"In recent years, changes have been made to update South Korea's sex crime laws at the behest of President Park Geun-Hye, resulting in an increase in reported incidents. In 2015, reports of sexual assaults against foreigners were up 40% over 2008 numbers. Reports, apprehensions, and prosecutions have all risen with recent changes However, victims often experience stigma due to traditional views of women's place in society and, although if convicted of rape an offender may be sentenced to between 7 years and life in prison, convictions seldom result in a prison sentence."

"A frequently cited source when comparing Swedish rape statistics internationally is the regularly published report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), based on official statistics provided by each member state.[note 1] In 2012, Sweden had 66 cases of reported rapes per 100,000 population, according to the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (Brå).‏²³⁴ This was unequivocally the biggest number reported to the UNODC in 2012.‏²³⁵ However, widely differing legal systems, offence definitions, terminological variations, recording practices and statistical conventions makes any cross-national comparison on rape statistics difficult,‏²³⁶‏²³⁷‏²³⁸‏²³⁹ which is why the UNODC itself caution against using their figures.‏²³⁵ It should also be noted that many countries do not report any rape statistics at all to the UNODC,‏²⁴⁰ and some report very low numbers, despite studies that indicate otherwise.‏²⁴¹‏²⁴²

The Swedish police record each instance of sexual violence in every case separately, leading to an inflated number of cases compared to other countries.‏²³⁶‏²³⁹‏²⁴³ Sweden also has a comparatively wide definition of rape.‏²³⁶‏²³⁷‏²³⁸ This means that more sexual crimes are registered as rape than in most other countries.‏²³⁷ For example, in 2005 Sweden reformed its sex crime legislation and made the legal definition of rape much wider,‏²³⁶‏²⁴⁴‏²⁴⁵‏²⁴⁶ which led to a marked increase in reports.‏²⁴⁷‏²⁴⁸ Additionally, the Swedish police have improved the handling of rape cases, in an effort to decrease the number of unreported cases.‏²³⁶‏²⁴⁸‏²⁴⁹‏²⁵⁰ For this reason, large-scale victimisation surveys have been presented by criminologists as a more reliable indicator of rape prevalence.‏²³⁶‏²³⁷‏²³⁸ An EU-wide survey on sexual violence against women, published the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) in 2014, showed Sweden was only third highest, below Denmark and Finland‏²⁵¹ and a previous assessment by Brå have placed Sweden at an average level among European nations.‏²³⁷

According to the FRA study there's a strong correlation between higher levels of gender equality and disclosure of sexual violence.‏²⁵¹ This, and a greater willingness among Swedish women to report rape in relationships,‏²⁵² may also explain the relatively high rates of reported rape in Sweden, which has a long-standing tradition of gender equality policy and legislation, as well as an established women's movement,‏²³⁸ and has been ranked as the number one country in sex equality."

A person who by assault or other violence or by threat of a criminal act forces another person to have sexual intercourse or to undertake or endure another sexual act that, in view of the seriousness of the violation, is comparable to sexual intercourse, shall be sentenced for rape to imprisonment for at least two and at most six years.

This also applies if a person engages with another person in sexual intercourse or in a sexual act which under the first paragraph is comparable to sexual intercourse by improperly exploiting that the person, due to unconsciousness, sleep, serious fear, intoxication or other drug influence, illness, physical injury or mental disturbance, or otherwise in view of the circumstances, is in a particularly vulnerable situation.
— The Swedish Penal Code, Chapter 6, Section 1[