The Venture Capital & Private Equity
Country Attractiveness Index
Alexander Groh, Heinrich Liechtenstein, Karsten Lieser and Markus Biesinger

Korea, South  
Rank: 6 · Score: 83.1  

Basic facts        
Population (millions) 51.6   IPOs and pulic issues (quartile) Top
GDP (US$ billions) 1,670.2   M&A volume (quartile) Top
GDP per capita (US$) 32,351.1   Venture capital investments (quartile) Top
GDP growth (per cent) 1.5   Private equity investments (quartile) Top
 
 
 
Performance Overview
Indicator   Rank / 125 Rank Trend Score
VC/PE Country Attractiveness Index 6 118, 118, 118, 119, 119 83.1
1 Economic Activity 7 119, 120, 113, 117, 118 90.0
2 Depth of Capital Market 6 118, 119, 119, 119, 119 87.0
3 Taxation 58 65, 65, 61, 64, 67 92.0
4 Investor Protection and Corporate Governance 29 101, 98, 96, 96, 96 85.4
5 Human and Social Environment 20 104, 104, 104, 104, 105 50.0
6 Entrepreneurial Opportunities 2 123, 123, 123, 123, 123 98.1


 
Historic performance, 2019-2023   Key driver performance, 2023
 

   
VC/PE Rank  
VC Rank  
PE Rank
Korea, South  
Asia
 
 
 
Peer Group Comparison
 
Regional Peers Economic Activity Depth of Capital Market Taxation Investor Protection and
Corporate Governance
Human and Social
Environment
Entrepreneurial
Opportunites
Japan 94.1 88.1 92.6 94.2 61.4 94.0
Korea, South 90.0 87.0 92.0 85.4 50.0 98.1
Singapore 83.1 72.6 113.7 109.5 64.5 87.7
China 100.8 95.0 91.7 51.0 67.3 89.6
Hong Kong 81.9 63.7 116.3 108.4 57.3 78.1
India 95.3 86.5 80.1 79.4 43.8 69.1
Malaysia 84.1 76.3 93.1 94.8 42.0 72.0
Last updated: 4 Nov 2023