South Korea vs Lower middle income: Gross national expenditure (current US$), per capita (capita US)
South Korea
34,344 current US$ per person
in 2025
Lower middle income
2,779 current US$ per person
in 2025
South Korea rank
36th
Lower middle income rank
34th
Gross national expenditure (current US$), per capita (capita US) over time
- South Korea
- Lower middle income
How they compare
South Korea currently reports 34,344 current US$ per person against 2,779 current US$ per person in Lower middle income, a difference of 31,565 current US$ per person.
That makes South Korea's figure about 12.4 times Lower middle income's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was South Korea ahead.
South Korea ranks 36th and Lower middle income ranks 34th of 186 countries.
South Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South Korea | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 163.46 current US$ per person | 145.93 current US$ per person | 17.52 current US$ per person | South Korea |
| 1970s | 813.1 current US$ per person | 261.4 current US$ per person | 551.7 current US$ per person | South Korea |
| 1980s | 3,009 current US$ per person | 477.67 current US$ per person | 2,532 current US$ per person | South Korea |
| 1990s | 10,190 current US$ per person | 533.15 current US$ per person | 9,657 current US$ per person | South Korea |
| 2000s | 17,791 current US$ per person | 945.43 current US$ per person | 16,846 current US$ per person | South Korea |
| 2010s | 28,750 current US$ per person | 1,921 current US$ per person | 26,829 current US$ per person | South Korea |
| 2020s | 34,688 current US$ per person | 2,490 current US$ per person | 32,199 current US$ per person | South Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gross national expenditure (current us$), per capita, South Korea or Lower middle income?
- South Korea, at 34,344 current US$ per person against 2,779 current US$ per person in Lower middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in gross national expenditure (current us$), per capita between South Korea and Lower middle income?
- 31,565 current US$ per person, with South Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South Korea and Lower middle income?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do South Korea and Lower middle income rank globally for gross national expenditure (current us$), per capita?
- South Korea ranks 36th and Lower middle income ranks 34th of 186 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Gross national expenditure (current US$), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Gross national expenditure (current US$) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.