Republic of Korea

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Key Indicators
Income Group High income
Regional Group Asia & Pacific
Population (Total) 51,717,590
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 59,349

Performance Overview

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KOR

Country

Republic of Korea

Score

74.85

Rank

5

Technology

66.78

People

79.28

Governance

80.93

Impact

72.40

Pillar: Technology Score: 66.78Rank: 10
SCORERANK

Access

79.89 14

1. Mobile tariffs

61.2374

2. Handset prices

81.3245

3. FTTH/building Internet subscriptions

58.4813

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

98.8329

5. International Internet bandwidth

79.5023

6. Internet access in schools

100.001

Content

49.98 18

1. GitHub commits

56.1320

2. Internet domain registrations

8.0448

3. Mobile apps development

74.7318

4. AI scientific publications

61.0315

Future technologies

70.46 5

1. Adoption of emerging technologies

100.001

2. Investment in emerging technologies

59.5034

3. Robot density

100.001

4. Computer software spending

22.3464
Pillar: People Score: 79.28Rank: 1
SCORERANK

Individuals

81.87 1

1. Mobile broadband internet traffic within the country

45.1815

2. ICT skills in the education system

83.3210

3. Use of virtual social networks

82.586

4. Adult literacy rate

98.2523

5. AI talent concentration

100.001

Businesses

70.95 2

1. Firms with website

66.0340

2. Number of venture capital deals invested in AI

100.001

3. Annual investment in telecommunication services

74.359

4. Public cloud computing market scale

43.4421

Governments

85.02 1

1. Government online services

98.083

2. Data Capabilities

86.132

3. Government promotion of investment in emerging tech

67.1621

4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education

88.702
Pillar: Governance Score: 80.93Rank: 22
SCORERANK

Trust

86.29 9

1. Secure internet servers

69.3448

2. Cybersecurity

98.505

3. Online access to financial account

87.418

4. Internet shopping

89.925

Regulation

75.88 41

1. Regulatory quality

74.9028

2. ICT regulatory environment

65.71105

3. Regulation of emerging technologies

67.1132

4. E-commerce legislation

100.001

5. Privacy protection by law content

71.6861

Inclusion

80.62 18

1. E-Participation

94.199

2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments

93.4326

3. Availability of local online content

81.0132

4. Gender gap in Internet use

67.8053

5. Rural gap in uses of digital payments

66.6756
Pillar: Impact Score: 72.40Rank: 13
SCORERANK

Economy

64.29 8

1. ICT patent applications

100.001

2. Domestic market scale

76.7214

3. Prevalence of gig economy

68.3120

4. ICT services exports

12.1467

Quality of life

72.74 44

1. Happiness

64.8356

2. Freedom to make life choices

65.7087

3. Income inequality

77.3839

4. Healthy life expectancy at birth

98.003

SDG Contribution

80.16 28

1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

96.772

2. SDG 4: Quality Education

77.024

3. SDG 5: Women's economic opportunity

83.7652

4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

69.0897

4. SDDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

84.8129

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