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Korea, a Global ICT Leader

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Households with Broadband Internet Access at Home (2022)
- 1st Korea 99.96%
- 2nd Norway 99.01%
- 3rd Netherlands 98.28%
- 4th Luxembourg 97.64%
- 5th Finland 97.59%
- 6th Spain 96.08%
- 7th Denmark 95.16%
- 8th Belgium 94.44%
- 9th Sweden 94.33%
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High-Speed Internet Penetration Rate (2022) *Based on fiber-optic cable
- 1st Korea 87.31%
- 2nd Japan 83.99%
- 3rd Spain 81.22%
- 4th Sweden 79.56%
- 11th Finland 61.73%
- 14th France 51.36%
- 28th Canada 25.94%
- 29th Australia 23.97%
- 32th US 19.89%
- 35th UK 8.60%
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ICT Infrastructure (2022)
- 1st Korea
- 2nd UK
- 3rd Denmark
- 5th Finland
- 6th Singapore
- 7th US
- 13th UAE
- 14th Japan
- 18th France
- 20th China
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ICT Exports (2021)
- China 857.5
- Hong Kong 410.5
- Taiwan 230.4
- Korea $188.0 B
- US 158.9
- Singapore 158.8
- Malaysia 96.3
- Germany 82.1
- Mexico 71
- Japan 65.2

※ ICT Infrastructure (2022) - [Source : WIPO “The Global Innovation Index 2022”]
※ ICT Exports (2021) - [Source : UNCTAD]
Excellent Mobile Environment

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Rate of Households with Access to Mobile Internet
- 1st Korea 99.98%
- 2nd Finland 92.8%
- 3rd Slovenia 92.3%
- 5th Spain 83.9%
- 6th Switzerland 77.7%
- 7th Estonia 75.2%
- 8th US 72.0%
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Mobile Internet Speed
- 1st UAE 136.4
- 2nd Korea 105.0Mbps
- 3rd China 96.8
- 4th Netherlands 94.9
- 5th 사우디 91.1
- 6th Denmark 81.6
- 7th US 53.3
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Social Media Usage Rate
- 1st UAE 106.1
- 2nd Malaysia 91.7
- 3rd Korea 91.2%
- 4th Sweden 90.7
- 16th UK 84.3
- 25th Japan 81.1
- 26th US 80.9
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5G Penetration Rate
- 1st US 49.2
- 2nd Netherlands 45.1
- 3rd Korea 43.8%
- 6th Hong Kong 33.1
- 17th China 20.1
- 31th Japan 7.6

※ Mobile Internet Speed - [Source : Kepios (Jan. 2022)]
※ Social Media Usage Rate - [Source : Kepios (Jan. 2022)]
※ 5G Penetration Rate - [Source : ookla (Q3 2021)]
Korea’s E-Government Exported Around the World


- E-Government Development Index (2022)
- 1st Denmark
- 2nd Finland
- 3rd Korea
- 7th Australia
- 10th US
- 11th UK
- 12th Singapore
- 13th UAE
- 14th Japan
- 22th Germany
- 32th Canada
- 43th China
- Online Participation Index (2022)
- 1st Japan
- 2nd Australia
- 3rd Singapore
- 6th Finland
- 6th UK
- 9th Korea
- 10th US
- 13th China
- 14th Canada
- 32th Germany

Korea Topped the World Bank Index for Digital Transformation of Public Sector in 2022


“Gov Tech Maturity Index” - Maturity evaluation by state of GovTech, a next-generation digital government defined by the World Bank
- Core Government Systems Index (CGSI) 1st
- Supporting core government system 1st
- Public Service Delivery Index (PSDI) 2nd
- Citizen Engagement Index (CEI) 2nd
