Consumer price index — all countries

Consumer price index — South Korea

Consumer price index in South Korea in 2025 — 135 index. Ranked 131 in the world out of 165. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 9,040.6%.

2025 135 index +2.12% vs 2024
World rank 131of 165
Period maximum 135 index2025
Period minimum 1.48 index1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · index, 2010 = 100

Consumer price index — South Korea, 1960–202505010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1.48 index1962: 1.7 index1964: 2.66 index1966: 3.36 index1968: 4.13 index1970: 5.38 index1972: 6.82 index1974: 8.76 index1976: 12.65 index1978: 15.94 index1980: 24.27 index1982: 31.57 index1984: 33.4 index1986: 35.16 index1988: 38.82 index1990: 44.55 index1992: 51.74 index1994: 57.62 index1996: 63.16 index1998: 70.92 index2000: 73.11 index2002: 78.19 index2004: 83.84 index2006: 88.08 index2008: 94.54 index2010: 100 index2012: 106.3 index2014: 109.06 index2016: 110.89 index2018: 114.72 index2020: 115.78 index2022: 124.71 index2024: 132.2 index2025: 135 index
Change over the period: +133.53 (+9,040.58%) Average annual rate: 7.19 %
Consumer price index — South Korea, by year South Korea All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2025 135 +2.81 +2.12%
2024 132.2 +3 +2.32%
2023 129.2 +4.49 +3.6%
2022 124.71 +6.04 +5.09%
2021 118.67 +2.89 +2.5%
2020 115.78 +0.62 +0.54%
2019 115.16 +0.44 +0.38%
2018 114.72 +1.67 +1.48%
2017 113.05 +2.16 +1.94%
2016 110.89 +1.07 +0.97%
2015 109.83 +0.77 +0.71%
2014 109.06 +1.37 +1.27%
2013 107.68 +1.38 +1.3%
2012 106.3 +2.28 +2.19%
2011 104.03 +4.03 +4.03%
2010 100 +2.86 +2.94%
2009 97.14 +2.61 +2.76%
2008 94.54 +4.22 +4.67%
2007 90.32 +2.23 +2.53%
2006 88.08 +1.93 +2.24%
2005 86.15 +2.31 +2.75%
2004 83.84 +2.91 +3.59%
2003 80.94 +2.75 +3.51%
2002 78.19 +2.1 +2.76%
2001 76.09 +2.97 +4.07%
2000 73.11 +1.62 +2.26%
1999 71.5 +0.58 +0.81%
1998 70.92 +4.96 +7.51%
1997 65.97 +2.8 +4.44%
1996 63.16 +2.96 +4.92%
1995 60.2 +2.58 +4.48%
1994 57.62 +3.4 +6.27%
1993 54.22 +2.48 +4.8%
1992 51.74 +3.03 +6.21%
1991 48.71 +4.16 +9.33%
1990 44.55 +3.52 +8.57%
1989 41.03 +2.21 +5.7%
1988 38.82 +2.59 +7.15%
1987 36.23 +1.07 +3.05%
1986 35.16 +0.94 +2.75%
1985 34.22 +0.82 +2.46%
1984 33.4 +0.74 +2.27%
1983 32.65 +1.08 +3.42%
1982 31.57 +2.12 +7.19%
1981 29.46 +5.18 +21.35%
1980 24.27 +5.41 +28.7%
1979 18.86 +2.92 +18.32%
1978 15.94 +2.01 +14.46%
1977 13.93 +1.28 +10.1%
1976 12.65 +1.68 +15.33%
1975 10.97 +2.21 +25.25%
1974 8.76 +1.71 +24.3%
1973 7.04 +0.22 +3.22%
1972 6.82 +0.71 +11.69%
1971 6.11 +0.73 +13.51%
1970 5.38 +0.74 +15.95%
1969 4.64 +0.51 +12.39%
1968 4.13 +0.4 +10.77%
1967 3.73 +0.37 +10.88%
1966 3.36 +0.34 +11.26%
1965 3.02 +0.36 +13.55%
1964 2.66 +0.61 +29.46%
1963 2.06 +0.35 +20.69%
1962 1.7 +0.11 +6.62%
1961 1.6 +0.12 +8.2%
1960 1.48

Eastern Asia, 2025

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About the indicator

The consumer price index: the level of prices for the consumer basket relative to a base year taken as one hundred. Unlike inflation, which shows the change over a year, the index shows the accumulated result, and the difference between the two is large: a country with inflation of twenty percent a year reaches an index above six hundred in ten years. It is the index, not the annual percentages, that shows how many times over money has lost its value.

Important: There are no aggregates for country groups: the base year differs between countries, and indexes with different bases do not add up under any weight. For comparing countries there is annual inflation.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.