Invest Seoul is a Foreign Investment Promotion Agency established by the Seoul Metropolitan Government
to create an investment environment that is friendly to foreign investors,
with the aim to make Seoul into an attractive destination for global investment.
Competitiveness of Seoul
- 1 Seoul at a Glance
- 2 City of Global Business
- 3 City of Optimized Business Environment
- 4 City of Top Talent
- 5 Industrial Clusters
10 Invest Seoul
- About Invest Seoul
- Competitiveness of Seoul Seoul at a Glance(Current Selection Page)
- Investment Incentives
- Services of Invest Seoul
1 Seoul at a Glance
National Credit Index - AA S&P April 2021
- Aa2 Moody's May 2020
- Fitch October 2020
National Brand Value No.10 Up 0.9% year-on-year: Announced by Brand Finance in 2021
As a host city for international conferences No.2 In the world, No.1 in Asia Announced by the Union of International Associations (UIA) In 2022
In international city financial competitiveness No.11 No. 4 in financial Industry development, No. 5 in human resources & Infrastructure Announced by Global Financial Centers Index(GFCI) in September, 2022
Economic Growth No. 10 GDP (USD 1823 billion) as of the end of 2021, IMF
No. 9 Foreign currency reserve (USD 438.6 billion) as of June 2022, IMF
Global Innovation Index - No.1 -No.1 in 2021 Bloomberg Innovation Index -No.1 in patent activity
- No.2 - No.2 In R&D concentration -No.2 In added value in manufacturing
- No.3 No.3 in research concentration
- No.4 In cutting-edge technology concentration
No.1 In the European Innovation Scoreboard 2021 for nine consecutive years -Announced by the European (EU) Commission, acquired 121 points in the Comprehensive Innovation Index scores
No.2 The ratio of R&D investment to GDP -No. 2 among 30 countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 2021
In Global startup Ecosystem No.10 Sbx steps up from No.15 In 2021: Announced by Startup Genome in 2022
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