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Korea, Rep. — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Korea, Rep., 1960–2025.
Latest value · 2025
36,227
GDP per Capita (Nominal) · current US$ · +22706.6% since 1960
GDP per capita for Korea, Rep. was 36,227 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 37,518 in 2021. The lowest was 94 in 1961 (about 384.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 8.71% per year.
Korea, Rep. ranks 47 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 22%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 8,489, so Korea, Rep. sits above it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 3% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 20%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
36,227
First (1960)
159
Change
+22706.6%
Highest
37,518
in 2021
Lowest
94
in 1961
Average
12,669
Annual growth (CAGR)
8.71%
Years of data
66
Recent years
| Year | current US$ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 36,226.97 |
| 2024 | 36,238.64 |
| 2023 | 35,674.1 |
| 2022 | 34,822.4 |
| 2021 | 37,518.46 |
| 2020 | 33,645.77 |
| 2019 | 33,826.94 |
| 2018 | 35,363.95 |
| 2017 | 33,296.98 |
| 2016 | 30,832.06 |
| 2015 | 30,171.79 |
| 2014 | 30,667.09 |
Reading this correctly. Nominal GDP divided by midyear population. A rough proxy for average income; it does not account for income distribution. Figures are in current US$. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.