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South Korea

Asia · Eastern Asia
KR KOR

UN formal name: Korea, Republic of

South Korea is a sovereign state in Eastern Asia, Asia. It covers 100,210 km² and has a population of approximately 51,159,889. Its official language is Korean and its currency is the South Korean won (₩).

Quick facts

Capital
Seoul
Population
51,159,889
Area
100,210 km²
Currency
South Korean won (₩)
Languages
Korean
Calling code
+82
TLD
.kr
Driving side
Right
Landlocked
No
Continents
Asia
Timezone
UTC+09:00
Native name
한국

Bordering countries

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Appears in 401 rankings

Economy

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): education pillar score, female (scale 0”“188) #1 170.73
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): education pillar score, male (scale 0”“188) #1 170.83
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): education pillar score, total (scale 0”“188) #3 170.79
Countries by GNI per capita (constant LCU) #3 43914093.36per capita
Countries by Final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) #4 1,497,077,100,000,000
Countries by Gross national expenditure (constant LCU) #4 2,158,542,400,000,000
Countries by Exports of goods and services (constant LCU) #4 906,303,100,000,000
Countries by Gross fixed capital formation (constant LCU) #4 658,729,600,000,000
Countries by Gross capital formation (constant LCU) #4 661,465,300,000,000
Countries by Imports of goods and services (constant LCU) #4 771,407,800,000,000
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (current LCU) #4 680,583,600,000,000
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (constant LCU) #4 610,925,500,000,000
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU) #4 866,839,700,000,000
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (constant LCU) #4 766,613,158,988,149
Countries by Medium and high-tech manufacturing value added (% manufacturing value added) #4 65.57
Countries by Services, value added (current LCU) #4 1,470,206,000,000,000
Countries by Services, value added (constant LCU) #4 1,324,200,692,049,850
Countries by Exports as a capacity to import (constant LCU) #4 849,420,935,543,232
Countries by Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current LCU) #4 2,374,331,000,000,000
Countries by Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (constant LCU) #4 2,124,455,100,000,000
Countries by GDP (constant LCU) #4 2,292,202,400,000,000
Countries by GDP per capita (constant LCU) #4 44292854.65per capita
Countries by Gross domestic income (constant LCU) #4 2,235,320,235,543,230
Countries by GNI (constant LCU) #4 2,272,601,100,000,000
Countries by Taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) #4 168,062,900,000,000
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (current US$) #5 499190318144.31
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (constant 2015 US$) #5 535839128406.03
Countries by Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) #5 182,526,400,000,000
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): overall score, male (scale 0”“325) #6 271.16
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) #6 658802108237.02
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): overall score, total (scale 0”“325) #7 266.9
Countries by Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$) #7 858189201556.08
Countries by Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) #7 26.62
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (current US$) #7 635804309159.26
Countries by Gross fixed capital formation (current US$) #8 563167287063.35
Countries by Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 US$) #8 536408755589.85
Countries by Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$) #8 536405810812.45
Countries by Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$) #8 703619722827.94
Countries by Gross savings (current US$) #8 661244545530.39
Countries by Gross capital formation (current US$) #9 562126047492.44
Countries by Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$) #9 27293273784.49
Countries by Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (current US$) #9 378065878709.6
Countries by Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current US$) #9 2758571645.02
Countries by Exports of goods and services (current US$) #10 831889172091.32
Countries by Imports of goods and services (current US$) #10 755486201521.96
Countries by Adjusted net national income (current US$) #10 1452592702572.57
Countries by GDP (constant 2015 US$) #10 1917295522781.86
Countries by Human capital index plus (HCI+): overall score, female (scale 0”“325) #11 262.07
Countries by Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$) #11 1770791440527.63
Countries by Adjusted net national income (constant 2015 US$) #11 1311539650344.66
Countries by Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$) #11 1741509856055.74
Countries by GDP (PPP) #12 3363.42
Countries by Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) #12 1234385629715.19
Countries by Services, value added (constant 2015 US$) #12 1097738738639.51
Countries by GDP (current US$) #12 1875388209406.8
Countries by GNI, Atlas method (current US$) #12 1902094957747.04
Countries by GNI (current US$) #12 1902456770881.09
Countries by Gross national expenditure (current US$) #13 1799336572843.13
Countries by Adjusted savings: education expenditure (current US$) #13 70322481121.64
Countries by GDP (Nominal) #14 1858.57in billions
Countries by GDP, PPP (current international $) #14 3159472343387.38
Countries by GDP, PPP (constant 2021 international $) #14 2849979724104.21
Countries by GNI, PPP (current international $) #14 3205074833007.56
Countries by Final consumption expenditure (current US$) #15 1237210525350.69
Countries by Services, value added (current US$) #15 1078357751902.45
Countries by Adjusted savings: gross savings (% of GNI) #16 36.19
Countries by Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (% of GNI) #17 20.65
Countries by Gross savings (% of GDP) #19 35.26
Countries by average monthly salary #20 4,525US $
Countries by Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) #20 30.03
Countries by Gross savings (% of GNI) #23 34.76
Countries by GNI per capita, PPP (current international $) #31 61,930per capita
Countries by Services, value added per worker (constant 2015 US$) #32 53197.2
Countries by Gross domestic savings (% of GDP) #32 34.03
Countries by GDP per capita #33 35962.34
Countries by Gross capital formation (% of GDP) #34 29.97
Countries by GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) #36 37048.43per capita
Countries by GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) #36 61051.35per capita
Countries by GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) #36 36,750per capita
Countries by Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP) #39 33.90
Countries by public debt (% of GDP) #41 0.52% of GDP
Countries by cost of living index #42 41.3
Countries by Coal rents (% of GDP) #61 0.00
Countries by Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) #86 1.49
Countries by unemployment rate #94 2.80
Countries by Services, value added (% of GDP) #102 57.50
Countries by Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI) #106 3.84
Countries by Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (% of GNI) #129 0.15
Countries by Gross national expenditure (% of GDP) #131 95.94
Countries by Consumer price index (2010 = 100) #148 132.2
Countries by Final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) #149 65.97
Countries by GDP growth rate #154 0.01

Population & Health

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) #1 100.00
Countries by Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) #1 16.94per capita
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access #1 100
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on infectious diseases #1 100
Countries by Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) #2 27.53per capita
Countries by Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) #4 43,501
Countries by Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) #5 38.16per capita
Countries by UHC service coverage index #6 88
Countries by People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population) #8 99.33
Countries by Life expectancy at birth, female (years) #8 86.4years
Countries by Life expectancy at birth, total (years) #13 83.43years
Countries by median age #21 44.49
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on non-communicable diseases #23 72
Countries by Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) #26 97.00
Countries by population density #27 523.36
Countries by Life expectancy at birth, male (years) #27 80.6years
Countries by People using safely managed drinking water services (% of population) #28 99.28
Countries by UHC service coverage sub-index on reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health #29 84
Countries by People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) #30 99.73
Countries by Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms) #36 94.00
Countries by Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age) #47 3.43per capita
Countries by Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age) #51 7.79per capita
Countries by Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age) #55 12.18per capita
Countries by Prevalence of current tobacco use, males (% of male adults) #62 34.10
Countries by Incidence of malaria (per 1,000 population at risk) #71 0.18
Countries by Cause of death, by injury (% of total) #75 9.26
Countries by Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #79 5.90
Countries by Prevalence of current tobacco use (% of adults) #80 20.00
Countries by Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #80 5.10
Countries by Prevalence of overweight, weight for height (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #80 5.50
Countries by Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total) #88 12.83
Countries by Prevalence of current tobacco use, females (% of female adults) #88 5.80
Countries by Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total) #91 77.91
Countries by Prevalence of undernourishment (% of population) #107 2.50
Countries by Low-birthweight babies (% of births) #110 7.46
Countries by Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) #111 0.10
Countries by Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) #113 0.10
Countries by Number of under-five deaths #117 694
Countries by Number of infant deaths #119 567
Countries by Number of maternal deaths #119 9
Countries by Number of neonatal deaths #122 278
Countries by Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population) #133 8.6per capita
Countries by Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population (%) #142 5.40
Countries by Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population) #150 25.8per capita
Countries by Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population) #152 18.9per capita
Countries by Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #153 1.60
Countries by Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #153 2.00
Countries by Prevalence of stunting, height for age (modeled estimate, % of children under 5) #153 1.80
Countries by Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population) #157 13.6per capita
Countries by Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) #161 6
Countries by Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) #173 4per capita
Countries by Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%) #176 15.90
Countries by Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) #180 2.5
Countries by Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) #180 2.8
Countries by Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) #180 3
Countries by Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) #181 2.1
Countries by Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) #181 2.3
Countries by Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) #181 2.5
Countries by population growth rate #187 -0.00
Countries by Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) #190 1.2
Countries by Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) #208 44.26
Countries by Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) #214 20.7
Countries by Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) #215 4.5

Trade

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Liner shipping connectivity index (maximum value in 2004 = 100) #2 111.25
Countries by Goods exports (BoP, current US$) #4 696,196,100,000
Countries by Merchandise exports (current US$) #6 683,609,000,000
Countries by Logistics performance index: Efficiency of customs clearance process (1=low to 5=high) #7 3.9
Countries by Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) #7 71.87
Countries by Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) #8 632,293,706,000
Countries by Logistics performance index: Quality of trade and transport-related infrastructure (1=low to 5=high) #9 4.1
Countries by Imports of goods and services (BoP, current US$) #10 758,723,500,000
Countries by Exports of goods and services (BoP, current US$) #10 835,148,800,000
Countries by Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) #10 640,405,756,000
Countries by Goods imports (BoP, current US$) #11 596,069,200,000
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, primary products (%) #11 23.76
Countries by Merchandise imports (current US$) #11 631,767,000,000
Countries by Exports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$) #14 906,472,500,000
Countries by Imports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$) #15 803,427,900,000
Countries by Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high) #16 3.8
Countries by Secondary income, other sectors, payments (BoP, current US$) #19 11,425,800,000
Countries by Personal transfers, receipts (BoP, current US$) #19 6,689,600,000
Countries by Logistics performance index: Competence and quality of logistics services (1=low to 5=high) #19 3.8
Countries by Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) #20 56.27
Countries by Primary income receipts (BoP, current US$) #20 71,323,700,000
Countries by Logistics performance index: Ability to track and trace consignments (1=low to 5=high) #22 3.8
Countries by Logistics performance index: Frequency with which shipments reach consignee within scheduled or expected time (1=low to 5=high) #24 3.8
Countries by Logistics performance index: Ease of arranging competitively priced shipments (1=low to 5=high) #25 3.4
Countries by Personal remittances, received (current US$) #28 7,449,400,000
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products (%) #30 13.64
Countries by Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) #31 32.86
Countries by Communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) #32 48.09
Countries by Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$) #37 10,598,100,000
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, primary products (%) #38 14.97
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, primary products (%) #40 10.89
Countries by Transport services (% of service exports, BoP) #48 29.08
Countries by Binding coverage, manufactured products (%) #62 0.00
Countries by Binding coverage, all products (%) #62 0.00
Countries by Binding coverage, primary products (%) #62 0.00
Countries by Merchandise trade (% of GDP) #64 70.14
Countries by Import volume index (2015 = 100) #68 125.2
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, all products (%) #73 8.67
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, all products (%) #76 5.66
Countries by Export volume index (2015 = 100) #85 119.5
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, manufactured products (%) #94 7.06
Countries by Import value index (2015 = 100) #96 147.2
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, all products (%) #98 5.73
Countries by Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) #104 58.48
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, manufactured products (%) #126 1.79
Countries by Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products (%) #130 4.00
Countries by Transport services (% of service imports, BoP) #133 22.20
Countries by Transport services (% of commercial service imports) #134 22.37
Countries by Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, manufactured products (%) #136 2.40
Countries by Insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP) #137 3.56
Countries by Export value index (2015 = 100) #152 120
Countries by Import unit value index (2015 = 100) #181 115.5
Countries by Export unit value index (2015 = 100) #192 102.1

Environment

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #6 2.83
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #8 264.12
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #9 588.01
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) #10 0.29
Countries by F-gases emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) #10 22.36
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) #11 53.11
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions including LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #12 628.51
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #12 1.64
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #13 668.25
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #13 0.25
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #13 49.28
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #14 108.96
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #15 61.85
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) #17 11.36per capita
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #17 0.2
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #18 0.15
Countries by Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources #21 85.22
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) #22 12.91per capita
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #22 0.23
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) #22 2.68
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) #24 1.25
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters) #24 29.2
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (% of internal resources) #33 45.02
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #36 13.14
Countries by Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP) #40 0.21
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #41 44.74
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) #43 21.02
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #52 0.18
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) #54 4.34
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #55 0.01
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #59 3.86
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry (% of total freshwater withdrawal) #62 16.43
Countries by PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) #64 25.94
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic (% of total freshwater withdrawal) #77 24.64
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #85 0.33
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) #85 114.59
Countries by Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture (% of total freshwater withdrawal) #93 58.93
Countries by Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) #95 0.31
Countries by Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) #103 17.40
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) #107 40.87
Countries by Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita (cubic meters) #120 1255.02per capita
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) #126 12.04

Governance

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Number of Sources #5 8
Countries by Military expenditure (current USD) #11 47571318596.72USD
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #19 79.72
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Percentile Rank #20 90.57
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #23 97.64
Countries by Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) #25 11.32
Countries by Rule of Law: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #25 81.60
Countries by Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) #26 2.01
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #27 75.47
Countries by Rule of Law: Estimate #29 1.25
Countries by Rule of Law: Percentile Rank #29 85.85
Countries by Control of Corruption: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #32 71.70
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Percentile Rank #32 84.91
Countries by Rule of Law: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #33 91.51
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #36 92.45
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #37 69.61
Countries by Military expenditure (% of GDP) #38 2.56
Countries by Control of Corruption: Estimate #40 0.89
Countries by Control of Corruption: Percentile Rank #40 79.72
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Number of Sources #43 11
Countries by Control of Corruption: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #47 83.49
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Number of Sources #53 8
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Percentile Rank #53 73.53
Countries by Control of Corruption: Number of Sources #60 10
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #61 80.88
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #63 54.50
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Percentile Rank #64 68.25
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #70 81.04
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Number of Sources #82 7
Countries by Rule of Law: Number of Sources #85 10
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Standard Error #119 0.26
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Standard Error #124 0.12
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Standard Error #191 0.21

Labour

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Labor force, total #23 29,848,809
Countries by GDP per person employed (constant 2021 PPP $) #36 98258.57
Countries by Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #37 32.50
Countries by Employers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #42 6.43
Countries by Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #52 23.38
Countries by Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #52 61.99
Countries by Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #53 71.51
Countries by Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #54 62.62
Countries by Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #56 55.25
Countries by Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #58 70.08
Countries by Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #65 77.33
Countries by Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #66 83.47
Countries by Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #67 74.70
Countries by Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #68 80.63
Countries by Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #70 11.94
Countries by Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #97 78.86
Countries by Labor force, female (% of total labor force) #104 44.36
Countries by Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #116 4.59
Countries by Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #118 0.79
Countries by Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #119 19.37
Countries by Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #120 25.30
Countries by Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #120 16.21
Countries by Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #122 22.67
Countries by Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #125 18.86
Countries by Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #126 17.69
Countries by Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #132 5.10
Countries by Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #139 5.51
Countries by Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) #150 2.68
Countries by Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) #158 2.69
Countries by Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) #158 2.68

Society & Culture

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) #12 51.13
Countries by Urban population #22 42,005,435
Countries by Population density (people per sq. km of land area) #23 529.84km²
Countries by Population, female #29 25,920,219
Countries by Population, total #29 51,751,065
Countries by Population, male #29 25,830,846
Countries by International migrant stock, total #41 1,811,507
Countries by Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) #47 27.47
Countries by Urban population (% of total population) #54 81.17
Countries by Women Business and the Law Index Score (scale 1-100) #55 88.13
Countries by Rural population #55 9,745,630
Countries by Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) #69 1.06
Countries by Population living in slums (% of urban population) #118 4.50
Countries by Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin #118 1,089
Countries by Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) #125 20.00
Countries by Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin #141 142
Countries by Rural population (% of total population) #163 18.83
Countries by Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) #191 42.53
Countries by Fertility rate, total (births per woman) #215 0.72
Countries by Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) #216 15.06

Agriculture

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Aquaculture production (metric tons) #7 2304411.15
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant LCU) #9 33,452,800,000,000
Countries by Total fisheries production (metric tons) #13 3621368.03
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU) #13 37,285,400,000,000
Countries by Cereal yield (kg per hectare) #19 6615.2
Countries by Forest area (% of land area) #21 64.11
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) #26 27128182178.74
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) #30 27347868341.43
Countries by Fertilizer consumption (% of fertilizer production) #56 57.07
Countries by Cereal production (metric tons) #57 5134022.24
Countries by Forest area (sq. km) #67 62,570km²
Countries by Arable land (% of land area) #71 14.92
Countries by Average precipitation in depth (mm per year) #72 1,274years
Countries by Arable land (hectares) #92 1,456,000
Countries by Food production index (2014-2016 = 100) #126 101.21
Countries by Crop production index (2014-2016 = 100) #162 93.62
Countries by Agricultural land (% of land area) #163 16.07
Countries by Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) #163 1.46

Finance

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Net foreign assets (current LCU) #3 627,847,907,464,884
Countries by Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) #4 160.35
Countries by Net domestic credit (current LCU) #4 5,011,734,994,400,000
Countries by Monetary Sector credit to private sector (% GDP) #4 160.35
Countries by Listed domestic companies, total #6 2,599
Countries by Real effective exchange rate index (2010 = 100) #7 138.97
Countries by Total reserves minus gold (current US$) #8 409457248116.75
Countries by Total reserves (includes gold, current US$) #9 418218648901.67
Countries by Market capitalization of listed domestic companies (current US$) #13 1,557,487,560,000
Countries by PPP conversion factor, private consumption (LCU per international $) #17 872.47
Countries by Market capitalization of listed domestic companies (% of GDP) #18 83.05
Countries by PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $) #18 809.27
Countries by Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) #23 1363.38
Countries by Total reserves in months of imports #40 6.25
Countries by Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor (GDP) to market exchange rate #64 0.59
Countries by Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%) #146 3.57

Business

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 1 data use score (scale 0-100) #1 100
Countries by SPI Pillar 1: Data Use #1 100
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 5 data infrastructure score (scale 0-100) #6 95
Countries by SPI Pillar 5: Data Infrastructure #6 95
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Overall score (scale 0-100) #7 91.57
Countries by SPI Overall Score #7 91.57
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 2 data services score (scale 0-100) #14 96.1
Countries by SPI Pillar 2: Data Services #14 96.1
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 3 data products score (scale 0-100) #16 87.71
Countries by SPI Pillar 3: Data Products #16 87.71
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 4 data sources score (scale 0-100) #41 79.03
Countries by SPI Pillar 4: Data Sources #41 79.03

Technology

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Patent applications, nonresidents #4 51,753
Countries by Patent applications, residents #4 186,245
Countries by Trademark applications, resident, by count #8 299,622
Countries by Scientific and technical journal articles #9 76935.71
Countries by Trademark applications, nonresident, by count #9 60,825
Countries by Fixed broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) #9 46.57per capita
Countries by Fixed telephone subscriptions #11 22,155,000
Countries by Fixed broadband subscriptions #11 24,098,200
Countries by Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) #21 162.11per capita
Countries by Mobile cellular subscriptions #22 83,891,800

Energy

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population) #1 100.00
Countries by Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population) #1 100.00
Countries by Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population) #1 100.00
Countries by Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) #1 100.00
Countries by Access to electricity (% of population) #1 100.00
Countries by Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) #152 6.59

Geography

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Coastline Length #53 2,413kilometers
Countries by land area #106 99,720km²

Tourism

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) #6 16,157,000,000
Countries by International tourism, expenditures (current US$) #7 16,705,000,000
Countries by International tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) #15 10,528,000,000
Countries by International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports) #100 3.08

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