The gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in South Korea was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2030 by in total 5,762.76 U.S. dollars (+15.95 percent). After the seventh consecutive increasing year, the GDP per capita is estimated to reach 41,891.75 U.S. dollars and therefore a new peak in 2030. This indicator describes the gross domestic product per capita at current prices. Thereby the gross domestic product was first converted from national currency to U.S. dollars at current exchange prices and then divided by the total population. The gross domestic products is a measure of a country's productivity. It refers to the total value of goods and service produced during a given time period (here a year).
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South Korea: Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in current prices from 1989 to 2030
(in U.S. dollars)
Characteristic
GDP per capita in U.S. dollars
2030*
41,891.75
2029*
40,340.63
2028*
38,849.92
2027*
37,367.37
2026*
35,880.22
2025*
34,641.74
2024
36,128.99
2023
35,563.05
2022
34,822.41
2021
37,518.47
2020
33,653.2
2019
33,826.94
2018
35,363.95
2017
33,296.98
2016
30,825.52
2015
30,171.79
2014
30,667.09
2013
28,449.36
2012
26,600.55
2011
26,177.94
2010
24,069.07
2009
19,933.01
2008
22,291.17
2007
25,075.29
2006
22,596.68
2005
20,162.88
2004
17,107.74
2003
15,211.15
2002
13,637.34
2001
11,983.38
2000
12,716.99
1999
11,052.11
1998
8,570.15
1997
12,865.21
1996
13,887
1995
13,018.84
1994
10,756.12
1993
9,207.34
1992
8,419.95
1991
7,913.03
1990
6,848.72
1989
6,027.15
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IMF. (April 22, 2025). South Korea: Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in current prices from 1989 to 2030 (in U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/939347/gross-domestic-product-gdp-per-capita-in-south-korea/
IMF. "South Korea: Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in current prices from 1989 to 2030 (in U.S. dollars)." Chart. April 22, 2025. Statista. Accessed June 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/939347/gross-domestic-product-gdp-per-capita-in-south-korea/
IMF. (2025). South Korea: Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in current prices from 1989 to 2030 (in U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/939347/gross-domestic-product-gdp-per-capita-in-south-korea/
IMF. "South Korea: Gross Domestic Product (Gdp) per Capita in Current Prices from 1989 to 2030 (in U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Apr 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/939347/gross-domestic-product-gdp-per-capita-in-south-korea/
IMF, South Korea: Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in current prices from 1989 to 2030 (in U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/939347/gross-domestic-product-gdp-per-capita-in-south-korea/ (last visited June 08, 2025)
South Korea: Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in current prices from 1989 to 2030 (in U.S. dollars) [Graph], IMF, April 22, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/939347/gross-domestic-product-gdp-per-capita-in-south-korea/
