Pollution Comparison Between South Korea and Japan 

Index	South Korea	Japan
Pollution Index:	60.72	38.59
Pollution Exp Scale:	110.83	62.28

Pollution South Korea vs Japan

	South Korea		Japan
	Improve Data		Improve Data
Air Pollution		High 67.93		Low 33.72
Drinking Water Pollution and Inaccessibility		Low 28.09		Low 26.61
Dissatisfaction with Garbage Disposal		Low 37.07		Low 29.40
Dirty and Untidy		Low 36.74		Low 25.98
Noise and Light Pollution		Moderate 49.57		Moderate 43.70
Water Pollution		Low 37.32		Low 36.61
Dissatisfaction to Spend Time in the City		Moderate 55.92		Low 31.45
Dissatisfaction with Green and Parks in the City		Low 38.83		Low 35.13
Contributors:	420		459
Last Update:	March 2025		March 2025

Purity and Cleanliness South Korea vs Japan

	South Korea		Japan
	Improve Data		Improve Data
Air quality		Low 32.07		High 66.28
Drinking Water Quality and Accessibility		High 71.91		High 73.39
Garbage Disposal Satisfaction		High 62.93		High 70.60
Clean and Tidy		High 63.26		High 74.02
Quiet and No Problem with Night Lights		Moderate 50.43		Moderate 56.30
Water Quality		High 62.68		High 63.39
Comfortable to Spend Time in the City		Moderate 44.08		High 68.55
Quality of Green and Parks		High 61.17		High 64.87
Contributors:	420		459
Last Update:	March 2025		March 2025