In 2022, the total assets of the five largest family-run conglomerates in South Korea (also known as chaebols) accounted for about ** percent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP). Samsung Group stood out with its total assets making up about ** percent of the country's GDP.
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Citizens’ Coalition for Economic Justice. (February 28, 2024). Total assets of major conglomerates as percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) in South Korea in selected years from 2007 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 20, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1490388/south-korea-total-assets-of-major-chaebols-as-percentage-of-gdp/
Citizens’ Coalition for Economic Justice. "Total assets of major conglomerates as percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) in South Korea in selected years from 2007 to 2022." Chart. February 28, 2024. Statista. Accessed July 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1490388/south-korea-total-assets-of-major-chaebols-as-percentage-of-gdp/
Citizens’ Coalition for Economic Justice. (2024). Total assets of major conglomerates as percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) in South Korea in selected years from 2007 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1490388/south-korea-total-assets-of-major-chaebols-as-percentage-of-gdp/
Citizens’ Coalition for Economic Justice. "Total Assets of Major Conglomerates as Percentage of Gross Domestic Product (Gdp) in South Korea in Selected Years from 2007 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Feb 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1490388/south-korea-total-assets-of-major-chaebols-as-percentage-of-gdp/
Citizens’ Coalition for Economic Justice, Total assets of major conglomerates as percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) in South Korea in selected years from 2007 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1490388/south-korea-total-assets-of-major-chaebols-as-percentage-of-gdp/ (last visited July 20, 2025)
Total assets of major conglomerates as percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) in South Korea in selected years from 2007 to 2022 [Graph], Citizens’ Coalition for Economic Justice, February 28, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1490388/south-korea-total-assets-of-major-chaebols-as-percentage-of-gdp/
