PAINTMAPS.comGeneral Information for South Korea | ||
| What is the capital city of South Korea ? | Seoul |  |
| What is the total area of South Korea ? (km2) | 99.720 | |
| What is the population in South Korea ? (2020) | 51.269.185 | |
| What is the median age in South Korea ? | 44 | |
| What is the iso country code for South Korea ? (2lt) | KR | |
| What is the iso country code for South Korea ? (3lt) | KOR | |
| What continent is South Korea in ? | Asia | |
| What currency is used in South Korea ? | South-korean Won | |
| What is the currency code for South Korea ? | KRW | |
| What is the tel code for South Korea ? | +82 | |
| What language use in South Korea ? | Korean | |
| What is the language code for Korean ? | KO | |
| What is the internet TLD code for South Korea ? | .kr | |
| Where is the highest place in South Korea ? | Halla-san on Jejudo (1950 m.) | |
| Where is the lowest place in South Korea ? | Sea of Japan (0 m.) | |
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Worldbank Country Statistics for South Korea | |
 Stocks traded, turnover ratio of domestic shares (%) | 129,834 |
| Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) | 117,38 |
| Stocks traded, total value (current US$) | 1.927.830.000.000 |
| Listed domestic companies, total | 2.262 |
| S&P Global Equity Indices (annual % change) | 7,2199 |
| Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) | 0,448976 |
| Personal remittances, received (current US$) | 7.373.900.000 |
| Personal transfers, receipts (BoP, current US$) | 6.377.600.000 |
| Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$) | 9.849.600.000 |
| Portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$) | 753.400.000 |
| Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) | 0,643309 |
| Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) | 10.565.600.000 |
| Travel services (% of service exports, BoP) | 20,0941 |
| Transport services (% of service exports, BoP) | 24,6855 |
| Exports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$) | 711.508.000.000 |
| Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$) | 7.742.000.000 |
| Service exports (BoP, current US$) | 107.631.000.000 |
| Goods exports (BoP, current US$) | 561.963.000.000 |
| Insurance and financial services (% of service exports, BoP) | 3,50094 |
| Exports of goods and services (BoP, current US$) | 669.594.000.000 |
| Primary income receipts (BoP, current US$) | 41.913.800.000 |
| Communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) | 24,3585 |
| Net capital account (BoP, current US$) | -64.200.000 |
| Net secondary income (BoP, current US$) | -6.062.800.000 |
| Reserves and related items (BoP, current US$) | 1.466.200.000 |
| Portfolio investment, net (BoP, current US$) | 40.121.000.000 |
| Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$) | 24.965.300.000 |
| Net errors and omissions (BoP, current US$) | 1.043.500.000 |
| Net trade in goods (BoP, current US$) | 76.856.000.000 |
| Net trade in goods and services (BoP, current US$) | 53.835.200.000 |
| Net primary income (BoP, current US$) | 12.198.800.000 |
| Net financial account (BoP, current US$) | 60.950.500.000 |
| Current account balance (% of GDP) | 3,65147 |
| Current account balance (BoP, current US$) | 59.971.200.000 |
| Personal remittances, paid (current US$) | 10.730.700.000 |
| Secondary income, other sectors, payments (BoP, current US$) | 13.870.200.000 |
| Foreign direct investment, net outflows (% of GDP) | 2,16337 |
| Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$) | 35.530.900.000 |
| Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) | 24,724 |
| Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79) | 6,9 |
| Transport services (% of service imports, BoP) | 21,5775 |
| Imports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$) | 645.474.000.000 |
| Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$) | 9.952.400.000 |
| Service imports (BoP, current US$) | 130.652.000.000 |
| Goods imports (BoP, current US$) | 485.107.000.000 |
| Insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP) | 2,4168 |
| Imports of goods and services (BoP, current US$) | 615.758.000.000 |
| Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) | 29.715.000.000 |
| Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) | 20,4367 |
| Trade in services (% of GDP) | 14,5084 |
| Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) | 16,67 |
| Secondary education, duration (years) | 6 |
| Lower secondary school starting age (years) | 12 |
| Procedures to build a warehouse (number) | 10 |
| Time required to build a warehouse (days) | 27,5 |
| Total tax rate (% of commercial profits) | 33,2 |
| Profit tax (% of commercial profits) | 18,2 |
| Tax payments (number) | 12 |
| Other taxes payable by businesses (% of commercial profits) | 1,4 |
| Labor tax and contributions (% of commercial profits) | 13,7 |
| Time to prepare and pay taxes (hours) | 174 |
| Start-up procedures to register a business, male (number) | 3 |
| Start-up procedures to register a business, female (number) | 3 |
| Start-up procedures to register a business (number) | 3 |
| Time required to start a business, male (days) | 8 |
| Time required to start a business, female (days) | 8 |
| Time required to start a business (days) | 8 |
| Cost of business start-up procedures (% of GNI per capita) | 0 |
| Cost of business start-up procedures, male (% of GNI per capita) | 14,6 |
| Cost of business start-up procedures, female (% of GNI per capita) | 14,6 |
| Procedures to register property (number) | 7 |
| Time required to register property (days) | 5,5 |
| Time required to enforce a contract (days) | 290 |
| Strength of legal rights index (0=weak to 12=strong) | 5 |
| Time to resolve insolvency (years) | 1,5 |
| Time to import, documentary compliance (hours) | 1 |
| Time to import, border compliance (hours) | 6 |
| Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) | 3,714 |
| Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) | 3,864 |
| Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) | 3,508 |
| Primary education, duration (years) | 6 |
| Primary school starting age (years) | 6 |
| Cost to import, documentary compliance (US$) | 26,8 |
| Cost to import, border compliance (US$) | 314,6 |
| Time to export, documentary compliance (hours) | 1 |
| Time to export, border compliance (hours) | 13,4 |
| Cost to export, documentary compliance (US$) | 11,1 |
| Cost to export, border compliance (US$) | 184,7 |
| Time required to get electricity (days) | 13 |
| Public credit registry coverage (% of adults) | 68,2 |
| Private credit bureau coverage (% of adults) | 100 |
| Depth of credit information index (0=low to 8=high) | 8 |
| Ease of doing business index (1=most business-friendly regulations) | 5 |
| Business extent of disclosure index (0=less disclosure to 10=more disclosure) | 8 |
| Distance to frontier score (0=lowest performance to 100=frontier) | 84,0008 |
| Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) | 10,285 |
| Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) | 10,931 |
| Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) | 9,703 |
| Labor force, total | 28.445.500 |
| Labor force, female (% of total labor force) | 41,9838 |
| Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) | 62,959 |
| Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) | 73,29 |
| Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 71,9389 |
| Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) | 52,724 |
| Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) | 69,453 |
| Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) | 78,835 |
| Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) | 59,625 |
| Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 31,507 |
| Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 28,517 |
| Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 34,795 |
| Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 70,478 |
| Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 61,889 |
| Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 82,263 |
| Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 24,839 |
| Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 33,192 |
| Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 13,38 |
| GDP per person employed (constant 2011 PPP $) | 72.270,2 |
| Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 3,848 |
| Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 0,927 |
| Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 7,855 |
| Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 74,856 |
| Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 72,869 |
| Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 77,582 |
| Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 23,395 |
| Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 24,624 |
| Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 21,707 |
| Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 60,62 |
| Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 70,458 |
| Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 50,875 |
| Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 25,144 |
| Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 27,131 |
| Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 22,418 |
| Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 1,749 |
| Employers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 2,506 |
| Employers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 0,71 |
| Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 28,266 |
| Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 25,4 |
| Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 31,419 |
| Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 4,682 |
| Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 4,92 |
| Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 4,356 |