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Agriculture > products rice, root crops, barley, vegetables, fruit; cattle, pigs, chickens, milk, eggs; fish
Big Mac Index	$2.56	[23rd of 65]
Definition: Economy > Big Mac Index
Business efficiency	64.239	[27th of 51]
Definition: Economy > Business efficiency
Debt > External	$342,700,000,000.00	[22nd of 136]
Definition: Economy > Debt > External
Distribution of family income > Gini index	35.1	[11th of 43]
Definition: Economy > Distribution of family income > Gini index
Economic freedom	2.3	[53rd of 156]
Definition: Economy > Economic freedom
Economic importance	7.7	[10th of 25]
Definition: Economy > Economic importance
Exports	$379,000,000,000.00	[10th of 189]
Definition: Economy > Exports
GDP	$888,024,200,000.00	[13th of 203]
Definition: Economy > GDP
GDP > PPP	$980,694,000,000.00	[14th of 163]
Definition: Economy > GDP > PPP
GDP > Real growth rate	5%	[105th of 198]
Definition: Economy > GDP > Real growth rate
GDP per capita in 1950	$876.00	[42nd of 52]
Definition: Economy > GDP per capita in 1950
GDP per capita in 1973	$2,840.00	[37th of 52]
Definition: Economy > GDP per capita in 1973
GINI index	31.59	[29th of 40]
Definition: Economy > GINI index
Human Development Index	0.901	[28th of 178]
Definition: Economy > Human Development Index
Income distribution > Richest 10%	24.3%	[95th of 114]
Definition: Economy > Income distribution > Richest 10%
Population below poverty line	15%	[35th of 46]
Definition: Economy > Population below poverty line
Poverty > Share of all poor people	0.09 % of world's poor	[44th of 80]
Definition: Economy > Poverty > Share of all poor people
Public debt	28.2 % of GDP	[73rd of 121]
Definition: Economy > Public debt
Technological achievement	0.67	[5th of 68]
Definition: Economy > Technological achievement

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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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Laurie
19th November 2004

I need pictures of South Korea's currency. For example, I am from the U.S. and they are from South Korea, we spend dollars and they spend KRW's therefore I need to see a picture of their KRW like you can see our dollar.

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