{
  "slug": "kr-semiconductors",
  "name": "Korea Semiconductors",
  "updated": "2026-09-22",
  "page": "https://godofstartups.com/atlas/markets/kr-semiconductors",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "facts": [
    {
      "metric": "Average venture investment per funded Korean company aged 3 years or less",
      "value": "28.4",
      "unit": "KRW 100 million",
      "geo": "KR",
      "period": "2026-H1",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.mss.go.kr/site/smba/ex/bbs/View.do?cbIdx=86&bcIdx=1070580"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Total new venture investment in Korea",
      "value": "88676",
      "unit": "KRW 100 million",
      "geo": "KR",
      "period": "2026-H1",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.mss.go.kr/site/smba/ex/bbs/View.do?cbIdx=86&bcIdx=1070580"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Venture investment into Korean companies aged 3 years or less",
      "value": "18282",
      "unit": "KRW 100 million",
      "geo": "KR",
      "period": "2026-H1",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.mss.go.kr/site/smba/ex/bbs/View.do?cbIdx=86&bcIdx=1070580"
    },
    {
      "metric": "South Korea semiconductor export growth year-on-year, June 2026",
      "value": "199.5",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "South Korea",
      "period": "2026-06",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://english.motir.go.kr/eng/article/EATCLdfa319ada/2677/view"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Korea semiconductor exports, year-on-year growth (June 2026)",
      "value": "200",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "KR",
      "period": "2026-06",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://english.motir.go.kr/eng/article/EATCLdfa319ada/2677/view"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Korean companies aged 3 years or less that received venture investment",
      "value": "499",
      "unit": "companies",
      "geo": "KR",
      "period": "2025-H1",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.mss.go.kr/site/smba/ex/bbs/View.do?cbIdx=86&bcIdx=1070580"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Korea semiconductor exports annual growth and record export value",
      "value": "22.2",
      "unit": "% year-on-year export growth",
      "geo": "Korea",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://english.motir.go.kr/eng/article/EATCLdfa319ada/2470/view"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Technology-based share of all new business registrations, Korea (2024)",
      "value": "18.2",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "KR",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.mss.go.kr/site/smba/ex/bbs/View.do?cbIdx=86&bcIdx=1057029"
    },
    {
      "metric": "R&D expenditure (% of GDP), South Korea",
      "value": "4.94",
      "unit": "% of GDP",
      "geo": "KR",
      "period": "2023",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/GB.XPD.RSDV.GD.ZS?locations=KR"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Researchers in R&D (per million people)",
      "value": "9471.82",
      "unit": "per million people",
      "geo": "KR",
      "period": "2023",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.SCIE.RD.P6?locations=KR"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Patent applications, residents",
      "value": "186245",
      "unit": "count",
      "geo": "KR",
      "period": "2021",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IP.PAT.RESD?locations=KR"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Resident patent applications filed per year (domestic innovation output)",
      "value": "186245",
      "unit": "applications",
      "geo": "KR",
      "period": "2021",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IP.PAT.RESD?locations=KR"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Korea high-technology exports share of manufactured exports",
      "value": "35.60",
      "unit": "% of manufactured exports",
      "geo": "KR",
      "period": "2020",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/TX.VAL.TECH.MF.ZS?locations=KR"
    },
    {
      "metric": "South Korea share of the global semiconductor materials market",
      "value": "16.6",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "KR",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://www.investkorea.org/ik-en/bbs/i-5025/detail.do?ntt_sn=490812"
    },
    {
      "metric": "South Korea share of global semiconductor equipment market",
      "value": "17.4",
      "unit": "percent of global market",
      "geo": "KR",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://www.investkorea.org/ik-en/bbs/i-5025/detail.do?ntt_sn=490812"
    },
    {
      "metric": "South Korea semiconductors sector startup equity funding",
      "value": "271",
      "unit": "USD million",
      "geo": "KR",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://cdn.tracxn.com/marketing-campaigns/South_Korea_Tech_Annual_Funding_Report_-_2024_j84o2P5hNPmLBSCA5kUS9.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Semiconductor and electronic components: corporate R&D expenditure, Korea (2023)",
      "value": "128364",
      "unit": "KRW 100 million",
      "geo": "KR",
      "period": "2023",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://www.kistep.re.kr/reportDownload.es?rpt_no=RES0220250039&seq=res_0026P%4018"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Semiconductor and electronic components: R&D expenditure as a share of sales, Korea",
      "value": "7.62",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "KR",
      "period": "2023",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://www.kistep.re.kr/reportDownload.es?rpt_no=RES0220250039&seq=res_0026P%4018"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Semiconductor and electronic components: corporate researchers, Korea (2023)",
      "value": "36471",
      "unit": "persons",
      "geo": "KR",
      "period": "2023",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://www.kistep.re.kr/reportDownload.es?rpt_no=RES0220250039&seq=res_0026P%4018"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Semiconductor and electronic components: corporate R&D budget per researcher, Korea",
      "value": "3.52",
      "unit": "KRW 100 million per researcher",
      "geo": "KR",
      "period": "2023",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://www.kistep.re.kr/reportDownload.es?rpt_no=RES0220250039&seq=res_0026P%4018"
    }
  ],
  "note": "status: ready = two or more independent sources or an official series; proxy = one source; context = macro background, not a validation figure."
}