Republic of Korea vs Upper middle income: GNI (current US$), per square kilometre

Republic of Korea
19.17 million current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Upper middle income
687,425 current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Republic of Korea rank
17th
Upper middle income rank
14th

GNI (current US$), per square kilometre over time

  • Republic of Korea
  • Upper middle income
05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M196119922023

How they compare

Republic of Korea currently reports 19.17 million current US$ per square kilometre against 687,425 current US$ per square kilometre in Upper middle income, a difference of 18.49 million current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Republic of Korea's figure about 27.9 times Upper middle income's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Republic of Korea has been ahead every year.

Republic of Korea ranks 17th and Upper middle income ranks 14th of 206 countries.

Republic of Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Republic of Korea Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1960s 45,411 current US$ per square kilometre 6,021 current US$ per square kilometre 39,390 current US$ per square kilometre Republic of Korea
1970s 286,587 current US$ per square kilometre 19,012 current US$ per square kilometre 267,574 current US$ per square kilometre Republic of Korea
1980s 1.28 million current US$ per square kilometre 42,540 current US$ per square kilometre 1.24 million current US$ per square kilometre Republic of Korea
1990s 4.75 million current US$ per square kilometre 76,674 current US$ per square kilometre 4.68 million current US$ per square kilometre Republic of Korea
2000s 8.98 million current US$ per square kilometre 166,864 current US$ per square kilometre 8.82 million current US$ per square kilometre Republic of Korea
2010s 15.71 million current US$ per square kilometre 462,354 current US$ per square kilometre 15.25 million current US$ per square kilometre Republic of Korea
2020s 18.99 million current US$ per square kilometre 630,264 current US$ per square kilometre 18.36 million current US$ per square kilometre Republic of Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gni (current us$), per square kilometre, Republic of Korea or Upper middle income?
Republic of Korea, at 19.17 million current US$ per square kilometre against 687,425 current US$ per square kilometre in Upper middle income as of 2023.
What is the difference in gni (current us$), per square kilometre between Republic of Korea and Upper middle income?
18.49 million current US$ per square kilometre, with Republic of Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Republic of Korea and Upper middle income?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Republic of Korea and Upper middle income rank globally for gni (current us$), per square kilometre?
Republic of Korea ranks 17th and Upper middle income ranks 14th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as GNI (current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Republic of Korea vs Upper middle income: GNI (current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 27 August 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/gni-current-us-per-square-kilometre/korea-rep/upper-middle-income/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/gni-current-us-per-square-kilometre/korea-rep/upper-middle-income/">Republic of Korea vs Upper middle income: GNI (current US$), per square kilometre</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
GNI (current US$), per square kilometre
Unit
current US$ per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
254 places, 13,003 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

GNI (current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.