Republic of Korea
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
Pillar: Technology Score: 66.78Rank: 10
Access
1. Mobile tariffs
2. Handset prices
3. FTTH/building Internet subscriptions
4. Population covered by at least a 3G mobile network
5. International Internet bandwidth
6. Internet access in schools
Content
1. GitHub commits
2. Internet domain registrations
3. Mobile apps development
4. AI scientific publications
Future technologies
1. Adoption of emerging technologies
2. Investment in emerging technologies
3. Robot density
4. Computer software spending
Pillar: People Score: 79.28Rank: 1
Individuals
1. Mobile broadband internet traffic within the country
2. ICT skills in the education system
3. Use of virtual social networks
4. Adult literacy rate
5. AI talent concentration
Businesses
1. Firms with website
2. Number of venture capital deals invested in AI
3. Annual investment in telecommunication services
4. Public cloud computing market scale
Governments
1. Government online services
2. Data Capabilities
3. Government promotion of investment in emerging tech
4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education
Pillar: Governance Score: 80.93Rank: 22
Trust
1. Secure internet servers
2. Cybersecurity
3. Online access to financial account
4. Internet shopping
Regulation
1. Regulatory quality
2. ICT regulatory environment
3. Regulation of emerging technologies
4. E-commerce legislation
5. Privacy protection by law content
Inclusion
1. E-Participation
2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments
3. Availability of local online content
4. Gender gap in Internet use
5. Rural gap in uses of digital payments
Pillar: Impact Score: 72.40Rank: 13
Economy
1. ICT patent applications
2. Domestic market scale
3. Prevalence of gig economy
4. ICT services exports
Quality of life
1. Happiness
2. Freedom to make life choices
3. Income inequality
4. Healthy life expectancy at birth
SDG Contribution
1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being
2. SDG 4: Quality Education
3. SDG 5: Women's economic opportunity
4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
4. SDDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities