International rankings of South Korea
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The following are international rankings of the 
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South KoreaSouth Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
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Demographics
| Name | Year | Place | Out of # | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Nations United Nations The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace... - Population |
2009 | 25 | 223 | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2102rank.html |
| CIA World Factbook - Infant mortality rate | 2007 | 10(low) | 195 | http://www.prb.org/Datafinder/Topic/Bar.aspx?sort=v&order=d&variable=28 |
| CIA World Factbook The World Factbook The World Factbook is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States with almanac-style information about the countries of the world. The official paper copy version is available from the National Technical Information Service and the Government Printing Office... – Life expectancy Life expectancy Life expectancy is the expected number of years of life remaining at a given age. It is denoted by ex, which means the average number of subsequent years of life for someone now aged x, according to a particular mortality experience... |
2009 | 40 | 223 | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2102rank.html |
| CIA World Factbook - Death rate | 2009 | 146(Low) | 192 | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/tw.html |
| CIA World Factbook - Number of Christian population | 2007 | 32 | 192 | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/tw.html |
Economy
| Name | Year | Place | Out of # | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Intellectual Property Organization World Intellectual Property Organization The World Intellectual Property Organization is one of the 17 specialized agencies of the United Nations. WIPO was created in 1967 "to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world".... – Patents |
2005 | 4 | 20 | http://www.cetraonline.it/file_doc/285/wipo_pub_931.pdf |
| The World Factbook The World Factbook The World Factbook is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States with almanac-style information about the countries of the world. The official paper copy version is available from the National Technical Information Service and the Government Printing Office... – Exports |
2009 | 8 | 194 | http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/pres10_e/pr598_e.htm |
| IMF International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world... - GDP (Nominal) |
2009 | 15 | 179 | http://databank.worldbank.org/ddp/home.do?Step=12&id=4&CNO=2 |
| IMF International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world... - GDP (PPP) |
2009 | 12 | 180 | http://databank.worldbank.org/ddp/home.do?Step=12&id=4&CNO=2 |
| IMF International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world... – GDP per capita (Nominal) |
2009 | 37 | 180 | http://databank.worldbank.org/ddp/home.do?Step=12&id=4&CNO=2 |
| IMF International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world... – GDP per capital (PPP) |
2009 | 30 | 181 | http://databank.worldbank.org/ddp/home.do?Step=12&id=4&CNO=2 |
| World Economic Forum World Economic Forum The World Economic Forum is a Swiss non-profit foundation, based in Cologny, Geneva, best known for its annual meeting in Davos, a mountain resort in Graubünden, in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland.... – Global Competitiveness Report 2009–2010 |
2009 | 19 | 133 | http://www.weforum.org/pdf/GCR09/GCR20092010fullreport.pdf |
| International Telecommunication Union International Telecommunication Union The International Telecommunication Union is the specialized agency of the United Nations which is responsible for information and communication technologies... - number of broadband Internet users |
2006 | 1 | 181 | http://www.oecd.org/document/60/0,3343,en_2649_34225_39574076_1_1_1_1,00.html |
| The Economist Intelligence Unit – e-readiness E-readiness E-Readiness is the ability to use information and communication technologies to develop one's economy and to foster one's welfare.There are several benchmarking indices at the macro level, e.g., those calculated by the UNPAN, World Bank, Economist Intelligence Unit etc.Because what appear on the... |
2008 | 15 | 70 | http://a330.g.akamai.net/7/330/25828/20080331202303/graphics.eiu.com/upload/ibm_ereadiness_2008.pdf |
| World Bank World Bank The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty... – Ease of Doing Business Index Ease of Doing Business Index The Ease of Doing Business Index is an index created by the World Bank. Higher rankings indicate better, usually simpler, regulations for businesses and stronger protections of property rights... |
2009 | 19 | 183 | http://www.doingbusiness.org/economyrankings/ |
| Legatum Institute – Prosperity Prosperity Prosperity is the state of flourishing, thriving, good fortune and/or successful social status. Prosperity often encompasses wealth but also includes others factors which are independent of wealth to varying degrees, such as happiness and health.... |
2009 | 26 | 104 | http://www.prosperity.com |
| World Economic Forum World Economic Forum The World Economic Forum is a Swiss non-profit foundation, based in Cologny, Geneva, best known for its annual meeting in Davos, a mountain resort in Graubünden, in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland.... – Enabling Trade Index ranking |
2008 | 27 | 125 | http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/gcp/GlobalEnablingTradeReport/index.htm |
| The Economist Intelligence Unit – Quality-of-life index Quality-of-life index The Economist Intelligence Unit’s quality-of-life index is based on a unique methodology that links the results of subjective life-satisfaction surveys to the objective determinants of quality of life across countries... |
2005 | 30 | 111 | http://www.economist.com/media/pdf/QUALITY_OF_LIFE.pdf |
| Wall Street Journal / The Heritage Foundation The Heritage Foundation The Heritage Foundation is a conservative American think tank based in Washington, D.C. Heritage's stated mission is to "formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong... – Index of Economic Freedom Index of Economic Freedom The Index of Economic Freedom is a series of 10 economic measurements created by The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal. Its stated objective is to measure the degree of economic freedom in the world's nations.... |
2007 | 31 | 179 | http://www.heritage.org/index/ranking.aspx |
| The World Factbook The World Factbook The World Factbook is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States with almanac-style information about the countries of the world. The official paper copy version is available from the National Technical Information Service and the Government Printing Office... – Unemployment rate |
2009 | 36 | 200 | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2129rank.html |
Education
| Name | Year | Place | Out of # | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Nations United Nations The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace... - Education Index Education Index This article contains information based on the pre-2010 Human Development Reports. The HDI and its education component have changed in 2010.The United Nations publishes a Human Development Index every year, which consists of the Education index, GDP Index and Life Expectancy Index... |
2008 | 7 | 176 | http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/hdr_20072008_en_complete.pdf |
| United Nations Development Programme United Nations Development Programme The United Nations Development Programme is the United Nations' global development network. It advocates for change and connects countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. UNDP operates in 177 countries, working with nations on their own solutions to... - Literacy rate |
2008 | 21 | 180 | http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2009_EN_Complete.pdf |
| United Nations United Nations The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace... – Human Development Index Human Development Index The Human Development Index is a composite statistic used to rank countries by level of "human development" and separate "very high human development", "high human development", "medium human development", and "low human development" countries... |
2010 | 12 | 182 | http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/ |
Environment
| Name | Year | Place | Out of # | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Economics Foundation New Economics Foundation The New Economics Foundation is a British think-tank.NEF was founded in 1986 by the leaders of The Other Economic Summit with the aim of working for a "new model of wealth creation, based on equality, diversity and economic stability".... – Happy Planet Index Happy Planet Index The Happy Planet Index is an index of human well-being and environmental impact that was introduced by the New Economics Foundation in July 2006. The index is designed to challenge well-established indices of countries’ development, such as Gross Domestic Product and the Human Development Index... |
2006 | 68 | 143 | http://www.happyplanetindex.org/explore/global/ |
| Yale University Yale University Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States... / Columbia University Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the... – Environmental Performance Index Environmental Performance Index The Environmental Performance Index is a method of quantifying and numerically benchmarking the environmental performance of a country's policies. This index was developed from the Pilot Environmental Performance Index, first published in 2002, and designed to supplement the environmental targets... |
2008 | 94 | 163 | http://epi.yale.edu/Home |
Industry
| Name | Year | Place | Out of # | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shipbuilding Production | 2008 | 1 | http://www.shipbuilding.or.kr/Report/Foreign/Foreign_Review/Foreign_Review.html | |
| Nuclear Energy Production Nuclear power in South Korea The total electrical generation capacity of the nuclear power plants of South Korea is 18.5 GWe from 21 reactors. This is 29.5% of South Korea's total electrical generation capacity, but 45% of total electrical consumption... |
2009 | 5 | http://the-diplomat.com/2010/07/19/another-korean-nuclear-issue/ | |
| OICA Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles The Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles, commonly abbreviated OICA , is a federation of automobile manufacturers, based in Paris, founded in 1919... - automobile production |
2009 | 5 | 52 | http://oica.net/wp-content/uploads/all-vehicles.pdf |
| The World Factbook The World Factbook The World Factbook is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States with almanac-style information about the countries of the world. The official paper copy version is available from the National Technical Information Service and the Government Printing Office... - Steel Production Steel production by country This article summarizes the world steel production by country. For the company-oriented account, see List of steel producers.In 2010, total world crude steel production was 1,413.6 million metric tonnes . The biggest steel producing country is currently China, which accounted for 44.3% of world... |
2008 | 6 | 40 | http://www.worldsteel.org/index.php?action=publicationdetail&id=81 |
| Electricity Production | 2009 | 10 | 211 | http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/cfapps/ipdbproject/iedindex3.cfm?tid=2&pid=2&aid=12&cid=&syid=2007&eyid=2008&unit=BKWH |
Military
| Name | Year | Place | Out of # | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Center for Strategic and International Studies Center for Strategic and International Studies The Center for Strategic and International Studies is a bipartisan Washington, D.C., foreign policy think tank. The center was founded in 1962 by Admiral Arleigh Burke and Ambassador David Manker Abshire, originally as part of Georgetown University... - active troops |
2006 | 6 | 166 | http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/060626_asia_balance_powers.pdf |
| Reserve troops | 2006 | 3 | 166 | http://index.go.kr/egams/stts/jsp/potal/stts/PO_STTS_IdxMain.jsp?idx_cd=2757&bbs=INDX_001&clas_div=C&rootKey=1.48.0 |
Politics
| Name | Year | Place | Out of # | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Economist Intelligence Unit – Index of Democracy Democracy Index The Democracy Index is an index compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit that claims to measure the state of democracy in 167 countries, of which 166 are sovereign states and 165 are UN member states... |
2010 | 20 | 167 | http://graphics.eiu.com/PDF/Democracy_Index_2010_web.pdf |
| NationMaster NationMaster NationMaster is a statistical website that aims to facilitate comparison of publicly available data on all countries of the world. Self-described as "a massive central data source," the developers bring together information found in a wide range of documents, including the Central Intelligence... 's index of civil and political liberties |
2001 | 35 | 132 | http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/dem_civ_and_pol_lib-democracy-civil-and-political-liberties |
| Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders is a France-based international non-governmental organization that advocates freedom of the press. It was founded in 1985, by Robert Ménard, Rony Brauman and the journalist Jean-Claude Guillebaud. Jean-François Julliard has served as Secretary General since 2008... – Worldwide Press Freedom Index |
2007 | 39 | 169 | http://en.rsf.org/spip.php?page=classement&id_rubrique=34 |
| Transparency International Transparency International Transparency International is a non-governmental organization that monitors and publicizes corporate and political corruption in international development. It publishes an annual Corruption Perceptions Index, a comparative listing of corruption worldwide... – Corruption Perceptions Index Corruption Perceptions Index Since 1995, Transparency International publishes the Corruption Perceptions Index annually ranking countries "by their perceived levels of corruption, as determined by expert assessments and opinion surveys." The CPI generally defines corruption as "the misuse of public power for private... |
2009 | 39 | 180 | http://www.infoplease.com/world/statistics/2009-transparency-international-corruption-perceptions.html |
Society
| Name | Year | Place | Out of # | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official Development Assistance Official development assistance Official development assistance is a term compiled by the Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development to measure aid. The DAC first compiled the term in 1969. It is widely used by academics and journalists as a convenient indicator of... - as a percentage of GNI |
2006 | 29 | http://www.globalissues.org/article/35/us-and-foreign-aid-assistance | |
| OECD - Digital opportunity Digital Opportunity Index The Digital Opportunity Index is an index published by the United Nations International Telecommunication Union based on internationally-agreed ICT indicators. This makes it a valuable tool for benchmarking the most important indicators for measuring the Information Society... |
2007 | 1 | ||
| Save the Children Save the Children Save the Children is an internationally active non-governmental organization that enforces children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries... – Mother's Index Rank |
2007 | 5 | 66 | http://www.savethechildren.org/publications/mothers/2007/SOWM-2007-final.pdf |
| Save the Children Save the Children Save the Children is an internationally active non-governmental organization that enforces children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries... – Women's Index Rank |
2007 | 5 | 66 | http://www.savethechildren.org/publications/mothers/2007/SOWM-2007-final.pdf |
| Save the Children Save the Children Save the Children is an internationally active non-governmental organization that enforces children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries... – Children's Index Rank |
2007 | 8 | 79 | http://www.savethechildren.org/publications/mothers/2007/SOWM-2007-final.pdf |
| World Health Organization World Health Organization The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health... – suicide rates by country |
2008 | 8 | 106 | http://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide/country_reports/en/index.html |
| Global Peace Index Global Peace Index The Global Peace Index is an attempt to measure the relative position of nations' and regions' peacefulness. It is the product of Institute for Economics and Peace and developed in consultation with an international panel of peace experts from peace institutes and think tanks with data collected... – Institute for Economics and Peace |
2009 | 33 | 144 | https://www.economicsandpeace.org/ |
| The Economist Intelligence Unit – Global Peace Index Global Peace Index The Global Peace Index is an attempt to measure the relative position of nations' and regions' peacefulness. It is the product of Institute for Economics and Peace and developed in consultation with an international panel of peace experts from peace institutes and think tanks with data collected... |
2008 | 43 | 149 | http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi-data/#/2010/scor/KR |
| World Economic Forum World Economic Forum The World Economic Forum is a Swiss non-profit foundation, based in Cologny, Geneva, best known for its annual meeting in Davos, a mountain resort in Graubünden, in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland.... – The Global Gender Gap Report 2007 |
2007 | 97 | 128 | http://www.weforum.org/pdf/gendergap/report2007.pdf |
| World Giving Index World Giving Index The World Giving Index was compiled by the Charities Aid Foundation, using data gathered by Gallup, and ranks 153 countries in the World according to how charitable their populations are. The Charities Aid Foundation claims that WGI is the largest study ever carried out into charitable behaviour... |
2010 | 81 | 153 | http://www.cafonline.org/PDF/World_Giving_Index_2010_A4.pdf |
- University of LeicesterUniversity of LeicesterThe University of Leicester is a research-led university based in Leicester, England. The main campus is a mile south of the city centre, adjacent to Victoria Park and Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College....
2006 Satisfaction with Life IndexSatisfaction with Life IndexThe Satisfaction with Life Index was created by Adrian G. White, an Analytic Social Psychologist at the University of Leicester, using data from a metastudy. It is an attempt to show life satisfaction in different nations....
ranked 102 - 2010 NewsweekNewsweekNewsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
World's Best countries ranked 15
Tourism
| Name | Year | Place | Out of # | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Tourism Organization World Tourism Organization The World Tourism Organization , based in Madrid, Spain, is a United Nations agency dealing with questions relating to tourism. It compiles the World Tourism rankings. The World Tourism Organization is a significant global body, concerned with the collection and collation of statistical information... - World Tourism rankings World Tourism rankings The World Tourism rankings are compiled by the United Nations World Tourism Organization as part of their World Tourism Barometer publication, which is released three times throughout the year... |
2009 | 31 | 133 | http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/gcp/TravelandTourismReport/index.htm |
| World Economic Forum World Economic Forum The World Economic Forum is a Swiss non-profit foundation, based in Cologny, Geneva, best known for its annual meeting in Davos, a mountain resort in Graubünden, in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland.... - Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report The Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report was first published in 2007 by the World Economic Forum. The 2007 report covered 124 major and emerging economies. The 2008 report covered 130 countries,, the 2009 report expanded to 133 countries, and the 2011 report to 139 countries... |
2009 | 35 | 132 | http://www.unwto.org/facts/eng/barometer.htm |