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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
37,376US dollars per person
Change on 2024
+1.0%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
203142,718Forecast
203041,853Forecast
202940,999Forecast
202840,130Forecast
202739,205Forecast
202638,404Forecast
202537,376
202436,991
202336,291
202235,753
202134,738
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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