South Korea In-depth PESTLE Insights

This PESTLE country analysis report on South Korea provides a holistic view of the country, with insightful analysis of current and future issues, supplemented with relevant quantitative data to support trend analysis.

Synopsis

– Understand the political system in South Korea through analysis of key figures in the country and governance indicators.

– Understand the economic situation in South Korea through a balanced assessment of core macroeconomic issues.

– Understand customer demographics in South Korea through analysis of income distribution and the rural-urban split, as well as healthcare and education.

– Understand the technological landscape in South Korea through analysis of relevant laws and policies, as well as patents data.

– Understand the legal landscape in South Korea through analysis of the judicial system as well as performance of the legal indicators

– Understand the environmental landscape in South Korea through analysis of the environmental regulations and the performance of the environmental indicators

Scope

– The political landscape section discusses the evolution of the political scenario in South Korea, as well as the country's economic, social, foreign, and defense policies. The section also discusses the country's performance according to World Bank Governance Indicators.

– The economic landscape section outlines the evolution of South Korea 's economy, as well as the country's performance in terms of GDP growth, composition by sector (agriculture, industry, and services), fiscal situation, international investment position, monetary situation, credit disbursement, banking sector, and employment."

– The social landscape section analyzes the government's social welfare policies, as well as the country's performance in terms of healthcare, income distribution, and education.

Reasons to buy

- What is the outlook in South Korea in terms of political stability, policies towards business, and the popularity of the government?

- How does South Korea perform in terms of GDP growth, its fiscal situation, international investment position, monetary situation, and employment?

- How does South Korea perform in terms of healthcare, income distribution, and education?

- How does South Korea perform in terms of technology-intensive sectors like IT, life sciences, and R&D expenditure trends?

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Overview

Catalyst

Summary

Key findings

PESTLE highlights

Key macroeconomic updates

Key economic updates

Key fundamentals

Key Facts and Geographic Location

Key facts

Geographic location

PESTLE Analysis

Summary

Political analysis

Overview

Current strengths

Current challenges

Future prospects

Future risks

Economic analysis

Overview

Current strengths

Current challenges

Future prospects

Future risks

Social analysis

Overview

Current strengths

Current challenges

Future prospects

Future risks

Technological analysis

Overview

Current strengths

Current challenges

Future prospects

Future risks

Legal analysis

Overview

Current strengths

Current challenges

Future prospects

Future risks

Environmental analysis

Overview

Current strengths

Current challenges

Future prospects

Future risks

Political Landscape

Summary

Evolution

Structure and policies

Key political figures

Structure of government

Composition of government

Key policies

Performance

Governance indicators

Outlook

Economic Landscape

Summary

Evolution

1945–90

1990–97

1997–2022

Structure and policies

Financial authorities and regulators

Performance

GDP and GDP growth rate

GDP composition by sector

Agriculture

Industry

Fiscal situation

International trade

Government debt

Current account

International investment position

Monetary situation

Employment

Outlook

Social Landscape

Summary

Evolution

Structure and policies

Demographic composition

Healthcare

Education

Performance

Healthcare

Education

Outlook

Technological Landscape

Summary

Evolution

Structure and policies

Performance

Mobile and internet users

Outlook

Legal Landscape

Summary

Evolution

Structure and policies

Judicial system

Tax regulations

Performance

Effectiveness of legal system

Outlook

Environmental Landscape

Summary

Evolution

Structure and policies

Performance

Environmental impact

Outlook

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List of Tables

List of Tables

Table 1: Key fundamentals, 2021–28f

Table 2: Key facts, 2024

Table 3: Analysis of political landscape

Table 4: Analysis of economic landscape

Table 5: Analysis of social landscape

Table 6: Analysis of technological landscape

Table 7: Analysis of legal landscape

Table 8: Analysis of environmental landscape

Table 9: Population by gender (as a percentage of total population), 2023e

List of Figures

List of Figures

Figure 1: Key economic indicators trend

Figure 2: Map of South Korea, 2024

Figure 3: Household debt (% of net disposable income), 2022

Figure 4: South Korea’s export destinations share as % of total exports, 2022

Figure 5: South Korea’s general government gross debt, 2019–28f

Figure 6: Tertiary education attainment (population aged 25–64), 2022

Figure 7: Old-age dependency ratio, 2050

Figure 8: High-technology exports (percentage of manufactured exports), 2022

Figure 9: FDI regulatory restrictiveness index, 2020

Figure 10: Timeline of key political events

Figure 11: Key political figure

Figure 12: National Assembly (distribution of seats), April 2020

Figure 13: Historical GDP growth rate, 2013–23e

Figure 14: Real GDP and GDP growth rate, 2018–23f

Figure 15: GDP composition by sector, 2023e

Figure 16: Agricultural output, 2019–24f

Figure 17: Industrial output, 2019–24f

Figure 18: Services output, 2019–24f

Figure 19: Growth in volume of exports and imports, 2019–28f

Figure 20: Consumer price index and inflation rate, 2019–28f

Figure 21: Unemployment rate, 2019–28f

Figure 22: Major religions, 2015 est.

Figure 23: Government expenditure on healthcare, 2019–28f

Figure 24: Government expenditure on education, 2019–28f

Figure 25: Internet users, 2019–24f

Figure 26: CO2 emissions, 2012–22

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