37 | 108 |
| 5. SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities | 73.69 | 52 |
| 1. Internet users | 96.13 | 9 |
| 2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions | 44.56 | 20 |
| 3. Use of virtual social networks | 87.63 | 5 |
| 5. Tertiary enrolment | 68.88 | 3 |
| 5. Adult literacy rate | n/a | n/a |
| 6. ICT skills | 75.16 | 24 |
| 1. Firms with website | 64.94 | 47 |
| 2. Ease of doing business | 95.11 | 5 |
| 3. Professionals | 49.43 | 22 |
| 4. Technicians and associate professionals | 75.43 | 11 |
| 5. Business use of digital tools | 99.20 | 3 |
| 6. R&D expenditure by businesses | 92.41 | 2 |
| 1. Government online services | 100.00 | 1 |
| 2. Publication and use of open data | 81.16 | 5 |
| 3. Government promotion of investment in emerging technologies | 77.75 | 9 |
| 4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education | 80.73 | 8 |
| 1. Secure Internet servers | 67.20 | 48 |
| 2. Cybersecurity | 93.72 | 17 |
| 3. Online access to financial account | 82.64 | 9 |
| 4. Internet shopping | 92.94 | 5 |
| 1. Regulatory quality | 75.53 | 30 |
| 2. ICT regulatory environment | 81.86 | 74 |
| 3. Legal framework's adaptability to emerging technologies | 67.46 | 20 |
| 4. E-commerce legislation | 100.00 | 1 |
| 5. Privacy protection by law content | 73.04 | 39 |
| 1. E-Participation | 100.00 | 1 |
| 2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments | 93.01 | 21 |
| 3. Availability of local online content | 81.00 | 31 |
| 4. Gender gap in internet use | 62.42 | 39 |
| 5. Rural gap in use of digital payments | 66.67 | 67 |