Gross national income — all countries

Gross national income — South Korea

Gross national income in South Korea in 2025 — 1,904,543,891,844 US$. Ranked 13 in the world out of 182. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 47,419.5%.

2025 1.9T US$ +0.11% vs 2024
World rank 13of 182
Period maximum 1.96T US$2021
Period minimum 2.46B US$1961

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$

Gross national income — South Korea, 1960–20250500B1T1.5T2T19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 4,007,920,792 US$1962: 2,859,230,769 US$1964: 3,513,732,033 US$1966: 4,041,461,280 US$1968: 6,336,279,347 US$1970: 9,248,579,482 US$1972: 11,014,161,064 US$1974: 19,931,144,886 US$1976: 30,238,636,364 US$1978: 52,975,619,835 US$1980: 65,952,677,870 US$1982: 79,196,896,883 US$1984: 98,370,323,278 US$1986: 117,454,542,732 US$1988: 203,931,735,661 US$1990: 291,780,228,500 US$1992: 366,449,634,075 US$1994: 478,013,451,561 US$1996: 629,056,776,820 US$1998: 392,335,807,961 US$2000: 593,631,856,193 US$2002: 647,686,418,297 US$2004: 821,876,294,399 US$2006: 1,092,099,680,506 US$2008: 1,091,846,742,974 US$2010: 1,194,538,418,968 US$2012: 1,348,724,497,290 US$2014: 1,563,437,084,457 US$2016: 1,584,633,012,210 US$2018: 1,831,172,245,066 US$2020: 1,758,426,195,184 US$2022: 1,821,087,204,060 US$2024: 1,902,456,770,881 US$2025: 1,904,543,891,844 US$
Change over the period: +1.9T (+47,419.5%) Average annual rate: 9.95 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Korea

South Korea 1.9T US$
World 118T US$
East Asia & Pacific 33.73T US$
Eastern Asia computed 26.5T US$
High-income countries computed 74.49T US$
Gross national income — South Korea, by year South Korea All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 1.9T +2.09B +0.11%
2024 1.9T +31.1B +1.66%
2023 1.87T +50.27B +2.76%
2022 1.82T −142B −7.22%
2021 1.96T +204B +11.62%
2020 1.76T −6.87B −0.39%
2019 1.77T −65.87B −3.6%
2018 1.83T +114B +6.66%
2017 1.72T +132B +8.34%
2016 1.58T +40.84B +2.65%
2015 1.54T −19.64B −1.26%
2014 1.56T +120B +8.32%
2013 1.44T +94.68B +7.02%
2012 1.35T +33.86B +2.58%
2011 1.31T +120B +10.07%
2010 1.19T +213B +21.69%
2009 982B −110B −10.1%
2008 1.09T −126B −10.35%
2007 1.22T +126B +11.52%
2006 1.09T +127B +13.15%
2005 965B +143B +17.43%
2004 822B +95.81B +13.2%
2003 726B +78.38B +12.1%
2002 648B +83.83B +14.87%
2001 564B −29.77B −5.02%
2000 594B +83.42B +16.35%
1999 510B +118B +30.04%
1998 392B −194B −33.06%
1997 586B −42.91B −6.82%
1996 629B +44.85B +7.68%
1995 584B +106B +22.22%
1994 478B +72.83B +17.98%
1993 405B +38.73B +10.57%
1992 366B +25.93B +7.62%
1991 341B +48.74B +16.7%
1990 292B +38.27B +15.1%
1989 254B +49.58B +24.31%
1988 204B +53.48B +35.55%
1987 150B +32.99B +28.09%
1986 117B +15.91B +15.67%
1985 102B +3.17B +3.23%
1984 98.37B +9.66B +10.89%
1983 88.71B +9.51B +12.01%
1982 79.2B +5.9B +8.05%
1981 73.29B +7.34B +11.13%
1980 65.95B −2.01B −2.96%
1979 67.97B +14.99B +28.3%
1978 52.98B +14.02B +35.99%
1977 38.95B +8.72B +28.82%
1976 30.24B +8.29B +37.76%
1975 21.95B +2.02B +10.13%
1974 19.93B +5.85B +41.55%
1973 14.08B +3.07B +27.85%
1972 11.01B +933M +9.26%
1971 10.08B +832M +9%
1970 9.25B +1.31B +16.45%
1969 7.94B +1.61B +25.34%
1968 6.34B +1.29B +25.63%
1967 5.04B +1B +24.8%
1966 4.04B +856M +26.89%
1965 3.19B −329M −9.35%
1964 3.51B −530M −13.11%
1963 4.04B +1.18B +41.43%
1962 2.86B +402M +16.34%
1961 2.46B −1.55B −38.68%
1960 4.01B

Eastern Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

Gross national income in current dollars: everything produced inside the country, plus the income its residents receive from abroad, minus the income non-residents receive inside it. This adjustment is exactly what separates GNI from GDP, and in most countries the difference is small, though not everywhere: in Ireland GNI is markedly below GDP because of the profits of foreign corporations, while in countries with large labor migration it is higher, on account of remittances and earnings abroad. It is by GNI per capita that the World Bank divides countries into income groups.

Important: The divergence from GDP is worth looking at as a pair: the difference itself is the net income from abroad.

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