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Funding and governance of library and information services for visually impaired people: international case studies

Part2:Country studies

South Korea

Basic country data

Population: 47.817m (2005).

Over 65s as % of total population: 2005 9.0%; 2020 12.6% (projected).

GNI per capita (international dollars converted at purchasing power parities) 2005: $21,850

Government: Unitary

Estimated number of visually impaired people: 250,000

Estimated number of print-impaired people (including those with vision loss): no accepted figure, but estimated at 10% of population.

Note on information sources

The majority of the information here was provided by the Korean Braille Library, supplemented by desk research.