Life expectancy
83.6 · 2024
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Korea, Rep.
$36,239GDP per capita · 2024
Long-run GDP per capita
Real GDP per capita in 2011 international dollars, 1820–2022. Maddison Project Database 2023.
Economic events
Crises and shocks, also marked on the chart above.
- 1873–1879Long Depression
- 1918–1920Influenza pandemic
- 1929–1939Great Depression
- 1973–19741973 oil crisis
- 19791979 oil crisis
- 1997–1998Asian financial crisis
- 1997IMF crisis
- 2000–2002Dot-com crash
- 2008–2009Global financial crisis
- 2010–2012European sovereign-debt crisis
- 2020–2021COVID-19 pandemic
- 2022Global inflation surge
Demographics
Population
51.8M · 2024
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Population growth
0.1% · 2024
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Urban population
81.2% · 2024
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Environment
CO₂ per capita
11.4 · 2024
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External
Current account balance
5.3% · 2024
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Current account balance (IMF)
6.6% · 2025
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Government
Central government debt
48.6% · 2023
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Government gross debt
52.3% · 2025
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Labour
Unemployment
2.7% · 2025
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Unemployment rate (IMF)
2.8% · 2025
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Output & growth
GDP
$1.9T · 2024
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GDP (IMF)
$1.9T · 2025
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GDP (PPP)
Int’l$ 3.4T · 2025
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GDP growth
2.0% · 2024
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GDP per capita
$36,239 · 2024
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GDP per capita (IMF)
$36,227 · 2025
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GNI per capita
$36,750 · 2024
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Real GDP growth
1.0% · 2025
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Prices
Inflation (CPI)
2.3% · 2024
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Inflation (avg CPI)
2.1% · 2025
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Society
Income inequality (Gini)
32.9 · 2021
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Internet users
97.9% · 2024
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Trade
Exports
44.4% · 2024
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Imports
40.3% · 2024
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Trade
84.6% · 2024
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