South Korea vs Upper middle income: GNI, PPP (current international $), per square kilometre

South Korea
30.87 million current international $ per square kilometre
in 2023
Upper middle income
1.54 million current international $ per square kilometre
in 2023
South Korea rank
11th
Upper middle income rank
14th

GNI, PPP (current international $), per square kilometre over time

  • South Korea
  • Upper middle income
010.0M20.0M30.0M199020062023

How they compare

South Korea currently reports 30.87 million current international $ per square kilometre against 1.54 million current international $ per square kilometre in Upper middle income, a difference of 29.33 million current international $ per square kilometre.

That makes South Korea's figure about 20.1 times Upper middle income's.

Across all 34 years both countries report, South Korea has been ahead every year.

South Korea ranks 11th and Upper middle income ranks 14th of 200 countries.

South Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade South Korea Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1990s 6.09 million current international $ per square kilometre 213,869 current international $ per square kilometre 5.87 million current international $ per square kilometre South Korea
2000s 12.71 million current international $ per square kilometre 428,939 current international $ per square kilometre 12.28 million current international $ per square kilometre South Korea
2010s 20.55 million current international $ per square kilometre 879,620 current international $ per square kilometre 19.67 million current international $ per square kilometre South Korea
2020s 28.49 million current international $ per square kilometre 1.34 million current international $ per square kilometre 27.16 million current international $ per square kilometre South Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gni, ppp (current international $), per square kilometre, South Korea or Upper middle income?
South Korea, at 30.87 million current international $ per square kilometre against 1.54 million current international $ per square kilometre in Upper middle income as of 2023.
What is the difference in gni, ppp (current international $), per square kilometre between South Korea and Upper middle income?
29.33 million current international $ per square kilometre, with South Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South Korea and Upper middle income?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do South Korea and Upper middle income rank globally for gni, ppp (current international $), per square kilometre?
South Korea ranks 11th and Upper middle income ranks 14th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as GNI, PPP (current international $), 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

South Korea vs Upper middle income: GNI, PPP (current international $), per square kilometre. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 28 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/gni-ppp-current-international-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-ppp-current-international-per-square-kilometre/korea-rep/upper-middle-income/">South Korea vs Upper middle income: GNI, PPP (current international $), per square kilometre</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
GNI, PPP (current international $), per square kilometre
Unit
current international $ per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
247 places, 7,887 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

GNI, PPP (current international $) 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.