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Social protection, poverty, gender, and development indicators

Overview

Social protection, poverty, gender, health, and development indicators for South Korea, sourced from the World Bank, OECD, and the United Nations.

SDG Indicators

Age-standardised prevalence of current tobacco use among persons 15+ years
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UN SDG 3.a.1
Participation rate in organised learning (one year before official primary entry age)
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UN SDG 4.2.2
Annual growth rate of real GDP per capita
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UN SDG 8.1.1
Renewable energy share in the total final energy consumption
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UN SDG 7.2.1
Perception of inclusive decision-making
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UN SDG 16.7.2
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population
35.6%
2023 · UN SDG 16.3.2
Satisfaction with public services
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UN SDG 16.6.2
Number of deaths, missing persons and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population
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UN SDG 13.1.1
Intentional homicide victims per 100,000 population
0.5%
2023 · UN SDG 16.1.1
Maternal mortality ratio
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UN SDG 3.1.1
Total greenhouse gas emissions per year
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UN SDG 13.2.2
Proportion feeling safe walking alone at night
54.0%
2022 · UN SDG 16.1.4
Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease
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UN SDG 3.4.1
Experience of discrimination
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UN SDG 16.b.1
Proportion of youth (15-24 years) not in education, employment or training
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UN SDG 8.6.1

Integration Gaps (OECD)

Employment rate differences between foreign-born and native-born populations by education level.

Total
Native-born 2.7%
Foreign-born 5.3%
Gap +2.6pp
2023

Data Explorer

Time-related underemployment, male (% of employment)
2.47
2024 · World Bank
Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate)
5.979
2024 · World Bank
Firms with female participation in ownership (% of firms)
21.50664711
2024 · World Bank
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate)
29.617
2024 · World Bank
Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate)
5.833
2024 · World Bank
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
72.464
2024 · World Bank
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate)
54.568
2024 · World Bank
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
2.593
2024 · World Bank
Firms with female top manager (% of firms)
44.39393997
2024 · World Bank
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
56.021
2024 · World Bank
Educational attainment, at least completed primary, population 25+, total (%) (cumulative)
97.8794237967287
2024 · World Bank
Educational attainment, at least Bachelor's or equivalent, population 25+, total (%) (cumulative)
36.4573720087806
2024 · World Bank
Educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary, population 25+, total (%) (cumulative)
81.467907393989
2024 · World Bank
Educational attainment, at least completed lower secondary, population 25+, total (%) (cumulative)
89.9536299807411
2024 · World Bank
Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate)
70.57
2024 · World Bank
Labor force, female (% of total labor force)
43.8491421046607
2024 · World Bank
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate)
21.391
2024 · World Bank
Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate)
97.5581200869711
2024 · World Bank
Educational attainment, at least Master's or equivalent, population 25+, total (%) (cumulative)
5.05879987378346
2024 · World Bank
Time-related underemployment, female (% of employment)
2.816
2024 · World Bank

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Sources: UN SDG Indicators | OECD · Last updated: 2025

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