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South Korea

51,684,564Population
1,872.4 bn US$GDP
US$ 36,227GDP per capita
1.0 %GDP growth

Facts

Population51,684,564 (2025)
GDP1,872.4 bn US$ (2025)
GDP per capitaUS$ 36,227 (2025)
GDP growth1.0 % (2025)
Inflation2.1 % (2025)
Exports856.9 bn US$ (2025)
Imports760.2 bn US$ (2025)
Unemployment2.7 % (2025)
Foreign direct investment15.8 bn US$ (2025)
Tax revenue, % of GDP13.3 % (2024)

Sources: Wikidata (CC0), World Bank — WDI (CC BY 4.0) · Wikidata Q884

Inflation

196020252.18.0
PeriodValue
20252.12 %
20242.32 %
20233.60 %
20225.09 %
20212.50 %
20200.54 %
20190.38 %
20181.48 %
20171.94 %
20160.97 %
20150.71 %
20141.27 %

Exports

19602025856.9B104.6M
PeriodValue
2025US$ 856,855,674,924
2024US$ 831,889,172,091
2023US$ 762,299,062,736
2022US$ 815,019,022,384
2021US$ 764,083,221,346
2020US$ 603,713,417,774
2019US$ 648,610,576,583
2018US$ 719,710,064,860
2017US$ 664,392,456,663
2016US$ 601,861,440,814
2015US$ 630,586,518,886
2014US$ 712,570,950,952

GDP growth

196120251.06.9
PeriodValue
20251.01 %
20242.00 %
20231.58 %
20222.73 %
20214.61 %
2020-0.70 %
20192.31 %
20183.18 %
20173.43 %
20163.17 %
20152.92 %
20143.21 %

Imports

19602025760.2B473.7M
PeriodValue
2025US$ 760,157,311,935
2024US$ 755,486,201,522
2023US$ 755,197,457,230
2022US$ 814,936,711,591
2021US$ 698,601,348,291
2020US$ 539,436,709,934
2019US$ 602,460,189,255
2018US$ 643,142,886,152
2017US$ 587,337,161,919
2016US$ 501,960,383,970
2015US$ 529,797,582,127
2014US$ 640,345,541,583

GDP

196020251.9T4B
PeriodValue
2025US$ 1,872,374,961,553
2024US$ 1,875,388,209,407
2023US$ 1,844,800,934,392
2022US$ 1,799,363,116,867
2021US$ 1,942,313,560,966
2020US$ 1,744,070,276,373
2019US$ 1,751,045,752,055
2018US$ 1,824,251,454,307
2017US$ 1,710,196,756,713
2016US$ 1,579,150,518,945
2015US$ 1,539,212,301,136
2014US$ 1,556,252,422,020

Population

1960202551.7M25M
PeriodValue
202551,684,564
202451,751,065
202351,712,619
202251,672,569
202151,769,539
201951,764,822
201851,585,058
201751,361,911
201651,217,803
201551,014,947
201250,199,853
201149,936,638