Korea, Rep.
Korea, Rep. in numbers — 19 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
Korea, Rep. recorded GDP per capita: 36,227 (2025), ranking 47 of 212 worldwide; Population: 51.68 million (2025), ranking 29 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 83.6 (2024), ranking 14 of 217 worldwide; Inflation: 2.12% (2025), ranking 126 of 187 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.
Measured across each series' full span, Internet users shows the largest increase (+420053%) and Population growth the largest decrease (-104%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.
Across the measures below it sits above the world median on slightly more than half. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 13 of 19 comparable series are higher and 5 are lower.
Its population of 51.68 million (2025) makes it a mid-sized population by the standards of this dataset.
18 of 19 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later; the remaining 1 end earlier because the underlying collection is less frequent.
Indicators
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | 1,872,374,961,553.15 | 2025 | +47026.7% |
| GDP per capita | 36,226.97 | 2025 | +22706.6% |
| GDP growth | 1.01% | 2025 | -85.4% |
| Population | 51,684,564 | 2025 | +106.6% |
| Population growth | -0.13% | 2025 | -104.3% |
| Urban population | 81.17% | 2025 | +193.2% |
| Inflation | 2.12% | 2025 | -73.3% |
| Life expectancy | 83.63 | 2024 | +55.5% |
| Infant mortality | 2.3 | 2024 | -96.9% |
| CO2 per capita | 11.36 | 2024 | +487.7% |
| GDP (PPP) | 3,262,583,720,598.03 | 2025 | +788.3% |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | 63,124.92 | 2025 | +636.8% |
| Labor participation | 64.35% | 2025 | +8.4% |
| Unemployment | 2.68% | 2025 | +11.5% |
| Internet users | 97.9% | 2024 | +420053.0% |
| Electricity access | 100% | 2024 | +0.1% |
| Health spending | 8.68% | 2024 | +133.4% |
| Forest area | 64.11% | 2023 | -5.6% |
| Education spending | 5.41% | 2022 | +59.8% |