Week 2 - Friday (Blog Assignment Part Two)

South Korea

1. GDP:

$1.116 trillion (as of 2011)

2. GDP Per Capita:

$32,100 (as of 2011); ranked 40 in the world

3. Life Expectancy:

*Overall Average: 80.

*Male: 76.5

*Female: 83.25

4. Poverty Rate (People below poverty line):

15% (with the United States being 12%)

5. Literacy Rate

*Overall: 99.9% (with criteria that age 8 and over can read and write)

6. Unemployment Rate:

*3.2% (as of January 2013)

7. Inflation:

*March 2013 ~ February 2013: -0.19%

Country's Resources

1. Natural Resources:

*List of natural resources: coal, tungsten, graphite, molybdenum, lead, hydropower potential

*a temperate climate with four distinct seasons

*Land use:
65% forests and woodland

19% arable land

10% rivers and lakes

2% permanent crops

1% permanent pastures

13% other

2. Labor:

*Size of labor force: 25.18 million (as of 2012)

3. Capital:

*Main Industries:

Samsung

LG

Hyundai

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