South Korea's hdi rose from 0.8 in 1994 to 0.9 in 2023.
South Korea · Quality of life
Human development, happiness, safety, access and environment.
14 indicators · 13 with data
South Korea's life satisfaction rose from 5.6 in 2011 to 6.0 in 2025.
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs14th of 217
- Healthy life expectancy at birthdown −0.0 yrs3rd of 185
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- Gini indexup +0.6 %30th of 81*
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- Air pollution (PM2.5)down −6.6 %128th of 200
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- Homicide ratedown −3.8 %5th of 83
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- Safe drinking waterup +0.0 pts28th of 148
- Access to electricity (% of population)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 215
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- Internet usersup +0.5 pts13th of 182
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- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs34th of 195
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- Unemploymentdown −0.1 pts30th of 185
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- Women in parliamentup +0.3 pts119th of 184
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for South Korea.
- Housing cost overburden rateNo data