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South Korea: Real GDP per capita

Constant local currency per person · 1911–2025 · 115 observations · forecasts to 2031 · rGDP_pc

2025
42.5 millionconstant local currency per person
Change on 2024
+1.1%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+2.2%a year
In US dollars, 2025
$37,508US dollars per person

Real GDP per capita

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Recent values

Constant local currency per person

YearValue
203148,436,974Forecast
203047,456,337Forecast
202946,488,298Forecast
202845,502,008Forecast
202744,453,619Forecast
202643,444,878Forecast
202542,486,385
202442,008,753
202341,053,884
202240,533,256
202139,367,824
202037,565,816
201937,882,607
201837,155,097
201736,167,689
201635,065,508

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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