Social Development in South Korea 159 indicators covering social development for South Korea. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Democracy Index 8 2018 unchanged 52nd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 629 2025 up 149.6% 120th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0 units per person 2025 up 146.4% 169th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 105.2% 170th Political Rights Score 33 2025 down 2.9% 67th Freedom Score 83 2025 unchanged 58th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 39,106 2025 up 620.7% 27th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0008 units per person 2025 up 611.4% 55th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 492.5% 87th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -42.24 % change on previous year 2025 down 297.1% 145th Full democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 — 36th Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st Distribution of Democracy Index 18 2018 unchanged 52nd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate 9.1 % change on previous year 2025 down 83.8% 51st Equal Rights Protection Index 0.817 2025 down 1.2% 38th Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.952 2025 up 0.1% 28th Political Corruption Index 0.156 2025 down 33.0% 141st Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.156 2025 down 33.0% 141st Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 1.62 2024 down 20.1% 92nd Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 34th Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 19th Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 — 56th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.0096 units per square kilometre 2023 up 342.1% 127th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.274 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1,018.1% 26th LGBT+ Rights Index 2.94 2019 unchanged 72nd Forcibly displaced people 43,513 2025 up 532.4% 102nd Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 — 1st Press freedom 1 2016 down 50.0% 61st Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 2 number 2025 unchanged 1st Age of electoral democracy 38 years 2025 up 35.7% 59th Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Corruption Perceptions Index 64 2024 up 16.4% 30th Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 — 38th Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 8.26 2024 down 12.4% 62nd Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 7.8 2024 down 12.7% 43rd Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.4474 2024 down 7.6% 119th Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year 0.0116 2024 up 84.5% 30th Self-reported life satisfaction 6.04 2025 up 3.5% 66th Happiness vs. life satisfaction 6.04 2025 up 3.5% 66th Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 21.2% 2024 down 7.5% 149th Homicide rate 0.4773 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 32.1% 164th Homicides 247 homicides 2023 down 29.8% 76th Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 0.4773 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 32.1% 164th Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 0.4773 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 32.1% 163rd Age of electoral democracy 38 years 2025 up 35.7% 38th States involved in interstate conflicts 1 2014 unchanged 1st Citizen support for democracy -0.113 2020 down 133.2% 63rd Homicides 320 deaths 2022 down 41.0% 30th Child homicide rate 0.5348 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 30.6% 42nd Citizen satisfaction with democracy 0.363 2020 up 186.8% 41st Homicide rate 0.6243 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 42.0% 83rd Homicide rate by age of the victim 0.6243 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 42.0% 83rd Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st Homicides 385.27 deaths 2021 down 34.4% 93rd Homicide rate 0.74 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 37.8% 176th Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 0.7399 2021 down 38.2% 169th Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 6.82 million 2030 down 23.8% 23rd States involved in wars 0 2011 — 5th Alcohol, total (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 7.43 2030 down 5.2% 66th ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →