GDP per capita in South Korea in 2025 — 36,227 US$. Ranked 32 in the world out of 186. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 22,706.6%.
1960–2025 · US$ per capita
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Korea
| Year | US$ | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36,227 | −12 | −0.03% |
| 2024 | 36,239 | +565 | +1.58% |
| 2023 | 35,674 | +852 | +2.45% |
| 2022 | 34,822 | −2,696 | −7.19% |
| 2021 | 37,518 | +3,873 | +11.51% |
| 2020 | 33,646 | −181 | −0.54% |
| 2019 | 33,827 | −1,537 | −4.35% |
| 2018 | 35,364 | +2,067 | +6.21% |
| 2017 | 33,297 | +2,465 | +7.99% |
| 2016 | 30,832 | +660 | +2.19% |
| 2015 | 30,172 | −495 | −1.62% |
| 2014 | 30,667 | +2,218 | +7.8% |
| 2013 | 28,449 | +1,849 | +6.95% |
| 2012 | 26,601 | +425 | +1.62% |
| 2011 | 26,175 | +2,104 | +8.74% |
| 2010 | 24,071 | +4,134 | +20.73% |
| 2009 | 19,937 | −2,315 | −10.4% |
| 2008 | 22,252 | −2,826 | −11.27% |
| 2007 | 25,078 | +2,469 | +10.92% |
| 2006 | 22,610 | +2,443 | +12.11% |
| 2005 | 20,167 | +3,045 | +17.79% |
| 2004 | 17,122 | +1,910 | +12.56% |
| 2003 | 15,212 | +1,569 | +11.5% |
| 2002 | 13,643 | +1,661 | +13.87% |
| 2001 | 11,981 | −729 | −5.73% |
| 2000 | 12,710 | +1,648 | +14.9% |
| 1999 | 11,063 | +2,479 | +28.88% |
| 1998 | 8,583 | −4,238 | −33.06% |
| 1997 | 12,822 | −1,043 | −7.52% |
| 1996 | 13,865 | +863 | +6.64% |
| 1995 | 13,002 | +2,268 | +21.13% |
| 1994 | 10,734 | +1,554 | +16.93% |
| 1993 | 9,180 | +793 | +9.45% |
| 1992 | 8,387 | +515 | +6.54% |
| 1991 | 7,873 | +1,060 | +15.56% |
| 1990 | 6,813 | +824 | +13.75% |
| 1989 | 5,989 | +1,101 | +22.51% |
| 1988 | 4,889 | +1,231 | +33.65% |
| 1987 | 3,658 | +747 | +25.66% |
| 1986 | 2,911 | +368 | +14.47% |
| 1985 | 2,543 | +74 | +3.01% |
| 1984 | 2,469 | +223 | +9.94% |
| 1983 | 2,246 | +213 | +10.5% |
| 1982 | 2,032 | +114 | +5.93% |
| 1981 | 1,918 | +173 | +9.9% |
| 1980 | 1,746 | −68 | −3.77% |
| 1979 | 1,814 | +385 | +26.95% |
| 1978 | 1,429 | +356 | +33.19% |
| 1977 | 1,073 | +226 | +26.63% |
| 1976 | 847 | +220 | +35.09% |
| 1975 | 627 | +55 | +9.55% |
| 1974 | 572 | +160 | +38.79% |
| 1973 | 412 | +84 | +25.75% |
| 1972 | 328 | +24 | +7.81% |
| 1971 | 304 | +22 | +7.98% |
| 1970 | 282 | +36 | +14.78% |
| 1969 | 245 | +46 | +22.76% |
| 1968 | 200 | +38 | +23.1% |
| 1967 | 162 | +28 | +20.85% |
| 1966 | 134 | +25 | +22.85% |
| 1965 | 109 | −15 | −11.92% |
| 1964 | 124 | −23 | −15.49% |
| 1963 | 147 | +40 | +37.88% |
| 1962 | 107 | +12 | +13.18% |
| 1961 | 94 | −65 | −40.69% |
| 1960 | 159 | — | — |
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Gross domestic product divided by the mid-year population, in current US dollars. This is the most widely used indicator of the level of economic development. It does not account for price differences between countries — measured by nominal GDP per capita, expensive countries look richer than they do at purchasing power parity — and it says nothing about how income is distributed within a country.
Important: The aggregate for a group of countries is its total GDP divided by its total population, not an average of country values: a country counts in it in proportion to its population and its output.
Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.
How much there is per person in 2015 prices — a measure of whether prosperity is growing.
Economy GDP per capita (IMF)GDP per person in current dollars as estimated by the IMF — with a forecast several years ahead.
Economy GDP per capita at PPPThe soundest measure of living standards: income per person adjusted for prices.
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