Use of laboratory animals and issues regarding the procurement of animals for research in Korea

Table 1 National report of Korea for animal use per institution operating the animal facility

	2015	2016	2018	2019	2020	2021
No. Institutions	351	333	362	380	403	424
Total animals use (nationwide)	2,507,157	2,878,907	3,727,163	3,712,380	4,141,433	4,880,252
Animal use per institution (Average)	7142	8645	10,296	9769	10,277	11,510
Public Research institution	5884	6158	8819	6258	7217	8102
University	7322	8996	9642	10,028	9691	14,186
Medical institution	6327	7610	8648	10,352	10,619	11,064
Private company	7848	9871	11,886	11,011	11,776	11,218

Data is collated and translated from the annual reports posted in the Institute of Animal Care and Use Committee Portal [4], operated by the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency of Korea
The data for 2017 is unavailable

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