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Country

South Korea

Scores
65.8/100
Overall
54.4/100
Governance and accountability
73.3/100
Prevention
50.0/100
Healing
72.9/100
Justice

East Asia & the Pacific

2nd

Overall

6th

Governance and accountability

2nd

Prevention

7th

Healing

3rd

Justice

Shared rank — one or more countries have the same score.

G20

9th

Overall

10th

Governance and accountability

3rd

Prevention

14th

Healing

10th

Justice

Shared rank — one or more countries have the same score.

Background indicators
GDP per capita
33121.37
Gini coefficient
32.9
Rule of Law Index
0.74
Gender Inequality Index (GII)
0.04
Women in parliament
20.3
Gender gap in educational attainment
0.98
LGBTQ Equality Index
50.0
Birth registration
100.0
Internet penetration rate
97.9
Online child sexual abuse
3.3
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2nd
within East Asia and the Pacific
out of 16 countries
9th
in its upper income classification
out of 14 countries
7
million children in South Korea
epresents 1.4% of the of the region's total population under the age of 18.

Only six countries, including El Salvador and South Korea, have fully defined and banned online grooming of children for sexual purposes with or without the intention to meet.

This country’s score places it in the top third of those assessed in the Index

This high-ranking indicates ongoing and significant effort in establishing laws, policies, services, and accountability mechanisms to prevent and respond to sexual violence against children and adolescents. This country proves that strong systems and political commitment can drive meaningful impact.

Ongoing commitments in prevention, survivor-centered healing, and justice reform will be critical to sustain progress and ensure that protections reach every child.

The scoring provides a roadmap for further action. 

The Index evaluates countries against 23 indicators covering the foundational laws, policies, programs, and services governments should have in place to end sexual violence against children and adolescents. 

By using these indicators as a step-by-step guide, countries can make meaningful progress toward eliminating sexual violence in their country and improving their ranking in the next Index cycle.

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Third Richest Nation

www.bravemovement.org/campaigns/third-richest-nation

A world without childhood violence would be $7 trillion richer. This nation isn’t real. Its wealth could be. Brave Movement's survivor-led advocacy campaign at the G20 in 2025 pressured decision makers to invest in prevention, healing and justice to create stronger, happier nations.

#BeBrave G7 Scorecard 2025

www.bravemovement.org/g7

By evaluating each G7 nation’s progress on vital policy measures we're drawing global attention to the global, silent pandemic of sexual violence against children. This is a crisis that undermines the G7's commitment to building secure, prosperous, and equitable societies. Kids need bold leadership and decisive action now to be safe and thrive.

Break the record

www.togetherforgirls.org/en/press/a-record-breaking-event-now-governments-must-deliver

We broke the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ for the most countries represented at a childhood violence summit! With 120 governments attending, this first ever Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children was the largest organized event to address this issue on a global scale. Most importantly, as a result, we also broke the world’s record of inaction against childhood sexual violence.