Eastern Asia · Asia
Residents of South Korea sleep an average of 7h 51m per day, ranking #32 among 62 countries tracked in the Global Sleep Atlas. This is 3 minutes less than the global average of 7h 54m. In South Korea, women sleep approximately 1 minutes less than men per day.
Gender gap: -1 minutes (females sleep more)
OECD diary surveys report 84 minutes more sleep than app-based tracking for South Korea. This reflects methodological differences: diary surveys measure “time allocated to sleep,” while apps measure detected sleep states.
Different measurement methods produce different results. OECD time-use diaries capture “time in bed,” while app and wearable sources measure detected sleep states.