Nominal GDP
$1.87T
current US$ · 2025
World Bank
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Economy Snapshot
South Korea Economy and Trade
SeoulLocal time
GDP $1.87T · real growth 1.0% · latest verified annual data
On this page, South Korea's nominal GDP is $1.87T for 2025, and its separately dated real-growth series shows 1.0% for 2025. The page also records $36,227 of GDP per capita for 2025 and an inflation reading of 2.1% for 2025. Each measure keeps its own reference period below, avoiding a false same-year comparison between series released on different schedules.
GDP per capita
$36,227
current US$ · 2025
Source listed below
Real GDP growth
1.0%
annual % · 2025
Source listed below
Inflation
2.1%
CPI annual % · 2025
Source listed below
South Korea at a Glance
Each measure keeps its actual reference year and definition.
Output trend
Nominal GDP · annual observations · current US$ · World Bank
2015: $1.54T2016: $1.58T2017: $1.71T2018: $1.82T2019: $1.75T2020: $1.74T2021: $1.94T2022: $1.80T2023: $1.84T2024: $1.88T2025: $1.87T
GDP per capita$36,227
Real growth1.0%
GDP year2025
2025 Inflation
2.1%
CPI annual %
2025 Unemployment
2.7%
labor-market measure
2025 GDP per capita
$36,227
current US$
Macro signals
Available measures are shown with their reported reference periods.
Macro signals
World Bank annual observations
Real growth20251.0%
Unemployment20252.7%
Inflation20252.1%
Understand the numbers
What South Korea's economic profile is telling you
South Korea's current World Bank series reports nominal GDP of about $1.87 trillion in 2025. Real growth slowed to 1.0 percent, inflation was 2.1 percent and modeled unemployment remained low at 2.7 percent.
Reading the macro data
Nominal GDP measures current-dollar size. Real growth, inflation and unemployment describe different economic conditions and can have different reference years.
Reading the trade data
Merchandise trade covers goods. A balance appears only when exports and imports have a verified matching year and currency basis.
Detailed Economic Data
| Indicator | South Korea | Reference period | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDPcurrent US$ | $1.87T | 2025 | Actual |
| GDP per capitacurrent US$ | $36,227 | 2025 | Actual |
| Real GDP growthannual % | 1.0% | 2025 | Actual |
| InflationCPI annual % | 2.1% | 2025 | Actual |
| Unemploymentmodeled ILO estimate | 2.7% | 2025 | Estimate |
| Merchandise balancematched year required | Not calculated | Unavailable | Unavailable |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is South Korea's latest GDP?
The verified GDP observation used here is $1.87T for 2025.
What does merchandise trade show for South Korea?
A matched merchandise export and import pair was not independently resolved on this page, so no goods balance is calculated.
Sources & methodology
Sources for the economic indicators and definitions shown above.
View sources used for this page
Core macroeconomic indicators with explicit reference years.
Official data: GDP · GDP per capita · Real growth · Inflation · Unemployment
Matched-year merchandise trade where independently resolved.
Official data: WTO economy profiles