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South Korea: Exports (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1911–2025 · 106 observations · forecasts to 2031 · exports_GDP

2025
45.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.4 pointsfrom 44.4%
Average, 2016–2025
40.4%10 years
Record high and low
80.7% (1939)low 0.566% (1951)

Exports (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

Compare with other countries →Definition of Exports (% of GDP)

Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203155.1Forecast
203054.6Forecast
202954.1Forecast
202853.5Forecast
202752.8Forecast
202652.8Forecast
202545.8
202444.4
202341.3
202245.3
202139.3
202034.6
201937.0
201839.5
201738.8
201638.1

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

South Korea documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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