South Korea GDP per Capita
The economy's output in a full calendar year divided by the number of people living there that year: the usual measure of average living standards.
₩51.8m
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1970 to 2025
Source: Calculated: GDP for each complete calendar year divided by that year's population. GDP: FRED series NGDPSAXDCKRQ (IMF International Financial Statistics), quarterly. Population: World Bank · Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL).
South Korea GDP per Capita in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In South Korea, the GDP per capita rose by ₩2.2m in 2025, from ₩49.5m in 2024.
That is the highest reading in a record that starts in 1970.
Over the past five years it has ranged from ₩39.7m in 2020 to ₩51.8m in 2025.
South Korea is 27th of 61 countries in our GDP per Capita by Country ranking.
How this series is defined
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- Source
- Calculated: GDP for each complete calendar year divided by that year's population. GDP: FRED series NGDPSAXDCKRQ (IMF International Financial Statistics), quarterly. Population: World Bank
- Series
- See the citation below
- Frequency
- Annual
- Unit
- ₩
- Seasonal adjustment
- Not applicable, annual data
- Latest observation
- 2025
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
Data refreshed 2026-11-09. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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