Republic of Korea

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Key Indicators
Income Group High-income
Regional Group Asia & Pacific
Population (Total) 51,749,000
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 65,080

Performance Overview

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KOR

Country

Republic of Korea

Score

72.38

Rank

10

Technology

66.07

People

72.55

Governance

82.05

Impact

68.84

Pillar: Technology Score: 66.07Rank: 10
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Access

78.43 29

1. Mobile tariffs

65.3867

2. Handset prices

67.9259

3. FTTH/building Internet subscriptions

58.2814

4. Population covered by at least a 3G mobile network

99.4729

5. International Internet bandwidth

79.5025

6. Internet access in schools

1001

Content

49.81 17

1. GitHub commits

57.0419

2. Internet domain registrations

8.7048

3. Mobile apps development

74.7415

4. AI scientific publications

58.7412

Future technologies

69.98 4

1. Adoption of emerging technologies

1001

2. Investment in emerging technologies

59.534

3. Robot density

1001

4. Computer software spending

20.4251
Pillar: People Score: 72.55Rank: 2
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Individuals

74.31 4

1. Mobile broadband internet traffic within the country

45.4116

2. ICT skills in the education system

81.7110

3. Use of virtual social networks

98.533

4. Adult literacy rate

98.1622

5. AI talent concentration

47.7510

Businesses

60.50 10

1. Firms with website

69.1438

2. Number of venture capital deals invested in AI

74.456

3. Annual investment in telecommunication services

61.214

4. Public cloud computing market scale

37.217

Governments

82.85 1

1. Government online services

1001

2. Data Capabilities

86.132

3. Government promotion of emerging technologies

67.1621

4. Gross expenditure on R&D

78.132
Pillar: Governance Score: 82.05Rank: 20
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Trust

88.50 13

1. Secure internet servers

75.5844

2. Cybersecurity

1001

3. Online access to financial account

n/a n/a

4. Internet shopping

89.914

Regulation

71.44 38

1. Regulatory quality

70.3226

2. ICT regulatory environment

55.9485

3. Regulation of emerging technologies

64.3832

4. E-commerce legislation

1001

5. Privacy protection by law content

66.5755

Inclusion

86.20 7

1. E-Participation

97.14

2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments

92.525

3. Gender gap in Internet use

6923

4. Rural gap in use of digital payments

n/a n/a
Pillar: Impact Score: 68.84Rank: 22
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Economy

59.47 12

1. ICT patent applications

1001

2. Domestic market scale

76.8714

3. Technology-Enabled Work Flexibility

47.8851

4. ICT services exports

13.1464

Quality of life

68.30 56

1. Happiness

62.0656

2. Freedom to make life choices

56.5195

3. Income inequality

76.7940

4. Healthy life expectancy at birth

95.883

SDG Contribution

78.74 31

1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

1001

2. SDG 4: Quality Education

77.024

3. SDG 5: Women's economic opportunity

82.7351

4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

63.8393

5. SDDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

82.7829

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