Korea's remarkable success and rapid economic growth over the past half century
was possible due to the hard work, responsibility, and adaptability unique to Koreans.
The college education completion rate for young people in Korea, is the highest among OECD countries.
(Sourceㅣ OECD, Education at a glance 2024)

Korea ranked 6th in the world in the 2024 Global Innovation Index released by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), marking its fifth consecutive year in the top 10.
The Global Innovation Index (GII) evaluates and ranks a country’s overall innovation capacity across seven categories.
Notably, Korea has maintained its top position in the Human Capital & Research category for six consecutive years.

he so-called 30-50 club or countries that satisfy the conditions of per capita gross national income surpassing
$30,000 or more and a population of 50 million or more, includes the seven countries of Japan (1992), the United States (1996),
the United Kingdom (2004), Germany (2004), France (2004), Italy (2005), and Korea (2019).

South Korea has an economy of approximately $1.8 trillion, ranking 14th out of 190 countries in the world,
and the World Economic League Table (WELT) 2024 report by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR),
a UK-based think tank, predicts that South Korea will re-enter the top 10 economies in the world by 2028 (Source: IMF 2024).

According to 2022 data from the World Bank,
the total market capitalization of Korea ranks 13th in terms of the global market capitalization.

The Bank of Korea announced that foreign exchange reserves stood at $413.5 billion in August 2024.
This is the ninth-largest holding in the world. (Source: Bank of Korea August 2024)

According to the 2024 Global Attractiveness Index (GAI) recently released by European House Ambrosetti,
Europe's leading think tank in 2024, Korea ranked 9th with 70.8