Korea, Rep. KOR
East Asia & Pacific
Every figure below is a live reading from the World Bank or UNODC. Nothing on this page is a seed value, and each indicator carries the year it refers to.
Country index 72Rank #18 of 217Data coverage 100%Income group High income
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Live indicators
Life expectancy
83.6 yrs
World Bank · 2024
GDP per capita
$36,227
World Bank · 2025
Unemployment
2.7%
World Bank · 2025
Inflation
2.1%
World Bank · 2025
Homicide rate
0.5 /100k
World Bank · 2023
Internet users
97.9%
World Bank · 2024
GDP growth
+1.0%
World Bank · 2025
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How it scores
percentile against all 217 countriesLife expectancy94
GDP growth18
Inflation66
Unemployment85
Homicide rate94
Percentile rank, not min-max: across 217 countries one extreme reading would otherwise flatten everyone else into the same band. A country missing an indicator is re-weighted across what it does report rather than penalised for the gap.
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