South Korea, year by year

Every index this site holds for South Korea, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

0.731 → 0.929 (+0.198)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth78.2 → 83.6 (+5.5)

Internet users78 → 98 (+20)

Urban population82 → 81 (-0)

Births per woman1.09 → 0.75 (-0.34)

Renewable share of energy1 → 4 (+3)

Access to electricity100 → 100 (0)

Infant mortality4 → 2 (-2)

CO2 emissions per person10.7 → 11.4 (+0.6)

Forest area67 → 64 (-2)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 1 value marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.731	71.6	—	—	1.57	2	100	12	6.1	67.9	—	—
1991	0.742	72.0	0	75	1.71	1	100	11	6.8	67.8	—	—
1992	0.751	72.5	0	76	1.76	1	100	10	7.3	67.8	—	—
1993	0.761	73.0	0	77	1.65	1	100	9	7.9	67.7	—	—
1994	0.770	73.4	0	78	1.66	0	100	9	8.5	67.6	—	—
1995	0.780	73.7	1	78	1.63	0	100	8	9.0	67.5	—	—
1996	0.791	74.2	2	79	1.57	1	100	8	9.6	67.5	—	—
1997	0.804	74.6	4	79	1.54	1	100	7	10.0	67.4	—	—
1998	0.802	75.0	7	79	1.46	1	100	7	8.5	67.3	—	—
1999	0.814	75.4	24	79	1.43	1	100	6	9.2	67.2	—	—
2000	0.824	75.9	45	80	1.48	1	100	6	9.9	67.1	—	—
2001	0.832	76.4	57	80	1.31	1	100	6	10.1	66.8	—	—
2002	0.841	76.8	59	80	1.18	1	100	5	10.4	66.7	—	—
2003	0.845	77.2	66	81	1.19	1	100	5	10.5	66.6	—	—
2004	0.853	77.7	73	81	1.16	1	100	5	10.8	66.5	—	—
2005	0.861	78.2	74	81	1.09	1	100	4	10.7	66.4	—	—
2006	0.866	78.7	78	82	1.13	1	100	4	10.8	66.3	22610	27972
2007	0.871	79.1	79	82	1.26	1	100	4	11.1	66.2	25078	30255
2008	0.874	79.5	81	82	1.19	1	100	4	11.3	66.0	22252	31211
2009	0.876	80.0	82	82	1.15	1	100	3	11.3	65.9	19937	30740
2010	0.890	80.1	84	82	1.23	1	100	3	12.4	65.7	24071	33120
2011	0.895	80.6	84	82	1.24	1	100	3	13.0	65.6	26175	33944
2012	0.897	80.8	84	82	1.30	2	100	3	12.8	65.4	26601	35062
2013	0.902	81.3	85	82	1.19	2	100	3	12.7	65.3	28449	35844
2014	0.906	81.7	88	82	1.21	3	100	3	12.4	65.1	30667	37032
2015	0.908	82.0	90	82	1.24	3	100	3	12.6	65.0	30172	39794
2016	0.912	82.3	93	82	1.17	3	100	3	12.7	64.9	30832	41673
2017	0.915	82.6	95	81	1.05	3	100	3	12.9	64.8	33297	43156
2018	0.918	82.6	96	81	0.98	3	100	3	13.2	64.7	35364	45511
2019	0.922	83.2	96	81	0.92	3	100	3	12.7	64.5	33827	46511
2020	0.922	83.4	97	81	0.84	4	100	3	11.9	64.4	33646	47881
2021	0.926	83.5	98	81	0.81	4	100	3	12.3	64.3	37518	51718
2022	0.929	82.7	97	81	0.78	—	100	2	11.9	64.2	34822	55509
2023	—	83.4	97	81	0.72	—	100	2	11.4	64.1	35674	57430
2024	—	83.6	98	81	0.75	—	100	2	11.4	—	36239	61051
2025	—	—	—	81	—	—	—	—	—	—	36227	63125
Profile shows	0.929	83.6	98	81	0.75	4	—	—	11.4	64.1	36227	63125

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users — World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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