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Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	1 144 067	1 465 773	1 646 539^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	6.8	2.8	2^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	23 091.2	28 840.7	32 143.1^b
Economy: Agriculture^e (% of Gross Value Added)	2.4	2.2	1.8^b
Economy: Industry^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	37.5	37.2	35.9^b
Economy: Services and other activity^h (% of GVA)	60.1	60.6	62.4^b
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	6.6	5.1	4.8^i,d
Employment in industry (% of employed)	25	25.2	25^i,d
Employment in services (% employed)	68.4	69.7	70.2^i,d
Unemploymentⁱ (% of labour force)	3.7	3.6	4.6^d
Labour force participation rateⁱ (female/male pop. %)	49.5 / 72.2	51.9 / 73.3	52.8 / 73.1^d
CPI: Consumer Price Index^j (2010=100)	100	110	116^d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	94	100	100^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	466 381	526 753	512 710^d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	425 208	436 487	467 498^d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	41 173	90 266	45 212^d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	27 950	105 119	75 276^d

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^k (average annual %)	0.3	0.5	0.2^d
Urban population (% of total population)	81.9	81.6	81.4^b
Urban population growth rate^k (average annual %)	0.5	0.3	...
Fertility rate, total^k (live births per woman)	1.2	1.2	1.1^d
Life expectancy at birth^k (females/males, years)	82.7 / 76.0	84.4 / 77.9	85.7 / 79.6^d
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	16.1 / 15.3	13.8 / 18.3	12.3 / 24.2^a
International migrant stock^l,m (000/% of total pop.)	920.0 / 1.9	1 370.9 / 2.7	1 728.2 / 3.4^d
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	1.2ⁿ	6.6	28.9^d
Infant mortality rate^k (per 1 000 live births)	3.5	3	2.1^d
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	5.9	6.7	7.6^o
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	2	2.2	2.4^o
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	...	...	4.6^p
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	101.8 / 101.7	98.7 / 98.9	99.5 / 99.7^o
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	96.1 / 96.6	99.7 / 100.3	98.1 / 98.8^o
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	92.2 / 93.0	96.6 / 97.1	99.8 / 100.8^o
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	1	0.7	0.6^o
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	14.7	16.3	19^q

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	83.7^r	89.9^s	96.2^b
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	3.3	4	4.5^o
Threatened species (number)	64	76	161
Forested areaⁱ (% of land area)	65.7	65	64.7^o
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	550.9 / 11.1	582.0 / 11.4	586.2 / 11.3^b
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	1 863	2 125	1 866^o
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	212	225	231^o
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^t (000)	8 798	13 232	17 503^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	33.8	36.4	37.6^d

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		Refers to Seoul Special City.
d		2020
e		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
f		Excludes publishing activities.
g		Includes irrigation canals.
h		Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
i		Estimate.
j		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
k		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
l		Refers to foreign citizens.
m		Including refugees.
n		Data as at the end of December.
o		2018
p		2017
q		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
r		Population aged 3 years and over.
s		Population aged 16 to 74 years.
t		Including nationals residing abroad and crew members.