2024

global knowledge index
Korea (Republic of)

KEY INDICATORS

  • GDP (US$ billions):2,615.223
  • Population:51,748,739
  • HDI:0.929

Gki Rank

21/141
Gki Score
62.3
World Average
47.8

Country Performance Summary

Korea (Republic of) is a leading performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 21st out of 141 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2024 and 21st out of the 59 countries with very high human development.

Areas of Strength

  • Researchers per thousand labour force
  • Researchers in business enterprises (%)
  • Resident patent applications (per 100 billion GDP)
  • Government online services
  • ICT PCT patent applications (per 100 billion GDP)

Areas of Improvement

  • Researchers in higher education (%)
  • Printing and publishing output (% manufactured output)
  • Participation rate in formal and non-formal education and training
  • Renewable energy consumption (%)
  • Average documents per researcher

SECTORAL INDICES

Rank
Value
Pre-University
Education
8
82.56
Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
58
53.6
Higher
Education
68
46.59
Research, Development
and Innovation
8
51.74
Information and
Communications Technology
10
71.88
Economy
5
71.55
Enabling
Environment
35
68
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GKI Pillars

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