South Korea
Safe drinking water in South Korea
Safe drinking water in South Korea: 97.1% in 2002 and 99.3% in 2022, by WHO/UNICEF estimates.
- Latest, 2022
- 99.3%
- Since 2002
- +2.2 percentage points
- Rank, 2022
- 27 of 135
- counting from the highest
- World, 2022
- 72.9%
% of people · WHO/UNICEF
Every year
% of people · WHO/UNICEF
| Year | South Korea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 99.3 | 72.9 |
| 2021 | 99.2 | 72.5 |
| 2020 | 99.1 | 72.3 |
| 2019 | 99 | 71.7 |
| 2018 | 98.9 | 71 |
| 2017 | 98.8 | 70.4 |
| 2016 | 98.7 | 69.7 |
| 2015 | 98.6 | 69.1 |
| 2014 | 98.4 | 68.4 |
| 2013 | 98.3 | 67.7 |
| 2012 | 98.1 | 67.1 |
| 2011 | 97.9 | 66.4 |
| 2010 | 97.8 | 65.9 |
| 2009 | 97.6 | 65.4 |
| 2008 | 97.4 | 64.9 |
| 2007 | 97.3 | 64.6 |
| 2006 | 97.1 | 64 |
| 2005 | 97.1 | 63.7 |
| 2004 | 97.1 | 63 |
| 2003 | 97.1 | 62.4 |
| 2002 | 97.1 | 61.8 |
| 2001 | – | 61.1 |
| 2000 | – | 60.8 |
Good to know
- The share of people whose drinking water comes from an improved source at home, there when needed and free of contamination.
- Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 135 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending2.6% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$48.9B in 2025
- Military spending per person$924 in 2025
- Military share of state spending10.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel569,000 people in 2020
- National power2% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers2.01% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports222 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports2.02 billion TIV in 2025