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Survey Organization Year Ranking
Birth rate UNPF[1] 2008 155 (out of 156)[2]
National brand value IPS[3] 2008 10 (out of 40)[4]
Broadband use[5] ITIF[6] 2007 1 (out of 30)[7]
Global competitiveness IMD[8] 2007 29 (out of 55)[9]
Happiness index Erasmus University Rotterdam[10] 1995-2005 56-7 (out of 95)[11]
Human development index UNDP 2007/2008 26 (out of 177)[12]
Labor productivity Korea Productivity Center 2009 23 (out of 30)[13]
Peace Index World Peace Forum 2007 37 (out of 76)[14]
Population size CIA 2008 26 (out of 239)[15]
Student competency in math[16] OECD 2006 4 (out of 57)[17]
Student competency in reading[16] OECD 2006 1 (out of 57)[17]
Student competency in science[16] OECD 2006 11 (out of 57)[17]
Student educational achievement[18] UNICEF Innocenti Research Center 2002 1 (out of 24)[19]
Working Hours OECD 2008 1 (out of 22)[20]

notes

  1. United Nations Population Fund
  2. S.Korea's Birthrate Second Lowest in the World, Choson Ilbo. 2008-11-13.
  3. Institute for Industrial Policy Studies
  4. Korea Ranks World's 10th in National Brand Value, Choson Ilbo. 2008-11-28.
  5. a cumulative score that takes into account the following factors: 1) number of subscriptions per households 2) average speed 3) price
  6. The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
  7. Assessing Broadband in America: OECD and ITIF Broadband Rankings, Daniel K. Correa, April, 2007. ITIF.
  8. IMD, a major business school in Switzerland.
  9. The World's Most Competitive Countries, Andy Reinhardt, May 14, 2007. BusinessWeek.
  10. a study directed by Ruut Veenhoven.
  11. AVERAGE HAPPINESS IN 95 NATIONS 1995-2005, Ruut Veenhoven, 2006. World Database of Happiness, Erasmus University Rotterdam.
  12. Statistics of the Human Development Report.
  13. Korea's Labor Productivity Still Ranks Low.
  14. Korea Scores Middling on Peace Index, 2008-11-19.
  15. CIA World Factbook Rank Order - Population, July 2008.
  16. 16.0 16.1 16.2 of 15-year-olds
  17. 17.0 17.1 17.2 The Programme for International Student Assessment, OECD, 2007-04-12.
  18. 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.
  19. UNICEF ranks countries on academics, CNN, 2002-11-26.
  20. "Koreans Work Longest Hours for Less", Choson Ilbo, 2008-07-22.