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South Korea: Real GDP per capita (USD)

US dollars per person · 1911–2025 · 115 observations · forecasts to 2031 · rGDP_pc_USD

2025
37,508US dollars per person
Change on 2024
+1.1%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+2.2%a year

Real GDP per capita (USD)

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Recent values

US dollars per person

YearValue
203142,762Forecast
203041,896Forecast
202941,041Forecast
202840,171Forecast
202739,245Forecast
202638,354Forecast
202537,508
202437,087
202336,244
202235,784
202134,755
202033,164
201933,444
201832,802
201731,930
201630,957

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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