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South Korea: Imports (% of GDP)

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

2025
40.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.3 pointsfrom 40.3%
Average, 2016–2025
37.0%10 years
Record high and low
50.4% (2011)low 2.28% (1950)

Imports (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203146.0Forecast
203045.4Forecast
202944.8Forecast
202844.2Forecast
202743.9Forecast
202643.1Forecast
202540.6
202440.3
202340.9
202245.3
202136.0
202030.9
201934.4
201835.3
201734.3
201631.8

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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