South Korea
Population; 48,860,500
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: 4.5 Economy: Big Mac Index: $2.56 Economy: Cash Surplus/Deficit (% of GDP): 0.75 % Economy: Human Development Index: 0.901 Economy: Technology Index: 0.67 Education: Average Years of School for Adults Education: Education Spending (as % of GDP): 4.2% Education: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (elementary): 29.02 Education: Teachers as % of Labor Force: N/A Health: Expenditure Per Capita: 787 nbsp; Health: Hospital Beds Per 1000: 7.1 per 1,000 people Health: Physicians Per 1000: 1.6 per 1,000 people Media: Televisions (total number): 15,900,000 Media: Per Capita Televisions: 0.3254 = .33 |
% of GDP as Industry: 39.8%
Total Labor Force: 25.18 million (2012 est.) % of Labor Force in Industry: 24.2% Unemployment Rate: 3.8% (2012 est.) Public Debt % of GDP: 33.7% (2012 est.) Inflation Rate: 2.2% Industries: electronics, telecommunications, automobile production, chemicals, shipbuilding, steel Value of Exports: $548.2 billion (2012 est.) Export Commodities: semiconductors, wireless telecommunications equipment, motor vehicles, computers, steel, ships, petrochemicals Export Partners and %: China 24.4%, US 10.1%, Japan 7.1% (2011 est.) Value of Imports: $520.5 billion (2012 est.) 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% (2011 est.) Currency Exchange Rate to $1.00: South Korean won (KRW) per US dollar - 1,132.8 (2012 est.) Electricity Production: 459.5 billion kWh (2011 est.) Electricity Consumption: 455.1 billion kWh (2011 est.) Electricity from Fossil Fuels: 69.9% of total installed capacity Electricity from Nuclear Fuels: 22% of total installed capacity (2009 est.) Electricity from Hydroelectric: 2% of total installed capacity (2009 est.) Plants Electricity from Renewable Sources: 1.3% of total installed capacity (2009 est.) Refined Oil Production: 2.476 million bbl/day (2009 est.) Refined Oil Consumption: 2.23 million bbl/day (2011 est.) Natural Gas Production: 539.3 million cu m (2010 est.) Natural Gas Consumption: 45.9 billion cu m (2011 est.) # of Land/Main Line Telephones: 29.468 million (2011) # of Cellular/Mobile Telephones: 52.507 million (2011) # of Internet Hosts: 315,697 (2012) # of Internet Users: 39.4 million (2009) # 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: 1,600km Location of Main Ports & Terminals: Incheon (Inch'on), Pohang (P'ohang), Busan (Pusan), Ulsan, Yeosu (Yosu) |