Service exports — all countries

Service exports — South Korea

Service exports in South Korea in 2025 — 150,143,500,000 US$. Ranked 15 in the world out of 97. Since 1976, the indicator has risen by 9,732.6%.

2025 150B US$ +5.71% vs 2024
World rank 15of 97
Period maximum 150B US$2025
Period minimum 1.53B US$1976

Trend over time

1976–2025 · US$

Service exports — South Korea, 1976–2025050B100B150B200B197619811986199119962001200620112016202120251976: 1,527,000,000 US$1977: 2,784,000,000 US$1978: 4,059,000,000 US$1979: 4,392,000,000 US$1980: 5,026,200,000 US$1981: 6,147,300,000 US$1982: 7,174,700,000 US$1983: 6,862,200,000 US$1984: 6,952,200,000 US$1985: 5,948,300,000 US$1986: 6,399,800,000 US$1987: 8,559,600,000 US$1988: 9,339,600,000 US$1989: 9,848,100,000 US$1990: 10,792,200,000 US$1991: 11,197,200,000 US$1992: 11,772,300,000 US$1993: 14,078,900,000 US$1994: 18,038,500,000 US$1995: 24,424,600,000 US$1996: 24,970,200,000 US$1997: 28,253,600,000 US$1998: 27,430,600,000 US$1999: 28,226,600,000 US$2000: 32,556,400,000 US$2001: 30,776,600,000 US$2002: 31,023,100,000 US$2003: 35,760,500,000 US$2004: 45,284,600,000 US$2005: 50,537,700,000 US$2006: 57,012,000,000 US$2007: 71,413,000,000 US$2008: 91,045,400,000 US$2009: 72,541,300,000 US$2010: 82,948,700,000 US$2011: 90,559,700,000 US$2012: 103,134,300,000 US$2013: 103,324,200,000 US$2014: 111,902,300,000 US$2015: 97,498,600,000 US$2016: 94,809,100,000 US$2017: 89,701,300,000 US$2018: 103,677,500,000 US$2019: 103,838,900,000 US$2020: 91,232,500,000 US$2021: 120,174,100,000 US$2022: 132,681,500,000 US$2023: 127,041,500,000 US$2024: 142,034,000,000 US$2025: 150,143,500,000 US$
Change over the period: +149B (+9,732.58%) Average annual rate: 9.82 %

Comparison, 2025

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

South Korea 150B US$
World 9.58T US$
Service exports — South Korea, by year South Korea All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 150B +8.11B +5.71%
2024 142B +14.99B +11.8%
2023 127B −5.64B −4.25%
2022 133B +12.51B +10.41%
2021 120B +28.94B +31.72%
2020 91.23B −12.61B −12.14%
2019 104B +161M +0.16%
2018 104B +13.98B +15.58%
2017 89.7B −5.11B −5.39%
2016 94.81B −2.69B −2.76%
2015 97.5B −14.4B −12.87%
2014 112B +8.58B +8.3%
2013 103B +190M +0.18%
2012 103B +12.57B +13.89%
2011 90.56B +7.61B +9.18%
2010 82.95B +10.41B +14.35%
2009 72.54B −18.5B −20.32%
2008 91.05B +19.63B +27.49%
2007 71.41B +14.4B +25.26%
2006 57.01B +6.47B +12.81%
2005 50.54B +5.25B +11.6%
2004 45.28B +9.52B +26.63%
2003 35.76B +4.74B +15.27%
2002 31.02B +247M +0.8%
2001 30.78B −1.78B −5.47%
2000 32.56B +4.33B +15.34%
1999 28.23B +796M +2.9%
1998 27.43B −823M −2.91%
1997 28.25B +3.28B +13.15%
1996 24.97B +546M +2.23%
1995 24.42B +6.39B +35.4%
1994 18.04B +3.96B +28.12%
1993 14.08B +2.31B +19.59%
1992 11.77B +575M +5.14%
1991 11.2B +405M +3.75%
1990 10.79B +944M +9.59%
1989 9.85B +509M +5.44%
1988 9.34B +780M +9.11%
1987 8.56B +2.16B +33.75%
1986 6.4B +452M +7.59%
1985 5.95B −1B −14.44%
1984 6.95B +90M +1.31%
1983 6.86B −313M −4.36%
1982 7.17B +1.03B +16.71%
1981 6.15B +1.12B +22.31%
1980 5.03B +634M +14.44%
1979 4.39B +333M +8.2%
1978 4.06B +1.28B +45.8%
1977 2.78B +1.26B +82.32%
1976 1.53B

Eastern Asia, 2025

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

CN China 385B JP Japan 246B KR South Korea 150B

About the indicator

Exports of services: travel and tourism, transport, communications, insurance, financial and business services, royalties, computer and information services. For dozens of countries this flow is larger than merchandise exports, and not only for the obvious tourist destinations: India, Ireland and the Philippines ended up near the top of the list on software and business services. Services, unlike goods, do not pass through customs, so they are estimated from banking and survey statistics and are measured less precisely.

Important: It serves as the denominator for the share of ICT services in service exports. It excludes investment income and compensation of employees — those are counted separately, in the primary income account.

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