$36,227
Economic output per person at current market exchange rates.
East Asia · KOR
South Korea market indicators
A compact view of economic scale, momentum and digital access. Each card uses the latest observation available from the source.
1.01%
Annual percentage growth of inflation-adjusted GDP.
2.12%
Annual change in consumer prices.
51,684,564
Total resident population.
-0.13%
Annual population growth rate.
97.90%
Share of people who used the internet recently.
47.80
Fixed high-speed internet subscriptions per 100 people.
2.68%
Modeled ILO estimate of unemployment.
86.36%
Exports plus imports as a share of GDP.
83.63
Expected years of life under current mortality patterns.
Data-led reading
What the latest series says
Automatically calculated from the observations above; descriptive, not a forecast.
Income trend
$36,227 per person
South Korea's GDP per capita was $36,227 in 2025. In current-dollar terms it increased by 7.7% from the closest observation around five years earlier; exchange rates and inflation are part of that movement.
Economic pulse
1.01% real growth
Real GDP growth was 1.01% in 2025. Consumer-price inflation was 2.12% in 2025 and modeled unemployment was 2.68% in 2025. These series may refer to different reporting years.
Digital reach
97.90% online
Internet use reached 97.90% of the population in 2024, while fixed broadband subscriptions were 47.80 per 100 people in 2024. A subscription can serve multiple users, so the measures answer different questions.
People & connections
51,684,564 residents
The population contracted at -0.13% in 2025. Life expectancy was 83.63 years, while exports plus imports equaled 86.36% of GDP in their respective latest observations.
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