Development & Industry
Population: 48,906,300
GNI PPP Per Capita (US$): $27,240 Women as % of Nonfarm Wage Earners: 40% Women as % of Parliament: 15% CO2 Emissions Per Capita (metric tons): 9.9 Death Due to Non-Communicable Diseases: 82% Births Attended by Skill Health Personnel (%): 100% Democracy: CPIA Gender Equality Rating: Economy Big Mac Index: $2.56 Cash Surplus/Deficit (% of GDP): 0.75 % Human Development Index: 0.901 Technology Index: No data Education Average Years of School for Adults: 17 years Education Spending (as % of GDP): 4.2% of GDP Pupil-Teacher Ratio (elementary): No data Teachers as % of Labor Force: No data Health Expenditure Per Capita: 787 $ Hospital Beds Per 1000: 7.1 per 1,000 people Physicians Per 1000: 1.6 per 1,000 people Media Televisions (total number): 15,900,000 Per Capita Televisions: 345.998 per 1,000 people Economy
% of GDP as Industry: 39.8% Total Labor Force: 25.5 million % of Labor Force in Industry: 23.8% Unemployment Rate: 3.2% Public Debt % of GDP: 33.7% Inflation Rate: 2.2% Industries:electronics, telecommunications, automobile production, chemicals, shipbuilding, steel Value of Exports: $552.6 billion Export Commodities: semiconductors, wireless telecommunications equipment, motor vehicles, computers, steel, ships, petrochemicals Export Partners and %: China 24.4%, US 10.1%, Japan 7.1% Value of Imports: $514.2 billion Import Commodities: machinery, electronics and electronic equipment, oil, steel, transport equipment, organic chemicals, plastics Import Partners and %: China 16.5%, Japan 13%, US 8.5%, Saudi Arabia 7.1%, Australia 5% Currency Exchange Rate to $1.00: 1,126.8 KRW Electricity Production: 459.5 billion kWh Consumption: 455.1 billion kWh From Fossil Fuels: 69.9% of total installed capacity From Nuclear Fuels: 22% of total installed capacity From Hydroelectric Plants: 2% of total installed capacity From Renewable Sources: 1.3% of total installed capacity Refined Oil Production: 2.83 million bbl/day Refined Oil Consumption: 2.26 million bbl/day Natural Gas Production: 539.3 million cu m Natural Gas Consumption: 45.9 billion cu m Communication # of Land/Main Line Telephones: 29.468 million # of Cellular/Mobile Telephones: 52.507 million # of Internet Hosts: 315,697 # of Internet Users: 39.4 million Transportation # of Airports (total): 114 # of Airports with Paved Runways: 71 # of km of Roadways (total): 103,029 km # of km of Roadways Paved: 80,642 km # km of Waterways: 1,600 km Location of Main Ports & Terminals:Incheon (Inch'on), Pohang (P'ohang), Busan (Pusan), Ulsan, Yeosu (Yosu) |