Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita was 36,126 USD in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Republic of Korea, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
Republic of Korea recorded 36,126 USD for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 17.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Republic of Korea peaked at 37,461 USD in 2021 and was at its lowest, 279.18 USD, in 1970.
Republic of Korea ranks 40th of 195 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 279.18 USD | — |
| 1971 | 301 USD | +7.8% |
| 1972 | 323.86 USD | +7.6% |
| 1973 | 406.27 USD | +25.4% |
| 1974 | 562.83 USD | +38.5% |
| 1975 | 616.74 USD | +9.6% |
| 1976 | 834.83 USD | +35.4% |
| 1977 | 1,060 USD | +27.0% |
| 1978 | 1,417 USD | +33.6% |
| 1979 | 1,805 USD | +27.4% |
| 1980 | 1,744 USD | -3.4% |
| 1981 | 1,920 USD | +10.1% |
| 1982 | 2,030 USD | +5.7% |
| 1983 | 2,240 USD | +10.3% |
| 1984 | 2,457 USD | +9.7% |
| 1985 | 2,522 USD | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 2,876 USD | +14.0% |
| 1987 | 3,597 USD | +25.1% |
| 1988 | 4,787 USD | +33.1% |
| 1989 | 5,841 USD | +22.0% |
| 1990 | 6,626 USD | +13.4% |
| 1991 | 7,670 USD | +15.8% |
| 1992 | 8,217 USD | +7.1% |
| 1993 | 9,040 USD | +10.0% |
| 1994 | 10,613 USD | +17.4% |
| 1995 | 12,923 USD | +21.8% |
| 1996 | 13,830 USD | +7.0% |
| 1997 | 12,844 USD | -7.1% |
| 1998 | 8,583 USD | -33.2% |
| 1999 | 11,084 USD | +29.1% |
| 2000 | 12,783 USD | +15.3% |
| 2001 | 12,067 USD | -5.6% |
| 2002 | 13,737 USD | +13.8% |
| 2003 | 15,332 USD | +11.6% |
| 2004 | 17,246 USD | +12.5% |
| 2005 | 20,303 USD | +17.7% |
| 2006 | 22,800 USD | +12.3% |
| 2007 | 25,338 USD | +11.1% |
| 2008 | 22,613 USD | -10.8% |
| 2009 | 20,245 USD | -10.5% |
| 2010 | 24,459 USD | +20.8% |
| 2011 | 26,606 USD | +8.8% |
| 2012 | 26,922 USD | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 28,653 USD | +6.4% |
| 2014 | 30,793 USD | +7.5% |
| 2015 | 30,190 USD | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 30,784 USD | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 33,217 USD | +7.9% |
| 2018 | 35,326 USD | +6.3% |
| 2019 | 33,825 USD | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 33,631 USD | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 37,461 USD | +11.4% |
| 2022 | 34,748 USD | -7.2% |
| 2023 | 35,538 USD | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 36,126 USD | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 760.73 USD | 279.18 USD | 1,805 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,001 USD | 1,744 USD | 5,841 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,143 USD | 6,626 USD | 13,830 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,246 USD | 12,067 USD | 25,338 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 30,077 USD | 24,459 USD | 35,326 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 35,501 USD | 33,631 USD | 37,461 USD | 5 |
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More economy & growth data for Republic of Korea
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 4 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$ 1.5 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth Standard Local 4 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth Standard Local Currency 6.06 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP Standard Local Currency 29.86 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP Standard Local Currency 32.07 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices 29.86 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$ 32.07 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$, 2015 prices 571,534 million USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 646.38 million million SLC (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Republic of Korea?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Republic of Korea was 36,126 USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita recorded in Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 37,461 USD in 2021.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita recorded in Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 279.18 USD in 1970.
- How does Republic of Korea rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita?
- Republic of Korea ranks 40th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita rising or falling in Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Republic of Korea data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).