Venture capital investments in Korea
Korea: Venture capital investments was 0.1404 Percentage of GDP in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Venture capital investments in Korea, 2002–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
Korea recorded 0.1404 Percentage of GDP for venture capital investments in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 98.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, venture capital investments in Korea peaked at 0.2404 Percentage of GDP in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.0404 Percentage of GDP, in 2009.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Venture capital investments in Korea, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0.0677 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2003 | 0.0661 Percentage of GDP | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 0.056 Percentage of GDP | -15.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0616 Percentage of GDP | +10.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0569 Percentage of GDP | -7.8% |
| 2007 | 0.0654 Percentage of GDP | +15.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0454 Percentage of GDP | -30.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0404 Percentage of GDP | -10.9% |
| 2010 | 0.0442 Percentage of GDP | +9.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0484 Percentage of GDP | +9.6% |
| 2012 | 0.0454 Percentage of GDP | -6.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0443 Percentage of GDP | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0556 Percentage of GDP | +25.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0707 Percentage of GDP | +27.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0767 Percentage of GDP | +8.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0746 Percentage of GDP | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 0.1083 Percentage of GDP | +45.2% |
| 2019 | 0.1547 Percentage of GDP | +42.8% |
| 2020 | 0.148 Percentage of GDP | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 0.2404 Percentage of GDP | +62.4% |
| 2022 | 0.2038 Percentage of GDP | -15.2% |
| 2023 | 0.1395 Percentage of GDP | -31.6% |
| 2024 | 0.1398 Percentage of GDP | +0.3% |
| 2025 | 0.1404 Percentage of GDP | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0574 Percentage of GDP | 0.0404 Percentage of GDP | 0.0677 Percentage of GDP | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.0723 Percentage of GDP | 0.0442 Percentage of GDP | 0.1547 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1686 Percentage of GDP | 0.1395 Percentage of GDP | 0.2404 Percentage of GDP | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is venture capital investments in Korea?
- Venture capital investments in Korea was 0.1404 Percentage of GDP in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest venture capital investments recorded in Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2404 Percentage of GDP in 2021.
- What is the lowest venture capital investments recorded in Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0404 Percentage of GDP in 2009.
- How does Korea rank for venture capital investments?
- Korea ranks 1st out of 3 groups with data for 2025.
- Is venture capital investments rising or falling in Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 98.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Korea data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Venture capital investments (market statistics). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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