Republic of Korea

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Key Indicators
Income Group High income
Regional Group Asia & Pacific
Population (Total) 51,815,810
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 53,574

Performance Overview

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KOR

Country

Republic of Korea

Score

74.48

Rank

7

Technology

60.10

People

84.11

Governance

80.44

Impact

73.27

Pillar: Technology Score: 60.10 Rank: 17
SCORERANK

Access

75.76 23

1. Mobile tariffs

59.86 71

2. Handset prices

55.03 54

3. FTTH/building Internet subscriptions

59.11 12

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

99.97 28

5. International Internet bandwidth

80.61 22

6. Internet access in schools

100.001

Content

40.42 30

1. GitHub commits

46.41 25

2. Internet domain registrations

8.85 47

3. Mobile apps development

75.94 21

4. AI scientific publications

30.49 16

Future technologies

64.12 8

1. Adoption of emerging technologies

75.40 20

2. Investment in emerging technologies

59.50 34

3. Robot density

100.001

4. Computer software spending

21.58 65
Pillar: People Score: 84.11 Rank: 1
SCORERANK

Individuals

79.88 1

1. Active Mobile Broadband Subscriptions Count

44.36 15

2. ICT skills in the education system

81.92 12

3. Use of virtual social networks

87.29 4

4. Tertiary enrollment

67.32 4

5. Adult literacy rate

98.36 23

6. AI talent concentration

100.001

Businesses

82.85 1

1. Firms with website

69.79 33

2. GERD financed by business enterprise

94.16 4

3. Knowledge intensive employment

60.01 30

4. Annual investment in telecommunication services

90.28 10

5. GERD performed by business enterprise

100.001

Governments

89.59 1

1. Government online services

98.08 3

2. Publication and use of open data

94.12 4

3. Government promotion of investment in emerging tech

77.46 10

4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education

88.70 2
Pillar: Governance Score: 80.44 Rank: 18
SCORERANK

Trust

85.10 10

1. Secure internet servers

69.34 47

2. Cybersecurity

98.49 5

3. Online access to financial account

82.64 9

4. Internet shopping

89.91 5

Regulation

75.26 41

1. Regulatory quality

74.44 28

2. ICT regulatory environment

66.12 105

3. Regulation of emerging technologies

64.68 32

4. E-commerce legislation

100.001

5. Privacy protection by law content

71.07 52

Inclusion

80.96 17

1. E-Participation

94.19 9

2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments

93.43 26

3. Availability of local online content

81.01 32

4. Gender gap in Internet use

69.52 43

5. Rural gap in uses of digital payments

66.67 57
Pillar: Impact Score: 73.27 Rank: 11
SCORERANK

Economy

65.35 3

1. High-tech and medium-high-tech manufacturing

70.83 7

2. High-tech exports

64.53 6

3. PCT patent applications

98.56 2

4. Domestic market size

76.85 14

5. Prevalence of gig economy

68.31 20

6. ICT services exports

13.03 67

Quality of life

75.23 40

1. Happiness

66.91 58

2. Freedom to make life choices

58.07 100

3. Income inequality

79.40 27

4. Healthy life expectancy at birth

96.53 3

SDG Contribution

79.22 26

1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

96.29 6

2. SDG 4: Quality Education

75.76 6

3. SDG 5: Women's economic opportunity

78.76 60

4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

60.48 101

4. SDDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

84.81 29

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