Social Development in South Korea 159 indicators covering social development for South Korea. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank States involved in state based conflicts, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year 1974 — 31st Age of full democracy 29 years 2025 up 52.6% 62nd Freedom of Association Score 6 2025 down 14.3% 46th Freedom of Expression Score 6 2025 down 14.3% 41st Civil Rights Score 8 2025 unchanged 12th Estimate of current tobacco use prevalence (%) 15.9% 2030 down 22.8% 91st Number of current of tobacco users, estimate 6.82 million 2030 down 23.8% 26th Alcohol, abstainers lifetime (%), age-standardized 11.3% 2020 down 5.6% 170th Alcohol, abstainers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 27.5% 2020 up 4.8% 158th Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days 57.7% 2020 down 4.6% 18th Alcohol, consumers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 72.5% 2020 down 1.7% 29th Alcohol, former drinkers (%), age-standardized 16.2% 2020 up 13.6% 62nd Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+) past 30 days (%) 45.2% 2020 down 1.7% 3rd Alcohol, average daily intake in grams among drinkers, three-year 23.32 2020 down 15.5% 94th Alcohol, drinkers only per capita (15+) consumption in litres of pure 10.74 2020 down 15.5% 94th Average daily intake in grams of alcohol, population 16.9 2020 down 17.0% 52nd Countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place 0 2010 — 4th Estimate of current tobacco smoking prevalence 14.7% 2030 down 25.8% 86th Estimate of current tobacco smoking prevalence (%) 15.9% 2030 down 22.8% 80th Tobacco MPOWER overview: Monitor, Protect people, Offer help, Warn of 2 2024 unchanged 156th Tobacco Raise taxes: Inflation-adjusted prices for most sold brand of 4,500 2024 up 48.5% 12th Tobacco Raise taxes: National taxes for tobacco and nicotine products 0 2024 — 104th Age of democracy 31 years 2018 up 47.6% 38th Homicides, by sex of the victim 120 homicides 2023 down 34.1% 38th Homicide rate by sex of the victim 0.4916 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 27.0% 127th Press Freedom Index 23.43 2021 down 4.3% 136th Age of liberal democracy 1 years 2025 down 95.7% 44th Share of prisoners that are pre-trial detainees 35.6% 2023 down 0.3% 62nd Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption 2.01 2015 up 6.3% 83rd Tobacco MPOWER: National tobacco control programmes 5 2024 unchanged 52nd Share of voting rights in international organizations 0.5% 2024 up 4.3% 39th Trust in government 29.5% 2024 up 2.9% 41st Laboratories providing drug susceptibility testing (DST) 1.1 2014 up 1,000.0% 66th Share of people agreeing with the statement "most people can be trusted" 32.9% 2022 up 17.6% 17th Share of people who think others can be trusted vs. taken advantage of 32.9% 2022 up 17.6% 17th Share of people who trust churches and religious organizations 51.7% 2022 up 5.8% 19th Total number of indoor cinemas 333 2013 up 6.1% 17th Annual revenues from alcohol excise tax in millions US$ 2,579 2013 — 11th Annual revenues from alcohol excise tax in millions US$ 2,579 2013 — 10th ← Previous Page 3 of 3