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Imports / South Korea
Trade

South Korea Imports

Current and historical imports data for South Korea, including latest value (40.28), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: South Korea
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:36:43+02:00
Economy Data Rating
South Korea · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
AA
86 / 100
Very strong stability
Fiscal stability 21.9 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 18.7 / 20
External stability 12.1 / 15
Financial robustness 11.7 / 15
Structural stability 10 / 10
Future capacity 10 / 10
Demographic capacity 2.7 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 90% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 2015–2024 2015– 2024
2015 2024
Selected year: 2024 · Value: n/a 2024

South Korea · imports of goods and services as a percentage of gdp.

2015–2024
40.28 percent of GDP
40.94 percent of GDP
36.36 percent of GDP
37 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2024
imports rate reference line

Countries by imports

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Hong Kong 177.72 high
Luxembourg 159.73 high
Singapore 143.6 high
Ireland 102.19 high
United Arab Emirates 92.2 high
Slovakia 85.73 medium
Vietnam 83.71 medium
Belgium 79.66 medium

Interpretation

short note

This trade indicator helps assess the openness and external orientation of an economy.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Japan 23.64
China 17.18
India 23.49
United States 14.27
Germany 37.66

Related indicators

internal links
Exports NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS
Trade Openness NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS
Current Account Balance BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
Official Exchange Rate PA.NUS.FCRF

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:36:43+02:00

South Korea Snapshot

country profile
Population 51.75 m
GDP 1875.39 bn
Debt/GDP 48.55%
Inflation 2.32%
Unemployment 2.68%
Currency n/a
Region Asia
Income group High income

South Korea Imports: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Imports for South Korea. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: south korea imports rate, imports data south korea, south korea imports statistics, south korea percent of gdp.