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Key facts

  • Currency: Korean won
  • Capital city: Seoul
  • Region: Eastern Asia
  • Continent: Asia
  • Land area: 97,600 km²
  • Population: 51,628,117
  • Political Leader: Yoon Suk-yeol (President)

Latest news

South Korean bus drivers return to work after strike causes rush-hour chaos

Read: Al Jazeera

2024-03-28

Seoul bus drivers strike over pay, snarling commute in South Korean capital

Read: CNBC News

2024-03-28

South Korean doctors' anger goes beyond medical student enrollment numbers

Read: Le Monde

2024-03-27

N. Korea says no interest in holding summit with Japan, rejects further talks

Read: France 24

2024-03-26

South Korean doctor dies, reportedly from overwork, as strike piles more pressure on healthcare system

Read: SCMP

2024-03-26

Asia markets mostly rise with Korea's Kospi hitting 2-year highs as investors digest economic data

Read: CNBC News

2024-03-26

South Korean soccer player detained in China over bribery allegations released after nearly 1 year

Read: Fox News

2024-03-25

Metrics

Business

Central government debt 48.96 % of GDP
Expense 30.49 % of GDP
GDP 1,673,920,000,000.00 current US$
Inflation 5.09 annual %
Self-employed 23.45 % of total employment
Tax revenue 16.73 % of GDP
Unemployment 2.86 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 18.59 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 16,030.00 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy 15.96 % of total energy use
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 569,682.00 kt
Electricity production from coal sources 43.08 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources 22.37 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources 0.39 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources 30.00 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources 2.28 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric 1.50 % of total
Net energy imports 81.45 % of energy use
Fertility rate 0.81 births per woman
Forest area 62,770 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption 81.03 % of total
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 56,606.20 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 39.90 years
Methane emissions 21,990.10 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 10,096.80 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 25,854,364
Male Population 25,773,753
Renewable energy consumption 3.63 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 86,793.40 km²
Rural population 9,588,890
Urban land area 12,473.40 km²
Urban population 42,039,227
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 1.57 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 5.10 per 1,000 people
Death rate 6.20 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 3,031.18 current US$
Health expenditure 8.36 % of GDP
Hospital beds 12.43 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 84 years
Suicide mortality rate 28.60 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 100.00 % of population
Individuals using the Internet 97.17 % of population
Net migration 29,998
Press freedom 3.14


Politics

Armed forces personnel 569,000
Democracy score 8.00
Democracy type Flawed democracy
Military expenditure 2.72 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 18.64 %


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Datasets

Source

SIPRI, World Bank

Updated: 1 day ago

License

CC BY 4.0

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