Korea, a Global ICT Leader
According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and
the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Korea has excellent ICT infrastructure and boasts
one of the world’s highest percentage of households with access to the Internet. Korea is also a global
leader in the ICT field leading the world in terms of high-speed internet penetration rate.
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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
※ Households with Broadband Internet Access at Home (2022) - [Source : OECD (2022)]
※ ICT Infrastructure (2022) - [Source : WIPO “The Global Innovation Index 2022”]
※ ICT Exports (2021) - [Source : UNCTAD]
※ ICT Infrastructure (2022) - [Source : WIPO “The Global Innovation Index 2022”]
※ ICT Exports (2021) - [Source : UNCTAD]
Excellent Mobile Environment
Korea also has an excellent mobile environment. It tops the world in the
percentage of households with access to mobile Internet at 99.98%. Mobile Internet makes business and
life easy in Korea with its mobile Internet speed and 5G penetration rate ranked second and third in the
world.
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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
※ Rate of Households with Access to Mobile Internet - [Source : OECD (2021) ]
※ Mobile Internet Speed - [Source : Kepios (Jan. 2022)]
※ Social Media Usage Rate - [Source : Kepios (Jan. 2022)]
※ 5G Penetration Rate - [Source : ookla (Q3 2021)]
※ 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
Korea ranked third in the UN E-Government Survey’s e-participation index. Being highly recognized for
its outstanding quality, Korea’s e-government system has been exported to many countries around the
world. The excellence of Korea’s e-government demonstrates the government’s commitment to digitalization
as well as the strength of the country’s digital infrastructure.
- 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
※ Source : The United Nations (UN) (2022)
Korea Topped the World Bank Index for Digital Transformation of Public Sector in 2022
Korea topped the GovTech Maturity Index (GMI) of the World Bank in 2022. A country's GMI is based on the
scores of the four indexes including the development of GovTech, public service delivery, and public
engagement. Korea ranked first in two categories and second in the other two categories to top the
overall rankings. Through the outstanding result of this evaluation, Korea plans to share the digital
government experience with the international community.
Digital Transformation of Public Sector (World Bank’s GovTech Maturity Index 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