Healthcare in South Korea

Statistics report about healthcare services in South Korea

Healthcare in South Korea

This report presents statistics on healthcare services in South Korea. It provides a brief global overview of healthcare services, followed by health spending in South Korea, the general infrastructure of the health sector and population's state of health, and the public health insurance system. It also includes selected data on medical tourists traveling to South Korea.

Table of contents

Global overview

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  • Basic Statistic Estimated global per capita health spending 2019 & 2050
  • Premium Statistic Health expenditure as a percentage of GDP in select countries 2023
  • Premium Statistic Per capita health expenditure in selected countries 2022
  • Premium Statistic Countries with the highest life expectancy 2023, by gender

Cost and expenditure

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  • Basic Statistic Health spending as percent of GDP in South Korea 2000-2022
  • Basic Statistic Pharmaceutical spending as share of GDP South Korea 1970-2023
  • Premium Statistic Total medical expenditure South Korea 2012-2022
  • Basic Statistic Spending on health per capita South Korea 2012-2022
  • Basic Statistic Pharmaceutical spending per capita in South Korea 2000-2023

Infrastructure

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  • Premium Statistic Number of healthcare providers South Korea 2000-2022
  • Basic Statistic Number of hospital beds per 1,000 inhabitants South Korea 2010-2021
  • Basic Statistic Number of doctors per 1,000 inhabitants in South Korea 2000-2021
  • Basic Statistic Number of nurses per 1,000 inhabitants in South Korea 2002-2021

State of health

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  • Basic Statistic Life expectancy at birth South Korea 1970-2022
  • Premium Statistic Obesity rate in South Korea 2008-2022
  • Premium Statistic Death rate South Korea 1970-2023
  • Premium Statistic Five-year survival rate for cancer South Korea 1995-2021
  • Premium Statistic Medical care institution visits per person South Korea 2012-2022

Public health insurance system

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  • Premium Statistic National health insurance total revenue South Korea 2011-2022
  • Premium Statistic National health insurance total expenditure South Korea 2011-2022
  • Premium Statistic National health insurance benefits paid South Korea 2011-2022
  • Premium Statistic National Health Insurance contribution per capita South Korea 2010-2022
  • Premium Statistic National Health Insurance benefits per capita South Korea 2010-2022

Foreign patients

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  • Premium Statistic Medical tourists in South Korea in 2023, by country of origin
  • Premium Statistic Distribution of medical tourists in South Korea in 2023, by department
  • Premium Statistic Number of foreign patients at internal medicine department South Korea 2012-2023
  • Premium Statistic Foreign plastic surgery patient number South Korea 2009-2023
  • Premium Statistic Foreign dermatology patient number South Korea 2012-2023
  • Premium Statistic Foreign health checkup patient number South Korea 2012-2023

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