Korea, Rep. vs Spain

Korea, Rep.
East Asia & Pacific
High income
Capital: Seoul
Population
51.8M
GDP
$1.9T
Spain
Europe & Central Asia
High income
Capital: Madrid
Population
48.8M
GDP
$1.7T

POP 1.1x GDP 1.1x LE 0.3 yrs same-band HIC

Widest indicator spreads · Korea, Rep. vs Spain

PPP Conversion Factor (G…99.9%Population Growth Rate92.7%Population Density81.7%Renewable Energy Consump…81.1%Unemployment Rate75.6%Foreign Direct Investment64.4%CO2 Emissions Per Capita60.3%Poverty (< $2.15/day)60%
TIGHT pair: headers nearly match, so the chart is PPP Conversion Factor (GDP) rather than GDP scale.

Demographics: Population Growth Rate (Spain, 93% spread)

Indicator Korea, Rep. Spain Year
Population Growth Rate 0.1% 1.0% 2024
Population Density 529.8 96.8 2023
Fertility Rate 0.7 1.1 2023
Population Ages 0-14 10.6% 12.9% 2024

3 closer demographics rows sit on the Korea, Rep. and Spain profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Economy: Unemployment Rate (Korea, Rep., 76% spread)

Indicator Korea, Rep. Spain Year
Unemployment Rate 2.8% 11.4% 2024
Foreign Direct Investment $15.2B $42.8B 2024
Government Debt (% of GDP) 47.8% 105.6% 2024
GDP Growth Rate 2.0% 3.5% 2024

5 closer economy rows sit on the Korea, Rep. and Spain profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Health: Physicians (per 1,000 people) (Spain, 39% spread)

Indicator Korea, Rep. Spain Year
Physicians (per 1,000 people) 2.6 4.3 2022
Maternal Mortality Ratio 4 3 2023

5 closer health rows sit on the Korea, Rep. and Spain profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Education: Education Expenditure (% of GDP) (Korea, Rep., 21% spread)

Indicator Korea, Rep. Spain Year
Education Expenditure (% of GDP) 5.8% 4.6% 2022
School Enrollment (Secondary) 96.3% 118.5% 2024
School Enrollment (Tertiary) 111.9% 93.8% 2024

3 closer education rows sit on the Korea, Rep. and Spain profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Environment: Renewable Energy Consumption (Spain, 81% spread)

Indicator Korea, Rep. Spain Year
Renewable Energy Consumption 3.6% 19.0% 2021
CO2 Emissions Per Capita 11.4 4.5 2024
Electric Power Consumption 11,350 5,196 2024
Freshwater Withdrawal 45.0% 26.1% 2022

1 closer environment rows sit on the Korea, Rep. and Spain profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Infrastructure: Mobile Subscriptions (Korea, Rep., 24% spread)

Indicator Korea, Rep. Spain Year
Mobile Subscriptions 172.5 130.3 2024

4 closer infrastructure rows sit on the Korea, Rep. and Spain profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Social: Poverty (< $2.15/day) (Korea, Rep., 60% spread)

Indicator Korea, Rep. Spain Year
Poverty (< $2.15/day) 0.2% 0.8% 2021
Net Migration 76K 111.7K 2024
Intentional Homicides 0.5 0.7 2023

3 closer social rows sit on the Korea, Rep. and Spain profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Labor & Wages: PPP Conversion Factor (GDP) (Korea, Rep., 100% spread)

Indicator Korea, Rep. Spain Year
PPP Conversion Factor (GDP) 809.3 0.6 2024

2 closer labor & wages rows sit on the Korea, Rep. and Spain profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

How to read this Korea, Rep. vs Spain comparison

Korea, Rep. vs Spain is a TIGHT pair on population/GDP scale (same-band HIC: HIC/HIC). Look past the near-parity headers to PPP Conversion Factor (GDP) (~100% spread); 48 WDI/WHO/ILO figures across 8 topics. Shared income tier makes small rate gaps more informative than totals. Figures may come from different reporting years; dollar values move with exchange rates; national averages conceal inequality. See our methodology.

Other curated pairs · TIGHT band

Indexable comparisons only (Module 42). Full picker with every country lives on /compare, not duplicated under every pair.

Korea, Rep. vs Spain figures: World Bank Open Data and health rows: WHO Global Health Observatory. CC BY 4.0 · same-band HIC · TIGHT scale band.