Korea vs United States of America: Venture capital investments
Venture capital investments over time
- Korea
- United States of America
How they compare
United States of America currently reports 0.6244 Percentage of GDP against 0.1404 Percentage of GDP in Korea, a difference of 0.484 Percentage of GDP.
That makes United States of America's figure about 4.4 times Korea's.
Across all 20 years both countries report, United States of America has been ahead every year.
Korea ranks 1st and United States of America ranks 2nd of 3 groups.
United States of America has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Korea | United States of America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.052 Percentage of GDP | 0.2246 Percentage of GDP | 0.1725 Percentage of GDP | United States of America |
| 2010s | 0.0723 Percentage of GDP | 0.3445 Percentage of GDP | 0.2722 Percentage of GDP | United States of America |
| 2020s | 0.1686 Percentage of GDP | 0.6826 Percentage of GDP | 0.5139 Percentage of GDP | United States of America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher venture capital investments, Korea or United States of America?
- United States of America, at 0.6244 Percentage of GDP against 0.1404 Percentage of GDP in Korea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in venture capital investments between Korea and United States of America?
- 0.484 Percentage of GDP, with United States of America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and United States of America?
- 20 years are reported by both, from 2006 to 2025.
- How do Korea and United States of America rank globally for venture capital investments?
- Korea ranks 1st and United States of America ranks 2nd of 3 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Venture capital investments (market statistics). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
In the OECD Entrepreneurship Financing Database, venture capital is made up of the sum of early stage (including pre-seed, seed, start-up and other early stage) and later stage venture capital. As there are no harmonised definitions of venture capital stages across venture capital associations and other data providers, original data have been re-aggregated to fit the OECD classification of venture capital by stages. Korea, New Zealand, the Russian Federation and South Africa do not provide breakdowns of venture capital by stage that would allow meaningful international comparisons. The attached table shows the correspondences between original data and OECD harmonised data for venture capital investments by stage. https://webfs-sdd.oecd.org/files/.Stat/VC_INV/VC_OECD_HarmonisedStages.xlsx Venture capital is a form of equity financing particularly relevant for young companies with innovation and growth potential but untested business models and no track record; it replaces or complements traditional bank finance. The development of the venture capital industry is considered an important framework condition to stimulate innovative entrepreneurship. Aggregate data on venture capital provide useful information on trends in the venture capital industry. These data are typically compiled by national or regional Private Equity and Venture Capital Associations, often with the support of commercial data providers. The quality and availability of aggregate data on venture capital have improved considerably in recent years; international comparisons, however, remain complicated because of two main problems. The first difficulty comes from the lack of a standard international definition of venture capital. While there is a general understanding, the definition of the types of investments included in venture capital varies across countries and regions. In some cases, differences are purely linguistic; in others, they are more substantive. The second problem relates to the diverse methodologies employed by data compilers. The completeness and representativeness of venture capital statistics with respect to the venture capital industry of a country will differ depending on how data were collected. The units used are : Millions of US Dollars and share of GDP. OECD statistics contact: stat.contact@oecd.org