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| 26 (out of 177)<ref name="humandevelopment">[http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/ Statistics of the Human Development Report].</ref>
| 26 (out of 177)<ref name="humandevelopment">[http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/ Statistics of the Human Development Report].</ref>
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| Peace Index
| World Peace Forum
| 2007
| 37 (out of 76)<ref name="peace">[http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200811/200811190005.html Korea Scores Middling on Peace Index], 2008-11-19.</ref>
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| Population size
| Population size

Revision as of 21:42, 18 November 2008


Survey Organization Year Ranking
Birth rate UNPF[1] 2008 155 (out of 156)[2]
Broadband use[3] ITIF[4] 2007 1 (out of 30)[5]
Global competitiveness IMD[6] 2007 29 (out of 55)[7]
Happiness index Erasmus University Rotterdam[8] 1995-2005 56-7 (out of 95)[9]
Human development index UNDP 2007/2008 26 (out of 177)[10]
Peace Index World Peace Forum 2007 37 (out of 76)[11]
Population size CIA 2008 26 (out of 239)[12]
Student competency in math[13] OECD 2006 4 (out of 57)[14]
Student competency in reading[13] OECD 2006 1 (out of 57)[14]
Student competency in science[13] OECD 2006 11 (out of 57)[14]
Student educational achievement[15] UNICEF Innocenti Research Center 2002 1 (out of 24)[16]
Working Hours OECD 2008 1 (out of 22)[17]

notes

  1. United Nations Population Fund
  2. S.Korea's Birthrate Second Lowest in the World, Choson Ilbo. 2008-11-13.
  3. a cumulative score that takes into account the following factors: 1) number of subscriptions per households 2) average speed 3) price
  4. The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
  5. Assessing Broadband in America: OECD and ITIF Broadband Rankings, Daniel K. Correa, April, 2007. ITIF.
  6. IMD, a major business school in Switzerland.
  7. The World's Most Competitive Countries, Andy Reinhardt, May 14, 2007. BusinessWeek.
  8. a study directed by Ruut Veenhoven.
  9. AVERAGE HAPPINESS IN 95 NATIONS 1995-2005, Ruut Veenhoven, 2006. World Database of Happiness, Erasmus University Rotterdam.
  10. Statistics of the Human Development Report.
  11. Korea Scores Middling on Peace Index, 2008-11-19.
  12. CIA World Factbook Rank Order - Population, July 2008.
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 of 15-year-olds
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 The Programme for International Student Assessment, OECD, 2007-04-12.
  15. of 14 and 15-year-olds; based on 3 surveys on literacy and ability in mathematics, science, and reading; ranking is based on number of 15-year olds falling below an international benchmark.
  16. UNICEF ranks countries on academics, CNN, 2002-11-26.
  17. "Koreans Work Longest Hours for Less", Choson Ilbo, 2008-07-22.