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South Korea: Exports (% of GDP)

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

2025
46.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.4 pointsfrom 44.6%
Average, 2016–2025
40.5%10 years
Record high and low
78.5% (1939)low 0.55% (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
203150.0Forecast
203049.5Forecast
202949.0Forecast
202848.5Forecast
202747.9Forecast
202647.0Forecast
202546.0
202444.6
202341.5
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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