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South Korea

Seoul ยท Asia ยท Eastern Asia
Pop: 51.2M ยท Area: 100,210 kmยฒ ยท Korean

๐Ÿ“Š Spotlight

South Korea's GDP per capita of $36,239 (2024) is 117% above the Asia average of $16,683. Life expectancy is 83.4 years (2023), 8.1 years above the Asia average. V-Dem classifies South Korea as a partial democracy with an electoral democracy score of 0.73 (2024). Unemployment stands at 2.7% (2025), below the Asia average of 5.8%.

๐Ÿ’ฐ Economy

GDP$1.88T2024
GDP per capita$36,2392024
GDP Growth2.0%2024
Inflation2.3%2024
Unemployment2.7%2025
Govt Debt48.6%2023
Trade84.6%2024
FDI0.8%2024
Gini32.92021

๐Ÿฅ Health

Life Expectancy83.42023
Healthy Life (HALE)72.52021
Health Spending8.7%2024
Physicians/1K2.62022
Maternal Mortality3.82023
Under-5 Mortality2.82023
Neonatal Mortality1.22023
Fertility Rate0.72023

๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ Democracy

Electoral0.732024
Liberal0.632024
Participatory0.482024
Deliberative0.592024
Egalitarian0.622024
Corruption0.162024
Rule of Law0.882024
Press Freedom0.792024

๐ŸŒ Other

CO2 per capita11.42024
Internet Users97.9%2024
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Asia peers: ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Afghanistan ยท ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia ยท ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijan ยท ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Bahrain ยท ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh ยท ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น Bhutan ยท ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณ Brunei ยท ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ Cambodia

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Sources: World Bank (2024), WHO GHO, V-Dem v15 (2024) ยท API: /api/v1/countries/KOR