International Rankings of Korea, South 2013, country comparisons

Communications
Ranked Data	Value	Rank	Date of Info
Internet hosts	315,697	62	2012
Internet users	39,400,000	11	2009
Telephones - main lines in use	29,468,000	11	2011
Telephones - mobile cellular	52,507,000	27	2011
Economy
Budget expenditures	$249,200,000,000	18	2012 est.
Budget revenues	$271,900,000,000	18	2012 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) % of GDP	2.00	21	2012 est.
Central bank discount rate(%)	1.5	129	31 Dec 2010
Commercial bank prime lending rate(%)	5.77	146	31 Dec 2011 est.
Current account balance	$22,100,000,000	17	2012 est.
Debt - external	$436,900,000,000	26	31 Dec 2012 est.
Distribution of family income - Gini index	31.0	110	2010
Exports	$548,200,000,000	8	2012 est.
GDP - composition by sector - agriculture(%)	2.70	163	2012 est.
GDP - composition by sector - industry(%)	39.80	32	2012 est.
GDP - composition by sector - services(%)	57.50	131	2012 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	$1,151,000,000,000	16	2012 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$32,400	40	2012 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	$1,622,000,000,000	13	2012 est.
GDP - real growth rate(%)	2.70	119	2012 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	24.20	129	2007
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%(%)	2.70	67	2007
Imports	$520,500,000,000	8	2012 est.
Industrial production growth rate(%)	3.80	85	2011 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices)(%)	2.20	189	2012 est.
Investment (gross fixed)(% of GPD)	27.40	33	2012 est.
Labor force	25,180,000	26	2012 est.
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture(%)	6.40	142	2011 est.
Labor force - by occupation - industry(%)	24.20	48	2011 est.
Labor force - by occupation - services(%)	69.40	48	2011 est.
Market value of publicly traded shares	$ 1,089,000,000,000	15	31 Dec 2010
Population below poverty line(%)	15.00	125	2006 est.
Public debt(% of GPD)	33.70	106	2012 est.
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	$319,200,000,000	8	31 Dec 2012 est.
Stock of broad money	$ 1,484,000,000,000	14	31 Dec 2011
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad	$190,400,000,000	23	31 Dec 2011
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home	$137,500,000,000	29	31 Dec 2012 est.
Stock of domestic credit	$1,356,000,000,000	15	31 Dec 2011 est.
Stock of money	$73,160,000,000	21	31 Dec 2008
Stock of narrow money	$ 369,600,000,000	14	31 Dec 2011 est.
Stock of quasi money	$473,400,000,000	11	31 Dec 2008
Taxes and other revenues	23.6	135	2012 est.
Unemployment rate(%)	3.80	170	2012 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	579,000,000	8	2010 est.
Crude Oil - exports	0	147	2009 est.
Crude Oil - imports	2,302,000	6	2009 est.
Crude Oil - production	19,990	72	2011 est.
Electricity - consumption per capita (kWh)*	9,314.27	14	2011 est.
Electricity - consumption(kWh)	455,100,000,000	10	2011 est.
Electricity - exports(kWh)	0	163	2011
Electricity - from fossil fuels	69.9	107	2009 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	2.0	136	2009 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	22.0	8	2009 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	1.3	66	2009 est.
Electricity - imports(kWh)	0	172	2011
Electricity - installed generating capacity	80,590,000	14	2009 est.
Electricity - production(kWh)	459,500,000,000	12	2011 est.
Natural gas - consumption(cu m)	45,900,000,000	19	2011 est.
Natural gas - exports(cu m)	0	142	2011 est.
Natural gas - imports(cu m)	46,830,000,000	9	2011 est.
Natural gas - production(cu m)	539,300,000	71	2010 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves(cu m)	7,079,000,000	84	1 Jan 2012 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	2,230,000	12	2011 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	907,100	8	2009 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	753,900	9	2009 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	2,476,000	8	2009 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	2,413	60	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point(m)	1950	129	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point(m)	0	144	NA
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - per capita (cu km/yr)	389	77	2000
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - total (cu km/yr)	18.59	35	2000
Irrigated land(sq km)	8,320	47	2003
Land Area - sq km	96,920.00	107	NA
Land boundaries - km	238	150	NA
Land use - arable land(%)	16.58	76	2005
Land use - other(%)	81.41	152	2005
Land use - permanent crops(%)	2.01	89	2005
Population density - Persons per sq km*	504.13	22	Jul 2012 est.
Total Area - sq km	99,720.00	109	NA
Total renewable water resources(cu km)	69.70	83	1999
Water Area - sq km	2,800	82	NA
Military
Manpower available for military service - female	12,423,496	24	2010 est.
Manpower available for military service - male	13,185,794	26	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - female	10,168,709	25	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - male	10,864,566	23	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - female	321,225	35	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - male	365,760	32	2010 est.
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	2.70	52	2006
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	3,533,963	56	2012 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	3,844,033	53	2012 est.
Age structure 0-14 years(%)	15.10	208	2012 est.
Age structure 15-24 years	13.6	176	2012 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female	3,104,269	36	2012 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male	3,517,504	32	2012 est.
Age structure 25-54 years	48.3	12	2012 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female	11,593,217	26	2012 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male	12,013,733	25	2012 est.
Age structure 55-64 years	11.2	65	2012 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female	2,765,709	24	2012 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male	2,697,406	22	2012 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female	3,424,917	20	2012 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male	2,365,749	20	2012 est.
Age structure 65 years and over(%)	11.90	64	2012 est.
Birth Rate(births/1,000 population)	8.42	216	2012 est.
Death Rate(deaths/1,000 population)	6.38	153	Jul 2012 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	4.20	97	2007
Health expenditures	6.50	91	2009
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate(%)	0.10	144	2009 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	500	91	2009 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	9,500	100	2009 est.
Hospital bed density	12.28	3	2008
Infant mortality rate - female(deaths/1,000 live births)	3.86	196	2012 est.
Infant mortality rate - male(deaths/1,000 live births)	4.29	197	2012 est.
Infant mortality rate - total(deaths/1,000 live births)	4.08	198	2012 est.
Life expectancy at birth - female(years)	82.70	34	2012 est.
Life expectancy at birth - male(years)	76.12	45	2012 est.
Life expectancy at birth - total(years)	79.30	41	2012 est.
Literacy - female(%)	96.60	71	2002
Literacy - male(%)	99.20	32	2002
Literacy - total(%)	97.90	65	2002
Maternal mortality rate	16.00	143	2010
Median age - female(years)	40.40	48	2012 est.
Median age - male(years)	37.60	45	2012 est.
Median age - total(years)	39.00	47	2012 est.
Net migration rate(migrant(s)/1,000 population)	0.00	91	2012 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	3.20	64	2001
Physicians density	1.97	63	2008
Population	48,860,500	25	Jul 2012 est.
Population growth rate(%)	0.20	176	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	100	20	2009 est.
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	100	24	2009 est.
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	100	27	2009 est.
School life expectancy - female (years)	16	33	2008
School life expectancy - male (years)	18	4	2008
School life expectancy - total (years)	17	12	2008
Sex ratio - 65 years and over(male(s)/female)	0.69	181	2011 est
Sex ratio - at birth(male(s)/female)	1.07	25	2011 est
Sex ratio - total population(male(s)/female)	1.00	81	2011 est
Sex ratio - under 15 years(male(s)/female)	1.09	16	2011 est
Sex ratio 15-64 years(male(s)/female)	1.04	35	2011 est
Suffrage	19.00	17	NA
Total fertility rate(children born/woman)	1.23	219	2012 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - female (%)	9	108	2009
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - male(%)	12	86	2009
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - total (%)	10	104	2009
Urbanization - rate of urbanization(%)	0.6	178	2010
Urbanization - urban population(%)	83	46	2010
Transportation
Airports	114	50	2012
Airports - with paved runways - total	71	35	2012
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	43	67	2012
Heliports	510.00	1	2012
Merchant marine(ships)	786	14	2010
Pipelines(km)	3,003	55	2010
Railways(km)	3,381	51	2008
Roadways(km)	103,029	40	2008
Waterways(km)	1,600	50	2011

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