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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

Educational attainment, at least Bachelor's or equivalent, population 25+, total (%) (cumulative)
36.4573720087806
2024 · World Bank
Age population, age 05, male, interpolated
161466
2024 · World Bank
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
20
2024 · World Bank
Educational attainment, at least Master's or equivalent, population 25+, total (%) (cumulative)
5.05879987378346
2024 · World Bank
Age population, age 05, female, interpolated
153335.5
2024 · World Bank
Age population, age 02, female, interpolated
123938
2024 · World Bank
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
2.593
2024 · World Bank
Age population, age 01, female, interpolated
118291
2024 · World Bank
Age population, age 04, male, interpolated
145999
2024 · World Bank
Age population, age 00, male, interpolated
122181.5
2024 · World Bank
Age population, age 01, male, interpolated
124913.5
2024 · World Bank
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
2.613
2024 · World Bank
Educational attainment, at least completed primary, population 25+ years, male (%) (cumulative)
99.3615716258882
2024 · World Bank
Age population, age 02, male, interpolated
130772
2024 · World Bank
Educational attainment, at least completed primary, population 25+, total (%) (cumulative)
97.8794237967287
2024 · World Bank
Age population, age 04, female, interpolated
138530
2024 · World Bank
Age population, age 03, male, interpolated
134640
2024 · World Bank
Age population, age 03, female, interpolated
127663
2024 · World Bank
Educational attainment, at least completed lower secondary, population 25+, total (%) (cumulative)
89.9536299807411
2024 · World Bank
Educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary, population 25+, total (%) (cumulative)
81.467907393989
2024 · World Bank

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

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