Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in South Korea instead of Andorra, you would:

Health

be 51.1% less likely to be obese

In Andorra, 17.1% of adults are obese as of 2024. In South Korea, that number is 8.4% of people as of 2024.

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have 12.7% more access to essential health services

Andorra scores 79 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. South Korea scores 89 as of 2021.

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have 48.5% fewer doctors per person

Andorra has 50.7 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2023. South Korea has 26.1 as of 2022.

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Economy

make 33.3% less money

Andorra has a GDP per capita of $54,292 as of 2025, while in South Korea, the GDP per capita is $36,227 as of 2025.

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Life

be 63.6% less likely to die during childbirth

In Andorra, approximately 11.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In South Korea, 4.0 women do as of 2023.

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have 31.4% fewer children

In Andorra, there are approximately 6.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In South Korea, there are 4.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 2.8 times more on education

Andorra spends 1.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. South Korea spends 5.4% of total GDP on education as of 2022.

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spend 12.7% more on healthcare

Andorra spends 7.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In South Korea, that number is 8.7% of GDP as of 2024.

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Safety

be 81.4% less likely to be murdered

Andorra has a homicide rate of 2.6 per 100,000 people as of 2020. In South Korea, that number is 0.5 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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be 2.8 times more likely to die in a road accident

In Andorra, road accidents kill 2.5 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In South Korea, they kill 6.9 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Sources: World Bank (2020–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2021), World Health Organization (2024). How we calculate this

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Moving from Andorra to South Korea · OECD 2021
1 people moved from Andorra to South Korea.
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South Korea: At a glance

South Korea (sometimes abbreviated ROK) is a sovereign country in East/Southeast Asia, with a total land area of approximately 96,920 sq km. An independent kingdom for much of its long history, Korea was occupied by Japan beginning in 1905 following the Russo-Japanese War. In 1910, Tokyo formally annexed the entire Peninsula. Korea regained its independence following Japan's surrender to the United States in 1945. After World War II, a democratic-based government (Republic of Korea, ROK) was set up in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula while a communist-style government was installed in the north (Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DPRK). During the Korean War (1950-53), US troops and UN forces fought alongside ROK soldiers to defend South Korea from a DPRK invasion supported by China and the Soviet Union. A 1953 armistice split the peninsula along a demilitarized zone at about the 38th parallel. PARK Chung-hee took over leadership of the country in a 1961 coup. During his regime, from 1961 to 1979, South Korea achieved rapid economic growth, with per capita income rising to roughly 17 times the level of North Korea. South Korea held its first free presidential election under a revised democratic constitution in 1987, with former ROK Army general ROH Tae-woo winning a close race. In 1993, KIM Young-sam (1993-98) became the first civilian president of South Korea's new democratic era. President KIM Dae-jung (1998-2003) won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2000 for his contributions to South Korean democracy and his "Sunshine" policy of engagement with North Korea. President PARK Geun-hye, daughter of former ROK President PARK Chung-hee, took office in February 2013 and is South Korea's first female leader. South Korea holds a non-permanent seat (2013-14) on the UN Security Council and will host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. Serious tensions with North Korea have punctuated inter-Korean relations in recent years, including the North's attacks on a South Korean ship and island in 2010, nuclear and missile tests, and its temporary closure of the inter-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex in 2013.
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