扒车喵一位德国历史学家曾说：“韩国和印度的自大，根本原因就是历史上的弱小，从未强大过的事实，承认会削弱人民的斗志，否认又确实“得国不正”，这让他们在现代民族之林中有一种极为不舒服的感受。” 在美版知乎Quora上，印度网友提问道：印度和韩国哪个国家更发达？这个问题引起了各国网友的热议，却也受到了韩国网友的群嘲。
问题：印度和韩国哪个国家更发达？
韩国网友Kevin Shin的回答
• infrastructure and technology accumulation: South Korea won with great advantages. India has never heard of India’s high technology;
韩国•基础设施和技术积累：韩国以巨大的优势获胜，印度嘛，还没听说过印度有什么高科技；
• urban planning: South Korea has obviously also defeated India. South Korea has excellent urban planning and has reached the first-class level in terms of roads, transportation, water supply and safety;
•城市规划：韩国显然同样击败了印度，韩国城市规划精良，道路、交通、供水、安全等方面都达到了一流水平；
• company business: Samsung, Hyundai, Kia, LG and other Korean companies have a good reputation in India, but in Korea, no Indian company has a mature operation model;
•公司业务：三星、现代、起亚、LG等韩国公司在印度有着良好的声誉，但在韩国，没有一家印度公司有着成熟的运营模式；
• professional ethics: influenced by Confucian culture, Koreans always work very hard, and most of the Korean population has made contributions to the Korean economy. This situation will not happen in India, which has something to do with national character;
•职业道德：受儒家文化的影响，韩国人总是工作非常努力，韩国大部分人口对韩国经济做出了贡献，这种情况在印度是不会发生的，这和民族性格有关系；
• living standards: South Korea won. I suggest watching movies such as Slumdog Millionaire and parasite. You will understand that there are poor people in India and South Korea, but their numbers are very different and their living standards are also different;
•生活水平：韩国获胜，我建议观看《贫民窟的百万富翁》和《寄生虫》等电影，你会了解印度和韩国都有穷人，但他们的数量差异巨大，生活水平也不一样；
• health index: most Koreans have good health awareness and try to make themselves look more beautiful. Plastic surgery can be found everywhere in South Korea, but they are very rare in India, which also shows the great difference in the economic level of the two peoples;
•健康指数：大多数韩国人都有良好的健康意识，他们努力让自己看起来更漂亮。整形手术在韩国比比皆是，但它们在印度非常罕见，这也说明两国人民经济水平的巨大差异；
• culture: speaking of culture, Indians have not been completely westernized! It’s too backward, but Koreans have carried out Westernization transformation on the basis of retaining traditional culture;
•文化：说到文化，印度人竟然还没有完全西化！太落后了，但是韩国人在保留传统文化的基础上进行了西方化的改造；
• English: most Koreans don’t understand English, but Indians speak English very well, but different languages in different states of India make it very difficult for them to communicate with each other;
•英语：大多数韩国人不懂英语，可印度人的英语说得很好，只是印度不同州的语言各异，他们彼此之间交流起来也非常困难；
• diversity: India is a huge country. Like South Korea, it is also a very diverse country. So you can see different types of climate, people, culture and language in India;
•多样性：印度是一个巨大的国家，和韩国一样，也是一个非常多样的国家。所以你可以在印度看到不同类型的气候、人、文化和语言；
• transportation: South Korea’s aviation industry is very developed, and Koreans prefer to fly between cities, such as Busan and Seoul;
•交通：韩国的航空业非常发达，韩国人更喜欢在城市之间驾驶飞机，例如釜山和首尔；
• I recently visited New Delhi, the capital of India. Over the years, I have observed many positive changes. Delhi’s infrastructure must be improving. The road condition has improved, but the city still lacks the beauty of green vegetation coverage. I hope the Indian government will plant more and more trees in Delhi like Seoul;
印度•我最近访问了印度首都新德里。这些年来，我观察到了许多积极的变化。德里的基础设施肯定在改善。道路状况有所改善，但这座城市仍然缺乏绿色植被覆盖的美，我希望印度政府像首尔一样在德里市种植越来越多的树木；
• if you hang out in Delhi (or any other big city in India), you must take a bath when you get home. Because of the dust and smoke on you. However, if you walk in Korean cities, it will be much easier;
•如果你在德里市（或印度的任何其他大城市）闲逛，那么你回家后必须洗澡。因为积在你身上的灰尘和烟雾。但是，如果你在韩国城市漫步，会轻松得多；
• compared with Indian drivers, Korean drivers are much more polite, and women don’t have to worry about travel safety.
•与印度司机相比，韩国司机有礼貌多了，女性也不用担心出行安全的问题。
South Korea is at least 50-80 years ahead of India in almost all technical fields (except possibly military nuclear technology or space technology). Whether you visit Seoul, Jeju, Busan or any other province in the country, you will find that they have little “development” because they are already very developed.
韩国在几乎所有技术领域（可能军事核技术或空间技术除外）都至少领先印度50-80年。无论你访问首尔、济州、釜山还是这个国家的任何其他省份，你都会发现它们几乎没有什么“发展”，因为他们已经很发达了。
Developed countries have many different meanings for different countries. For India, development still means housing, health care, education, electricity, water, food and employment, while for Koreans, development means more automation, nanotechnology, information and nature conservation.
发达国家对不同的国家也有很多不同的含义。对印度来说，发展仍然意味着住房、医疗保健、教育、电力、水、食品和就业，而对韩国人来说，发展意味着更多的自动化、纳米技术、信息和自然保护。
The Korean Peninsula suffered a devastating blow after the 1953 war. However, South Korea adopted the Japanese model and gradually formed its own industrial strength. Today, if you see, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Hongkong SAR and Chinese mainland have adopted the same economic development mode.
朝鲜半岛在1953年战争后遭受了毁灭性的打击。但韩国采用了日本模式，并慢慢形成了自己的工业实力。今天，如果你看到，日本、韩国、台湾地区、新加坡、香港特区和中国大陆采用了同样的经济发展模式。
美国网友亚历克斯的回答
The answer is: South Korea. In terms of economy, although India is the sixth largest economy in the world, its per capita income is less than US $2000, while South Korea, which has the twelfth largest economy in the world and the fourth largest economy in Asia, has a per capita income of US $29000, which will soon reach US $30000.
答案是：韩国。从经济方面说起，虽然印度是世界第六大经济体，但其人均收入还不到2000美元，而拥有世界第十二大经济体和亚洲第四大经济体的韩国的人均收入为29000美元，很快将达到30000美元。
This will make South Korea the first middle-income country to become a high-income country. Since the per capita income is less than $2000, you can classify India as a low-income country.
这将使韩国成为第一个转变为高收入国家的中等收入国家，由于人均收入低于2000美元，你可以将印度归类为中低收入国家。
But it is clear that India does surpass South Korea in space research (the first Asian country to launch an orbiter to Mars) or the birth of great figures such as sandar pikay and Satya NADELLA. The main problem of India is bureaucracy, and population is also a problem, but it can be used in effective ways such as manufacturing.
但很明显，印度在太空研究（第一个将轨道飞行器发射到火星上的亚洲国家）或诞生桑达尔·皮凯、萨蒂亚·纳德拉等伟大人物方面确实超过了韩国。印度这个国家的主要问题是官僚主义，人口也是一个问题，但可以通过制造业等有效方式利用人口。
韩国网友李承尔的回答
It must be South Korea.
（韩国）肯定是韩国。
Due to the simplicity and minimalism of Koreans, it is easier to develop as a whole, so the whole country is more advanced. India has the second largest population (about to become the first), its political and economic system is corrupt, and its development speed is far slower than that of South Korea.
由于韩国人的简单和极简主义性格，它更容易作为一个整体发展，因此整个国家更先进。印度人口第二（即将成为第一），政治和经济体系腐败，其发展速度远不及韩国。
We can start by comparing some statistics to get a good measure.
我们可以从比较一些统计数据开始，以得到一个好的衡量标准。
South Korea’s literacy rate is controversial and not measured by UNESCO, but some reports do say it should be more than 96%. This is still questioned by many politicians and professionals in India. Many people say that India’s literacy test is too low compared with international standards, and some may think that India’s illiteracy rate may be higher than 50%.
韩国的识字率是有争议的，联合国教科文组织没有对其进行衡量，但一些报告确实说，识字率应该在96%以上。而印度仅为72%，这仍然受到许多政客和专业人士的质疑。许多人说，与国际标准相比，印度的识字率测试太低，一些人可能认为印度的文盲率可能高于50%。
In 2019, South Korea’s GDP was 1.4 trillion and its population exceeded 50 million. India’s GDP is only slightly higher, at 2.2 trillion, with a population of nearly 1.4 billion. The per capita GDP of South Korea is nearly 30000 US dollars and that of India is 1709 US dollars.
2019年，韩国的GDP为1.4万亿，人口大约超过5000万。印度GDP仅略高一点，为2.2万亿，人口接近14亿。韩国的人均GDP为近3万美元，印度为1709美元。
South Korea’s life expectancy is 82 years, far ahead in the world, while India’s life expectancy is 68 years, much lower.
韩国的预期寿命为82岁，在世界上遥遥领先，而印度的预期寿命为68岁，要低得多。
Military power? At present, South Korea is much more advanced in military affairs. In addition to nuclear weapons, India’s weapons are simply made in thousands of countries. For the most obvious example, India does not even have a new generation of tanks, but South Korea already has two types of fourth generation tanks.
军事力量？韩国目前在军事方面要先进得多，印度除了拥有核武器之外，武器简直是万国造。举个最明显的例子，印度甚至没有新一代坦克，但韩国目前已经有两种类型的第四代坦克。
If India wants to be as developed as South Korea, it still needs to improve in many areas.
印度要想像韩国一样发达，还需要对很多领域进行改进。
韩国网友Jay Kim的回答
Hahaha, you compare South Korea with India in terms of development, but you forget that South Korea is at least 200 years ahead of India in terms of development. Even South Korea’s per capita GDP income is higher than India’s per capita GDP. The quality of life of South Korean people is better than that of Indian people, and South Korea is more innovative than India.
哈哈哈，你将韩国与印度在发展方面进行比较，但你忘记了韩国在发展方面至少比印度领先200年，甚至韩国人均gdp收入也高于印度人均gdp，韩国人民的生活质量比印度人民好，韩国比印度更具创新性。
South Korea’s technology, infrastructure, urban planning, education system, human rights, health care system, transportation system and manufacturing sectors are blooming everywhere in India. Even the leaders of many South Korean companies such as Samsung have a higher status than local officials in India. LG and Hyundai have established their own companies in India, but there are no Indian companies in South Korea’s top five export countries, such as Hong Kong An economy like Singapore has a population of less than 10 million, and its exports to South Korea even exceed India.
韩国的技术、基础设施、城市规划、教育系统、人权、医疗保健系统、交通系统和制造业部门在印度遍地开花，甚至三星等许多韩国公司中的领导比印度当地官员地位更高，LG和现代在印度建立了自己的公司，但在韩国前五个出口国家中没有印度公司，而像香港、新加坡这样的经济体，只有不到1000万的人口，其对韩出口甚至都超过了印度。
Even if India’s per capita GDP is low and underdeveloped, it is more than enough compared with many Southeast Asian countries and African countries, but it is a little laughable compared with first world countries such as South Korea.
即使是印度人均gdp较低且较不发达，但和许多东南亚国家和非洲国家相比还是绰绰有余的，不过与韩国等第一世界国家进行比较就有点贻笑大方了。
韩国网友Cebo的回答
In many ways, I think this is an unfair comparison. After all, there are too many differences in area and population between the two countries.
从很多方面来看，我觉得这是一个不够公平的比较，毕竟这两个国家在面积和人口方面差异太大了。
India is a developing country, while South Korea is a developed country. However, when comparing countries and deciding which country is more developed or less developed, we usually don’t pay attention to the fact that there are great differences in size, population, culture and culture between one country and another. I admit that South Korea is now famous in major industries such as automobile, for example, Hyundai Automobile is popular in the Chinese market. But even India is a famous country in foreign markets. Many Indian companies have made huge profits under its supervision… It is one of the powerful and influential countries in the world.
印度是一个发展中国家，而韩国是一个发达国家。然而，在对国家进行比较并决定哪个国家更发达或更不发达时，我们通常不会关注这样一个事实，即一个国家与另一个国家在大小、人口、文化和文化方面存在很大差异，我承认，韩国如今在汽车等主要行业大名鼎鼎，比如现代汽车在中国市场上大行其道。但即使是印度在国外市场也是一个大名鼎鼎的国家，许多印度公司在其监管下赚取了巨额利润……它是世界上最强大而有影响力的国家之一。
However, the distribution of India’s huge economy among its states and citizens is unequal. India’s major metropolises, such as Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai, are highly developed cities, while cities such as Drayton and janssey have just developed.
但是，印度庞大的经济在其州和公民之间的分配是不平等的，印度的主要大都市，如孟买、德里、钦奈等，都是高度发达的城市，而德拉敦、詹西等城市则刚刚发展起来。
South Korea is a small country compared with India, so the inequality of capital distribution between its cities is much smaller.
韩国与印度相比是一个小国，因此其城市之间资金分配的不平等性要小得多。
Since I have never been to Korea, many of you may say that the major cities in Korea are much more developed than those in India.
由于我从未去过韩国，你们中的许多人可能会说，韩国的主要城市比印度的主要城市要发达得多。
Many large cities in India are larger than those in Korea, so they (Korean cities) need a given amount of money for smaller areas. Although relatively large areas in Indian cities need to spend a certain amount of money, therefore, although some parts of Mumbai are very developed, you may encounter some relatively underdeveloped areas in the same city.
印度的许多大都市比韩国的大都市大，所以他们（韩国城市）需要给定的资金用于较小的区域，虽然印度城市中相对较大的区域需要花费一定数量的资金，因此，虽然孟买的一些地方非常发达，但你可能会在同一个城市中遇到一些相对较不发达的区域。
Yes, the funds available in Seoul and Mumbai will be roughly the same, and even Seoul’s budget may exceed Mumbai’s.
是的，首尔和孟买的可用资金将大致相等，甚至首尔的预算可能超过孟买。
印度网友安塔什的回答
Let me tell you my friend that South Korea is a developed country and India is developing. The final date for India to become a developed country has not been set, because it will take 10 or 20 years, and no one knows.
让我告诉你我的朋友，韩国是一个发达国家，印度处于发展中。印度成为发达国家的最终日期尚未确定，因为这将需要十年或二十年的时间，没有人知道。
On the other hand, South Korea developed decades ago. The success of this country is inseparable from many characteristics. Although after secession from North Korea, under the condition of limited natural resources, South Korea has encountered many obstacles on the road to success.
另一边，韩国几十年前就发展起来了，这个国家的成功离不开许多特质。虽然从朝鲜分裂出去后，在自然资源有限的条件下，韩国在取得成功的道路上遇到了许多障碍。
Corruption is one of the major incurable diseases in countries like India, but you can’t find the highest level of corruption in the whole Korean system. From the manufacture of nails, screws and pins to large ships, Marines, aircraft or anything else.
腐败是像印度这样的国家无法治愈的主要疾病之一，但在整个韩国体系中，你找不到最高级别的腐败。从钉子、螺丝钉、别针地制造到大型船只、海军陆战队、飞机或其他任何东西，都不存在。
South Koreans produce many products, whether bikini or high-end market products, which has a lot of labor demand. These people can find jobs in South Korea and settle down there. They have created better conditions for their families and South Korea.
韩国人生产着许多产品，无论是比基尼还是高端市场产品，这就有着大量的用工需求。这些人可以在韩国找到工作，并在那里安家落户。他们为自己的家庭以及韩国创造了更好的条件。
All this means that they are job providers rather than job seekers. In any medium-sized company, the normal salary of receptionists is close to $2000 a month.
所有这些都意味着他们是工作提供者而不是求职者，在任何一家中型公司，接待员的正常工资都接近每月2千美元。
Now, the purchasing power of any Korean is much higher than that of any Indian. More than 30% of the population in South Korea are business owners. As a developed country, this model is not complicated, but the system of corrupt countries such as India is never allowed to follow the model of developed countries.
现在，任何一个韩国人与任何一个印度人的购买力相比都高得多，韩国超过30%的人口是企业主。作为一个发达国家，这个模式并不复杂，但像印度这样的腐败国家的制度绝不允许遵循发达国家的模式。
India will never reach the development level of South Korea. With all due respect, but this is a fact. As a patriotic Indian, I hope India can reach this level one day. I hope that in this real world, this day will come soon, but it is really difficult.
印度永远不会达到韩国的发展水平，恕我直言，但这是事实。作为一个衷心爱国的印度人，我希望印度有一天能达到这个水平，期望在这个现实世界中，这一天很快就会到来，但这真的很困难。
