Country profile · KOR
South Korea
Region · High-income economies Population · 51.7M people
These estimates describe populations, not individual outcomes. Select a country or region to see more of the measures used in the simulation.
Health and education
- Death before age 1
- 0.2%
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 8 / 100,000
- Children per woman
- 0.72
- Expected years of schooling
- 16.6 years
- Tertiary enrollment
- 100%
- Smoking prevalence (men / women)
- 35% / 6%
Income and daily life
- Income inequality (Gini)
- 0.33
- Urban population
- 81%
- Employment in agriculture
- 5%
- Internet use
- 97%
- Adult HIV prevalence
- 0.03%
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 0.5 / 100k
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 6.5 / 100k
- Out-of-pocket health spending
- 30%
- Women married before age 18
- 1%
- Life satisfaction (out of 10)
- 6.06
Religion
- No religion52%
- Christianity28%
- Buddhism19%
- Other religions1%
Major cities
- Seoul
- Busan
- Incheon
- Daegu
- Daejeon
- Gwangju
- Suwon
Common hazards
- Storms and typhoons
Common migration destinations
- the United States
- Canada
- Australia
- Japan