South Korea · Rule of Law · WGI

## What this measures

Confidence that contracts are enforced, property is protected and courts work in South Korea.

## Why it matters

Whether a permit, a royalty agreement or a concession will be honoured when it becomes inconvenient.

## How to read it

Zero is the world average. It moves slowly; a sustained decline is the signal.

## What it does not say

Perception-based with wide confidence intervals.

## Source

Source: World Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (CC BY 4.0), indicator `GOV_WGI_RL.EST`, annual (biennial before 2002).