South Korea Economic Data

GDP, prices, labour market, public finance, external stability, trade and structural indicators for South Korea.
ISO3: KOR
REGION: Eastern Asia
INCOME: High income
79A · Low risk
2 %latest available
2.32 %consumer prices
5.33 %% of GDP

Risk dimensions

SCREENING MODEL
  • Macroeconomic stability79.5
  • Public finance78.8
  • External stability65
  • Structural resilience92.5

Provider priority

API LAYER
World Bank Indicators APIADB Key Indicators DatabaseIMF Data APIBank of Korea ECOS APIWTO Timeseries APIUN Comtrade API

Provider selection is country-specific. World Bank remains the baseline, national APIs are added where stable endpoints or key-based APIs are available.

South Korea indicators

EXISTING ECONOMY DATA FORMAT
IndicatorLatest valueUnitSourceGlobal page
GDP Growth2 %annual percentWorld Bank / public data sourcescountry
Nominal GDP1.88 tncurrent US$World Bank / public data sourcescountry
GDP per Capita36,239current US$World Bank / public data sourcescountry
Inflation2.32 %percentWorld Bank / public data sourcescountry
Consumer Price Index132.2indexWorld Bank / public data sourcescountry
Unemployment2.68 %percentWorld Bank / public data sourcescountry
Youth Unemployment6.7 %percentWorld Bank / public data sourcescountry
Government Debt48.55 %percent of GDPWorld Bank / public data sourcescountry
Fiscal Balancen/apercent of GDPWorld Bank / public data sourcescountry
Current Account Balance5.33 %percent of GDPWorld Bank / public data sourcescountry
Exports44.36 %percent of GDPWorld Bank / public data sourcescountry
Imports40.28 %percent of GDPWorld Bank / public data sourcescountry
Trade Openness84.64 %percent of GDPWorld Bank / public data sourcescountry
FDI Inflows0.69 %percent of GDPWorld Bank / public data sourcescountry
Foreign Reserves418.22 bncurrent US$World Bank / public data sourcescountry
Official Exchange Rate1,363LCU per US$World Bank / public data sourcescountry
Population51.75 mpeopleWorld Bank / public data sourcescountry
Life Expectancy83.63yearsWorld Bank / public data sourcescountry
CO₂ Emissionsn/ametric tons per capitaWorld Bank / public data sourcescountry
Energy Use5,439kg oil equivalent per capitaWorld Bank / public data sourcescountry

SEO economic profile

KOR

South Korea is included in the Asia module for regional comparison, macroeconomic monitoring, risk screening and trade-exposure analysis. The page is structured for search queries such as "South Korea GDP growth", "South Korea inflation", "South Korea economic data" and "South Korea country risk".

Use the source layer before interpreting values. Some national indicators have higher frequency than the global annual baseline and are prepared through separate provider adapters.

Asia-Pacific and Middle East economic data context

The Asia module extends Economy Data with country-level macroeconomic, trade, public finance, financial-stability and structural indicators for Asia-Pacific economies, Oceania and Middle East / Gulf markets. Pages use the existing Economy Data layout and normalize available API data into the same country and indicator structure as the global portal.

Core data currently use World Bank compatible indicator files, with additional provider layers prepared for ADB, IMF, BIS, DBnomics/NBS, Hong Kong HKMA, SingStat, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Philippine OpenSTAT, Japan e-Stat, Bank of Korea ECOS, WTO, UN Comtrade and ASEANstats.