Government at a Glance 2013 Country Fact Sheet Strategic Governance Women in Government Public Finance & Economics Public Procurement Budget Practices & Procedures Open and Inclusive Government Public Employment & Pay Serving Citizens Did you know? Average of OECD countries in green Country value in blue (not represented if not available) Range of OECD country values in grey www.oecd.org/gov/govataglance How to read the figures: OECD Values have been rounded Trust in government Fiscal sustainability Public sector efficiency Impact of the tax system and grants on reducing income inequality % of citizens who have confidence in their national government (2007 & 2012) Education: performance in PISA reading scores and expenditure per student (aged 6 to 15) in USD PPP (2009) Source: Gallup World Poll Source: OECD Education at a Glance 2012 Source: OECD Income Distribution Database Source: OECD Economic Outlook No. 93 (May 2013) Total consolidation requirements between 2012 and 2030 in order to reduce government debt to 60% of GDP Differences in income inequality before and after tax and government transfers (2010) Strategic Governance 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 Gini Coefficient Gini Coefficient Higher inequality Higher inequality Lower inequality Lower inequality Before After Before After OECD 0.47 0.31 taxes and transfers 0.31 0.34 taxes and transfers Korea 0 5 10 15 % of potential GDP 3.0% OECD Note: In Korea, no consolidation is needed to achieve the 60% debt-to-GDP ratio by 2030. 0.0% Korea Expenditure per student aged 6 to 15 (USD PPP) PISA Reading Score 0 50 000 100 000 150 000 200 000 400 450 500 550 Higher score Lower score OECD PISA Reading Expenditure 495 USD 83 500 539 USD 73 900 Korea Korea With 13.1%, Korea is the OECD country that allocates the lowest share of government expenditures towards social protection. Korea has the second smallest government across the OECD, with government expenditures representing 30.2% of GDP in 2011. Korea received among the highest scores on both the OECD index on the use of performance budgeting practices (0.66) and on the OECD index on asset disclosure across all branches of government (0.86). Percentage point change 2007-2012 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 % 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 % 45 40 2007 2012 -5 OECD -1 2007 2012 23 24 Korea Korea
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Country fact sheet showing indicators on strategic governance, women in government, public finance & economics, public procurement, budget practices & procedures, open and inclusive government, public employment & pay, and serving citizens. More information is available from the OECD publication Government at a Glance 2013. http://www.oecd.org/gov/govataglance.htm
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Government at a Glance 2013
Country Fact Sheet
Strategic Governance
Women in Government
Public Finance & Economics
Public Procurement
Budget Practices & Procedures
Open and Inclusive Government
Public Employment & Pay
Serving Citizens
Did you know?
Average of OECD countries in green
Country value in blue (not represented if not available)
Range of OECD country values in grey
www.oecd.org/gov/govataglance
How to read the figures: OECDValues have
been rounded
Trust in government
Fiscal sustainability
Public sector efficiency
Impact of the tax system and grants on reducing income inequality% of citizens who have confi dence in their national government (2007 & 2012)
Education: performance in PISA reading scores and expenditure per student (aged 6 to 15) in USD PPP (2009)
Source: Gallup World Poll
Source: OECD Education at a Glance 2012
Source: OECD Income Distribution Database
Source: OECD Economic Outlook No. 93 (May 2013)
Total consolidation requirements between 2012 and 2030 in order to reduce government debt to 60% of GDP
Differences in income inequality before and after tax and government transfers (2010)
Strategic Governance
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6Gini Coefficient Gini Coefficient
Higherinequality
Higherinequality
Lowerinequality
Lowerinequality
Before After Before After
OECD
0.47
0.31taxes and transfers
0.310.34taxes and tra
nsfers
Korea
0
5
10
15
% of potential GDP
3.0%OECD
Note: In Korea, no consolidation is needed to achieve the 60% debt-to-GDP ratio by 2030.
0.0%Korea
Expenditure per student aged 6 to 15 (USD PPP)
PISA Reading Score
0 50 000 100 000 150 000 200 000400
450
500
550Higherscore
Lowerscore
OECD
PISAReading
Expenditure
495 USD 83 500
539 USD 73 900Korea
Korea
With 13.1%, Korea is the OECD country that allocates the lowest share of government
expenditures towards social protection.
Korea has the second smallest government across the OECD, with government expenditures
representing 30.2% of GDP in 2011.
Korea received among the highest scores on both the OECD index on the use of performance budgeting practices (0.66) and on the OECD index on asset disclosure across all branches
Open and Inclusive GovernmentAsset disclosure: Level of disclosure of private interests
and public availability of information (2012)
Source: OECD 2012 Survey on Confl ict of Interest Disclosure
Serving Citizens: quality of public services
out of pocket expenditure as a % of fi nal household consumption
Access to medical care (2011) Citizen take-up of e-government services (2012)% of individuals using the internet to interact with public authorities
Satisfaction and confidence across public services (2012)% of citizens expressing confi dence/satisfaction
Source: OECD Health Statistics 2013 Source: Eurostat and OECD
Source: World Gallup Poll
Government at a Glance 2013With a focus on public administration, OECD Government at a Glance 2013 provides readers with a dashboard of key indicators assembled with the
goal of contributing to the analysis and international comparison of public sector performance across OECD countries. Indicators on public finances
and employment are provided alongside composite indexes summarising aspects of public management policies, and indicators on service quality
in education, health, taxation and justice. Government at a Glance 2013 also includes indicators on key governance and public management
issues, such as strategice governance, budgeting, compensation in the public service, public procurement and open government.
www.oecd.org/gov/govataglance.htm
http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/gov_glance-2013-en
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