South Korea

Rank 21 / 49

Presidential Republic·Seoul·51M population·Asia

Civica Index

CI · Q4 2023

79.5/ 100

StrongQuarterly cadence

Rank 21 of 49. Structural index across six weighted dimensions. Updated quarterly.

Civica Pulse

CP · Live

—/ 100

Awaiting eventsDaily cadence

Pulse score not available yet.

Civica Index breakdown · 6 dimensionsweights fixed · source-specific inputs

How the 79.5 is calculated.

Democratic Quality

V-Dem · Liberal Democracy Index

30%

81.6

contributes 24.5 pts

Rule of Law

World Bank WGI

20%

75.2

contributes 15.0 pts

Human Development

UNDP HDI

15%

93.5

contributes 14.0 pts

Freedom & Rights

Freedom House

15%

83.3

contributes 12.5 pts

Corruption Control

Transparency International

10%

65.8

contributes 6.6 pts

Stability & Security

Global Peace Index

10%

69.0

contributes 6.9 pts

History · quarterly CI trend

How the index has moved over time.

Historical CI data is not available yet for this country.

Regional rank

Where South Korea sits against peers.

Global#21 of 49

Asia#3 of 15

Presidential republic#2 of 16

Compare with

+ Japan + Singapore + Indonesia

CapitalSeoul

Population51,486,343

Current quarter2023 Q4

Methodologyv1.0

Government taxonomy

Raw source

presidential republic

Regime type

Presidential democracy · 2025

Structure

Presidential republic · Presidential Republic

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Civica Index for South Korea, 2026-04-22. Civica Atlas. https://civicaatlas.org/civica-index/south-korea