Russia vs South Korea

Russia vs South Korea: National power

National power in 2022: 3.82% of world capability in Russia and 2% of world capability in South Korea, by Correlates of War estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Russia, by 1.82 percentage points, or 1.91 times that in South Korea.

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% of world capability · Correlates of War

Russia vs South Korea: National powerNational power in 2022: 3.82% of world capability in Russia and 2% of world capability in South Korea, by Correlates of War estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Russia, by 1.82 percentage points, or 1.91 times that in South Korea.
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What the numbers say

  • Russia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1992.
  • In 2022, Russia ranked 4 and South Korea ranked 8 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of world capability · Correlates of War

YearRussiaSouth Korea
20223.822
20213.492.11
20203.412.11
20193.462.19
20183.582.26
20173.582.3
20163.652.33
20153.682.35
20143.922.33
20133.92.27
20123.962.32
20113.982.33
20103.912.24
20093.922.2
20084.092.25
20074.12.3
20064.112.32
20054.072.34
20044.762.32
20034.972.35
20024.962.42
20015.352.32
20005.142.34
19995.142.34
19985.122.31
19975.592.46
19965.912.43
19956.292.4
19946.72.32
19935.82.31
19926.722.2
1991–2.06
1990–1.79
1989–1.79
1988–1.65
1987–1.59
1986–1.55
1985–1.54
1984–1.53
1983–1.52
1982–1.53
1981–1.47
1980–1.39
1979–1.2
1978–1.11
1977–1.09
1976–1.05
1975–1.02
1974–1
1973–1
1972–0.97
1971–0.94
1970–0.91
1969–0.87
1968–0.86
1967–0.85
1966–0.84
1965–0.91
1964–0.89
1963–0.92
1962–0.91
1961–0.89
1960–0.93
1959–0.94
1958–0.93
1957–0.91
1956–0.89
1955–0.93
1954–0.85
1953–0.76
1952–0.62
1951–0.54
1950–0.47
1949–0.44
192214.44–
192114.85–
192010.32–
19196.31–
19183.74–

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • The Correlates of War’s Composite Index of National Capability: the country’s share of the world’s military spending, soldiers, iron and steel, energy use, people and city dwellers, averaged.
  • Source: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
  • Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.

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