Data for Korea, Rep., Japan, Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 

Social

Indicator
Most recent value
Trend
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
Most recent value

(2024)

Korea, Rep.84
Japan84
Korea, Dem. Peo...74

(2024)

Trend
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population)
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population)
Most recent value

(2021)

Korea, Rep.0.1
Japan1.2

(2021)

Trend
Population, total
Population, total
Most recent value

(2025)

Korea, Rep.51,684,564
Japan123,366,734
Korea, Dem. Peo...26,571,036

(2025)

Trend
Population growth (annual %)
Population growth (annual %)
Most recent value

(2025)

Korea, Rep.-0.1
Japan-0.5
Korea, Dem. Peo...0.3

(2025)

Trend
Net migration
Net migration
Most recent value

(2025)

Korea, Rep.65,731
Japan140,579
Korea, Dem. Peo...-2,787

(2025)

Trend
Most recent value

(2020)

Korea, Rep.0.799
Japan0.805

(2020)

Trend

Economic

Indicator
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Trend
GDP (current US$)
GDP (current US$)
Most recent value

(2025 trillion)

Korea, Rep.1.87
Japan4.44

(2025 trillion)

Trend
GDP per capita (current US$)
GDP per capita (current US$)
Most recent value

(2025)

Korea, Rep.36,227.0
Japan35,951.0

(2025)

Trend
GDP growth (annual %)
GDP growth (annual %)
Most recent value

(2025)

Korea, Rep.1.0
Japan1.2

(2025)

Trend
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
Most recent value

(2025)

Korea, Rep.2.7
Japan2.5
Korea, Dem. Peo...3.5

(2025)

Trend
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
Most recent value

(2025)

Korea, Rep.2.1
Japan3.2

(2025)

Trend
Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)
Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)
Most recent value

(2025)

Korea, Rep.0.4
Japan0.1

(2025)

Trend

Environment

Indicator
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Trend
Access to electricity (% of population)
Access to electricity (% of population)
Most recent value

(2024)

Korea, Rep.100.0
Japan100.0
Korea, Dem. Peo...61.4

(2024)

Trend
Forest area (% of land area)
Forest area (% of land area)
Most recent value

(2023)

Korea, Rep.64.1
Japan68.4
Korea, Dem. Peo...49.6

(2023)

Trend
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
Most recent value

(2024)

Korea, Rep.11.4
Japan7.8
Korea, Dem. Peo...2.5

(2024)

Trend
Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (% of internal resources)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (% of internal resources)
Most recent value

(2022)

Korea, Rep.45
Japan19
Korea, Dem. Peo...13

(2022)

Trend
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total)
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total)
Most recent value

(2021)

Korea, Rep.5.5
Japan12.6
Korea, Dem. Peo...0.3

(2021)

Trend
People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)
People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)
Most recent value

(2024)

Korea, Rep.99
Japan99

(2024)

Trend
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