The Korean Wave Index for 2010 marked 103 with the previous year's index forming the basis at 100. Japan had the highest Korean Wave Index at 113, and in terms of genre, music scored the highest point at 120 thanks to the K-pop fever. The Korean Wave Index for music in Japan was particularly high (180) thanks to the large K-pop scene there driven by Girls Generation, Jang Geun-suk, Big Bang and other K-pop teen idols. K-pop has had a crucial role in raising the Korean Wave Index in Japan.

The study below on the Korean Wave Index illustrates the status of Hallyu in Asia and is expected to help Hallyu contents go abroad.

• Countries : China, Taiwan, Japan, Vietnam, Thailand
• Genre : Broadcast, movie, music and game exports
• Respondents : 400 people (in their teens to forties) per nation who have experienced Hallyu contents at least once (2000 people in total)
• ※ Refer to "Hallyu Forever: Japan" for details on 2010 Korean Wave Index.

• Total Korean Wave Index

  	2008	2009	2010
  Total Korean Wave Index	105	101	103

  

• 	Cinema	TV Program	Music	Music
  Korean Wave Index by genre	84	104	102	105

  

• Korean Wave Index by region

  	China	Japan	Taiwan	Vietnam	Thailand
  Korean Wave Index by region	101	113	109	99	97

  

• Korean Wave Index by genre , China

  	Cinema	TV Program	Music	Game
  Korean Wave Index by genre , China	57.27	106.37	137.65	103.07

  

• Korean Wave Index by genre , Japan

  	Cinema	TV Program	Music	Game
  Korean Wave Index by genre , Japan	32.29	113.77	180.16	127.46

  

• Korean Wave Index by genre , Taiwan

  	Cinema	TV Program	Music	Game
  Korean Wave Index by genre , Taiwan	106.31	112.83	112.46	105.4

  

• Korean Wave Index by genre , Vietnam

  	Cinema	TV Program	Music	Game
  Korean Wave Index by genre , Vietnam	142.23	97.99	94.18	100.14

  

• Korean Wave Index by genre , Thailand

  	Cinema	TV Program	Music	Game
  Korean Wave Index by genre , Thailand	106.08	90.21	93.99	96.64