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Agriculture > products
rice, root crops, barley, vegetables, fruit; cattle, pigs, chickens, milk, eggs; fish |
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Big Mac Index
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$2.56 |
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[23rd of 65]
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Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 |
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Business efficiency
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64.239 |
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[27th of 51]
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Source: The Economist. |
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Debt > External
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$342,700,000,000.00 |
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[22nd of 136]
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Source: IMD International, 2005 |
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Distribution of family income > Gini index
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35.1 |
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[11th of 43]
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Economic freedom
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2.3 |
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[53rd of 156]
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Economic importance
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7.7 |
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[10th of 25]
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Source: The Heritage Foundation |
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Exports
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$379,000,000,000.00 |
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[10th of 189]
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Source: Economic Importance, 1998 (GDP x PC Inc) figures in quadrillion people dollars |
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GDP
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$888,024,200,000.00 |
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[13th of 203]
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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GDP > PPP
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$980,694,000,000.00 |
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[14th of 163]
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Source: World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook |
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GDP > Real growth rate
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5% |
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[105th of 198]
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Source: World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005. |
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GDP per capita in 1950
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$876.00 |
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[42nd of 52]
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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GDP per capita in 1973
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$2,840.00 |
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[37th of 52]
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Source: Angus Maddison |
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GINI index
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31.59
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[29th of 40]
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Source: Angus Maddison |
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Human Development Index
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0.901 |
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[28th of 178]
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Source: World Development Indicators database |
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Income distribution > Richest 10%
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24.3% |
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[95th of 114]
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Source: Human Development Report 2006, United Nations Development Programme |
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Population below poverty line
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15% |
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[35th of 46]
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Source: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC |
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Poverty > Share of all poor people
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0.09 % of world's poor |
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[44th of 80]
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Public debt
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28.2 % of GDP |
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[73rd of 121]
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Source: Country Responsibilities in Achieving the Millenium Development Goals", April 8 2003, by Janice Poling |
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Technological achievement
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0.67 |
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[5th of 68]
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; The Economist.; IMD International, 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; The Heritage Foundation; Economic Importance, 1998 (GDP x PC Inc) figures in quadrillion people dollars; World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook; World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005.; Angus Maddison; World Development Indicators database; Human Development Report 2006, United Nations Development Programme; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; Country Responsibilities in Achieving the Millenium Development Goals", April 8 2003, by Janice Poling; United Nations Development Program. Human Development Report 2001. New York: Oxford University Press,2001, Table A2.1. via ciesin.org
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Korea, South, Republic of Korea, South Korea, Taehan-min'guk, korea, republic of, korea, rep. of, korea-south, SKOREA, Korea Republic, Korean Republic, Korea (Rep.), Korea
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