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South Korea: Inflation

Percent · 1743–2025 · 236 observations · forecasts to 2031 · infl

2025
2.13%percent
Change on 2024
−0.2 pointsfrom 2.31%
Average, 2016–2025
2.09%10 years
Record high and low
159.6% (1810)low −66.7% (1816)

Inflation

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-100%-50%0%50%100%150%200%175018001850190019502000South KoreaSouth Korea
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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20312.00Forecast
20302.00Forecast
20292.00Forecast
20282.00Forecast
20271.87Forecast
20262.02Forecast
20252.13
20242.31
20233.60
20225.09
20212.50
20200.537
20190.383
20181.48
20171.94
20160.972

Sources

  • Clio Infra1743–2010
  • Reinhart & Rogoff1800–2014
  • Mitchell1952–2009
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1953–2025
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators1965–2025
  • Bank for International Settlements1966–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1966–2025
  • World Bank (inflation)1970–2024
  • WDI (archive)1971–1997
  • Bordo1972–1997
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1981–2025
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor1987–2025
  • Asian Development Bank2001–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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