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South Korea

Asia · East Asia
Your score
77.2
out of 100
Rank
#30
of 224
Population
51.7M
KRW
Coverage
80%
active metrics

Strongest dimensions (given your values)

  • Safety98~
  • Healthcare quality86'17
  • Human Development Index0.937'23
  • Happiness6.06'23
  • Clean governance (inv. corruption)64'24

Weakest dimensions

  • Gender equality70'24
  • Education quality61~
  • Press freedom65'24
  • Clean governance (inv. corruption)64'24
  • Happiness6.06'23

All metrics

Development

  • GDP per capita—
  • Human Development Index0.937'23
  • Economic growth2.6%
  • Unemployment rate2.9%'23
  • Income equality (inverted Gini)69'22
  • Innovation index61'24

Quality of life

  • Life expectancy—
  • Happiness6.06'23
  • Safety98~
  • Healthcare quality86'17
  • Education quality61~
  • Cost of living60'24
  • Internet speed158 Mbps'24
  • Sunshine2,345'23

Environment & governance

  • Clean governance (inv. corruption)64'24
  • Press freedom65'24
  • Political stability65'22
  • Renewable energy share9.6%'23
  • Air quality48'20
  • Gender equality70'24
  • Forest cover (proxy for green space)64'23
  • Public transit (proxy: urban population)est.81'23

Creative & cultural

  • Coffee cultureplayful78
  • Food varietyplayful86
  • Music influenceplayful93
  • Literary outputplayful72
  • Festival frequencyplayful75
  • Wildlife densityplayful55
  • Adventure scoreplayful65
  • Beach qualityplayful70
  • Ghost-story richnessplayful82
  • Board-game cultureplayful90
  • Meme cultureplayful88
  • Astronomy potentialest.55
  • Cheese varietyplayful28
  • Puzzle-solving prowessplayful90
  • Time-travel appealplayful78

About the data

Cells marked with a year use real public data from UNDP, the World Bank, Our World in Data, Transparency International or sunshine-hour composites. Unmarked values are curated or playful estimates — see the i tooltip on each metric in the sidebar for its source.