Korea and Spain are both developed countries recognized by the United Nations . The two countries have similar economies and different characteristics. Let’s analyze from several angles which is stronger in overall strength, as follows:
. Comparison of land area and population
Korea (Korea), full name Republic of Korea , abbreviated as South Korea. Founded on August 15, 1948, it is a republic located in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. Its country name comes from the tribe of the three Korean tribes (Chen, Mahan, and Byehan) in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. The English name Korea originated from the ancient name "Goryeo". South Korea's executive capital is Sejong . The presidential palace and parliament are still in Seoul. South Korea has become a country with two capitals. South Korea has a land area of about 100,000 square kilometers and a population of about 51.63 million (2018).
South Korea is the only developed country in the next 11th century (Goldman Sachs Bank once released a report on December 12, 2005, with growth potential second only to 11 emerging markets in the BRICS countries, including Pakistan, Egypt, Indonesia , Iran , South Korea, the Philippines, Mexico, Bangladesh, Nigeria , Turkey , Vietnam).
Spain: Spain is a constitutional monarchy located in southwestern Europe. Located at the junction of Europe and Africa, it is adjacent to Portugal on the Iberian Peninsula to the west, the Bay of Biscay in the north, France and Andorra in the northeast, and the Strait of Gibraltar in the south, and the territory also includes the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean , Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, Ceuta and Mellilla in Africa. Spain is a mountainous country with a total area of 505,925 square kilometers and a coastline of about 7,800 kilometers. Spain has a population of 46.72 million (2018).
In modern history, Spain is an important cultural birthplace. It was the most powerful country in Europe during the Renaissance. It became the empire that influenced the world from the mid-15th century to the late 16th century. Today, 500 million people in the world use Spanish , making it the third most spoken language in the world.
Comment: Spain's land area is much larger than that of South Korea, about 5 times that of South Korea; in terms of population, South Korea's population is about 4.91 million more than Spain.
2. Comparison of the total economic output of South Korea and Spain
1)GDP, according to IMF data, South Korea achieved a total economic output (GDP) of US$1.65 trillion in 2020, making it the 12th largest economy in the world; while Spain's total economic output in 2020 was US$1.39 trillion, making it the 14th largest economy in the world.
2) Per capita GDP: South Korea's per capita GDP in 2020 was US$31,479, ranking 27th in the world, surpassing Italy's US$31,288; while Spain's per capita GDP was US$27,132, ranking 33rd in the world.
3) The per capita national income of South Korea is US$31,755; the per capita national income of Spain is US$30,330.
Comments: South Korea's total economic output exceeds Spain about US$260 billion; South Korea's per capita GDP is US$4,347 more than Spain; South Korea's per capita gross national income is US$1,425 more than Spain. Through comparison, it can be seen that South Korea creates much stronger economic output, per capita GDP, and per capita national income, and its overall economic strength exceeds Spain. It is worth mentioning that South Korea's total economic output exceeds that of many major European developed countries: such as Spain, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Turkey, Belgium, Sweden , Austria , Norway, Denmark, Ireland, etc. South Korea's per capita GDP exceeds Europe: such as Italy, Spain, Cyprus , Czech , Portugal, Greece , Hungary, etc.
3. Comparison of natural resources between South Korea and Spain
1) South Korea has relatively few mineral resources, and there are more than 280 minerals discovered, of which about 50 have economic value. Minerals with exploitation value include iron, anthracite, lead, zinc, tungsten, etc., but the reserves are not large. Due to the scarcity of natural resources in South Korea, major industrial raw materials are dependent on imports.Based on this, South Korea's economy is an outward-oriented economy, and international trade accounts for a very large proportion of South Korea's GDP. It was once the seventh largest exporter and the seventh largest importer in the world.
2) Spain ranks second in the world in terms of output and export of cork. The main mineral reserves in Spain are: 8.8 billion tons of coal, 1.9 billion tons of iron, 500 million tons of pyrite, 4 million tons of copper, 1.9 million tons of zinc, and 700,000 tons of mercury. The total forest area is 15 million hectares . The forest coverage rate is 30%,
Comments: In terms of natural resources, it can be said that South Korea and Spain are both countries with scarce resources, especially Western European countries, which basically belong to this type. If you have to be more specific, Spain is relatively better.
4. Comprehensive comparison of South Korea and Spain's economy
1) South Korea's economy: South Korea is a major economy in the world with a member of the G20 countries, and South Korea is a developed OECD country with a complete market economic system. South Korea is one of the four famous Asian dragons, and the economic prosperity it creates is called " Hanjiang Miracle ".
South Korean large enterprise groups occupy a very important position in the South Korean economy. For example, the output value created by the famous Samsung , Hyundai Auto , SK, LG and KT ( Korean telecommunications company ) once accounted for more than 60% of GDP. In the agricultural field, South Korea's agricultural resources are very scarce, with the existing arable land area of 1,835.6,000 hectares of (18.4% are agricultural arable land), making it one of the countries with the smallest per capita arable land area in the world. It is worth mentioning that most Korean agricultural products rely on foreign imports. Except for rice and potatoes that can be basically self-sufficiency, 85% of other grains need to be imported, more than 60% of beef, fish and shellfish, and 20% of fruit, poultry and milk need to be imported from abroad, and only sugar and eggs can be completely self-sufficiency. The South Korean government has always adopted protection and support policies for agriculture, such as agricultural subsidies account for 4.7% of South Korea's GDP, ranking among the top in the world.
In the field of heavy industry, South Korea is a world-renowned shipbuilding power and has long been the world's largest shipbuilding power. South Korea holds seven seats in the top ten shipyards in the world, such as the famous Hyundai Heavy Industry, Samsung Heavy Industry , Daewoo Shipbuilding and Ocean Co., Ltd. and STX Shipbuilding and Ocean were once the top four shipyards in the world. South Korea has significant advantages in building high value-added ships, especially. In terms of marine exploration ships, Samsung Heavy Industry occupies the leading position, accounting for 60% of the world market; Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Co., Ltd. is the main producer of large oil tankers in the world. According to statistics, about 10% of the world's large oil tankers are produced by Daewoo. As early as 2007, South Korea built the first Aegis destroyer "Sejong-class destroyer", making South Korea the fifth country in the world to own Aegis destroyer after the United States, Japan, Spain and Norway.
In the electronic field, South Korea is a world's leading electronic products, especially flat display devices and mobile phones such as memory, LCD display, plasma display, , etc., which have a high position in the global market. It has world-renowned electronics giants Samsung, LG, SK, etc., among which Samsung was once the world's largest information technology company.
2) Spanish Economy: Spain is a middle-developed capitalist industrial country in Europe, with a fifth largest economic output in the EU. Spain's agricultural area covers 13.8% of its land area, ranking second in the EU. Its crops are planted in a wide variety, the main crops include: barley, rice, wheat, corn, acid fruit , grapes, olive , citrus, etc. Spain's pork and mutton production ranks second in the EU, and its fishing production once ranked first in the EU. Spain was once the third largest wine producer in the world, the largest producer and exporter of olive oil, and citrus production and sales ranks among the forefront of the world. The automobile industry is one of Spain's pillar industries, and the world's six largest automobile multinational groups have factories in Spain. There are 35 shipyards and 16 ship repair plants in Spain, including 250 supporting plants. Spain's Izar Group was once the ninth largest shipbuilding group in the world, accounting for 80% of Spain's shipbuilding production.
Spain's service industry is very developed, including culture and education, health, commerce, tourism, social insurance, transportation, finance, etc., especially the tourism and finance industries. Spain's tourism industry is world-renowned, with the world's tourism competitiveness, and the number of tourists and income in the world once ranked second in the world. Spain's tourism industry contributed 11% of its GDP and created 16% of its jobs. Catalonia is the autonomous region that attracts the most foreign tourists. Its famous tourist attractions include Madrid , Barcelona, Sevilla , Toledo, etc. United Nations World Tourism Organization is headquartered in Madrid.
Comments : South Korea and Spain have their own characteristics in their economic structures, and South Korea's prominent industries are electronics, automobiles and shipbuilding. Spain's service and tourism industry rank among the top. In terms of economic strength, South Korea is stronger.
5. South Korea and Spain's technology
1) South Korea's technology level: According to a survey by the South Korean Institute of Science and Technology Planning and Evaluation (KISTEP), the proportion of R&D investment in South Korea once ranked first in the OECD countries, and ranked sixth in the budget scale. South Korea's information technology industry has been a professional industry for many years. The manufacturing and technology industries are very developed. South Korea's high-speed Internet services are world-renowned, while flat display devices such as memory, LCD displays and plasma displays have a leading position in the global market. Since 1999, South Korea has been one of the countries with developed network communications in the world. It was once the fastest internet speed in the world and the highest broadband penetration rate in the world. Data from the US Fortune as early as 2011 showed that South Korea's Internet speed was 14Mbps per second, which is about 7 times the global average Internet speed (1.9Mbps). Delaware (7.1Mbps), the fastest Internet speed among the 50 states in the United States, is only 50% of that in South Korea, proving South Korea's leading position in network hardware environment. South Korea is the first country among the members of OECD to have a wireless broadband penetration rate of 100%.
South Korea is the 10th country in the world to launch satellite . On August 11, 1992, South Korea's first scientific experimental satellite, "Korea Star 1", entered the solar synchronous orbit and became the 22nd member of the World Space Club. Since 1992, South Korea has successfully developed eight artificial satellites in a row. South Korea is the sixth country in the world to export supersonic aircraft . South Korea's first domestically produced supersonic fighter, "air-making number" (F-5E/F), was developed by Korean Air , and its first flight was successful on September 9, 1982.
Korean industrial robots rank third in the world. The number of robots in South Korea's manufacturing industry once ranked fourth in the world. South Korea has mastered the world's leading core technologies in the fields of nano-scale handling robot systems and high-density innovative manufacturing engineering robots. As early as 2013, the Institute of Bacterial Robots at Jeonnam University in South Korea developed the world's first nanorobot ("in vivo doctor"), which can diagnose and treat high-incidence cancers such as colorectal cancer, breast cancer , gastric cancer and liver cancer . South Korea's modern robots, Rop Manda robots, Eastern robots, Douxing robots and Alpa robots are currently the five most influential robot manufacturers in South Korea, among which Hyundai robots have a market share of more than 50%.
As early as 1983, South Korea promulgated and implemented the landmark Biotechnology Promotion Act. South Korea has successively issued and launched plans and projects to support the development of biotechnology, such as the "National Research Laboratory (NAL) Program" (1999), the "21st Century Frontier R&D Project" (2000), the "Bio-Star Project" (2003), and the "Promoting the Bioindustry, New Drug R&D, Organ Engineering and Biochip Development Project" (2003). According to statistics, since 1994, the South Korean government's investment in biotechnology has increased by more than 20% each year.
About 60% of South Korea's biotechnology companies are biopharmaceutical companies. South Korea's fermentation technology is the most internationally competitive field in South Korea's biotechnology, involving many industries such as amino acid , enzyme preparations, and antibiotics. Among them, amino acid products have a share of 20% in the global market.In terms of biological products, South Korea's independently developed biological products have gradually transformed from the original functional food to biomedical and biological diagnosis and treatment products, and have a number of independently developed world brands. In addition, Seoul University successfully cloned the world's first cloned dog Snaby and two endangered wolfs in 2005 and 2007.
2) Spanish technology level : Spain's industry is mainly led by automobiles, shipbuilding, high-speed rail, construction, textile and clothing, leather, wind power and photovoltaics, etc. It is worth mentioning that Spain can independently design and manufacture light aircraft carriers and conventional submarines, and Barcelona has a thousand-year-old shipyard. Spain has the longest high-speed rail operation network in Europe (at 2,665 kilometers by the end of 2010), of which the speed of AVE reaches 300-350 kilometers per hour, connecting all regions of the country with Madrid as the center and extending to France and Portugal.
Spain has the world's first 3D printed bridge (12 meters long and 1.75 meters wide) was completed in a city park in Madrid in spring 2018. Spain has the world's largest bioethanol producer Abenga; Spain is very advanced in the field of transportation management. More than 3,000 air traffic control facilities in more than 140 countries around the world use Indera technology (100% of Germany and 60% of the airspace of a major country). Spain has become an important global producer and supplier of air traffic management system; Spain has invested second in the field of research and development in the field of aerospace, and the seventh in the field of flight production. Spanish GMV is the world's first independent supplier of commercial telecommunications satellite ground control systems and the third largest company in Europe to participate in Galileo's program .
Comments: In the field of science and technology, South Korea and Spain have their own characteristics, with different development directions and goals. Relatively speaking, South Korea's technology is more prominent and attracts the attention of the world.
6. Comparison between South Korea and Spain in culture and sports
1) Korean sports and culture: South Korea has a population of about 51 million, but South Korea's sports strength is second only to China in Asia and is also a sports power in the world. It is worth mentioning that South Korea once held the 988 Seoul Olympics , held the 2002 World Cup with Japan, and held the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea. Incheon, South Korea held the 17th Asian Games in 2014, and Gwangju, South Korea held the 2015 World College Student Summer Games. Pyeongchang, South Korea will host the 2018 Winter Olympics . South Korea has become the seventh country to host the Olympic Games, Winter Olympics and World Cup after the United States, Germany, France, Italy, Russia and Japan. South Korea once ranked 16th in the total number of Olympic medals. South Korea is especially in the world's leading position in skating Go, Taekwondo , archery, shooting, fencing, judo, etc. Therefore, South Korea's comprehensive sports strength ranks among the top ten in the world. South Korea’s two biggest advantage events in the Summer Olympics, archery and taekwondo, and the biggest advantage events in the Winter Olympics are short track speed skating, both of which were once the main source of gold medals in South Korea in the Olympics.
South Korea has almost no decent culture. It respects ancient China as the leader of , and learns Chinese culture, including feudal etiquette, political system, customs and culture, etc., which are all imitated and learned from China. In modern times, nationalism has become popular due to the influence of Western nationalism. South Korea has a unique kimchi culture and is even regarded as a national treasure. South Korea is a country that pays great attention to tradition. Whether it is clothing, academics, or etiquette, it must follow the practices of our ancestors, and even the food they eat is very particular.
2) Spanish Sports and Culture: Spain has a brilliant history in the field of football. The Spanish national football team won the European Cup three times and the 2010 World Cup championship in 1964, 2008, 2012. Among them, football clubs such as Real Madrid CF and Barcelona are also one of the top teams not only in the Spanish league, but also in the world. Spanish bullfighting is the national treasure of Spain and originated in 1761.It is popular all over the country and is world-renowned.
Spanish men's basketball team has always been a powerful team in the world. It once won the gold medal at in the 2006 World Championship. In the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2012 London Olympics, Spain lost twice to the US team to finish second. Famous stars of the Spanish men's basketball team include Gasol brothers and others.
Spanish tennis star Nadal once won 10 Grand Slams and 19 Masters Championships, and once became the world's number one tennis men's singles player. , The powerful Spanish tennis team won four championships in the 2004, 2008, 2009 and 2011 Davis Cup Tennis Championships; in the Tour de France, the winners of the five consecutive championships from 2006 to 2010 were Espanyol; in the F1 (Formula 1 Championship) Grand Prix, Spanish player Alonso won the championships twice in 2005 and 2006. Become a highlight of Spanish sports. It is worth mentioning that Spain performed very well in world sports and has many world-class athletes: for example, the Gasol brothers in basketball, Raul and Puyol, tennis include Nadal, Tour de France Contado, F1 Alonso, Garcia of Golf, etc. Therefore, for this country with a population of less than 50 million, having so many world-class sports talents has emerged in many popular projects, which is a miracle worth studying in the history of world sports.
Especially at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, Espanyol won 13 gold medals in one fell swoop, shocking the international sports world. In addition, the Catalonia Raceway in Barcelona, Spain was built in 1991. The track is 4.730 kilometers long, making it the closest and perfect track internationally recognized.
Spain has a long history and splendid culture. A large number of world celebrities have been born. For example, architect Anthony. Gao Di; writer Miguel. De. Cervantes; explorer Christopher. Columbus; musician Isaac. Alberniz, Faya, Enlik. Granados, Joaquin. Turina; painter Barberrow. Picasso, El Salvador. Dali
Francisgow. Goya; philosophers Maimonides, George. Santayana, Jose. Ortega-Gaset; scientist Severo. Ou Chou Ba. De. Jarbernos, Isaac. Beral and Miguel. Selvette, Leonard. Torris Cervedo and so on.
Spain has the world-renowned flamenco dance originated from Andalusia . Flamenco is a classic representative of Spanish dance and even Spanish culture. There are 50 kinds of flamenco music. Spain has an ancient whistle language that was once a tradition unique to Gomera. What is amazing is that the island's residents can convey their feelings with just whistles. The whistle has 6 sounds, 2 vowels, and 4 consonants, which can express 4,000 words. Spain's famous Mediterranean diet includes a range of knowledge, skills, symbols and traditions. Symbolizes the unique cultural elements of the Mediterranean country. It is co-nominated by Spain, Greece, Italy and Morocco. The Mediterranean diet is particularly recognized for its use of olive oil and fresh ingredients and healthy cooking methods.
The Spanish capital Madrid is a famous historical city in Europe with a history of more than 400 years. It is the national political, cultural, economic and financial center. Because of its unique geographical location, it is known as "Europe's Gate ". It is a place that must be fought for by military strategists. Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain, a world-renowned Mediterranean scenic tourist destination and a world-famous historical and cultural city.
Comments: South Korea and Spain are both world-renowned sports powers, and they both have advantageous projects in their respective fields. In terms of culture, Spain is unique and difficult to match with South Korea.
