Demographic dividend in South Korea
Socio-economic and political change
The value of South Korean exports today is $40 billion greater than levels in 1970
In 1970 there were just over 6 girls to every 10 boys in secondary education; today there is equality in access to secondary education
Fertility rate in South Korea has fallen from just over 6 children per woman in 1960 to 1.6 children per woman today
Today the value of South Korea's annual GDP is $1400 billion greater than in 1970
Rates of personal savings in South Korea peaked at around 25% of annual earnings in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Today it is just over 10%
In 1970 less than 20% of woman had access to any form of contraception, today this is over 80%.
South Korea's active population (aged 15-64) has increased from 55% in 1960 to 73% today
More than 30% of South Koreans go on to tertiary education
In 1950, 350 children in every 1000 died in South Korea before the age of 5. Today this figure is 3.
The number of physicians per 1000 in South Korea has quadrupled in the last 30 years.
South Korea has increased its corruption index from 43 points to 53 points since 1996 showing a significant decline in the perception of corruption.
People serving prison sentences in South Korea has fallen 20% since 2000
Government spending has increased from 2742 KRW billion in 1950 to 56152 KRW billion today.
South Korea's political stability index has fallen dramatically from 0.52 in 1996 to just 0.1 in 2015, showing huge improvements
Capital investment in South Korea stood at just over 11% in 1960, peaked at 37% in 1991 and is now at 28%.
