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GDP growth in South Korea

Is that economy growing or stalling?

South Korea's gdp growth is 1.01 % — #101 of 127 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2025.

1.01%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

GDP growth in South Korea over time

9.20 %4.25 %-0.70 %9.20 % · 2000-0.70 % · 20202000: 9.20 %2001: 4.73 %2002: 7.74 %2003: 3.07 %2004: 5.18 %2005: 4.36 %2006: 5.25 %2007: 5.84 %2008: 3.00 %2009: 0.82 %2010: 6.98 %2011: 3.69 %2012: 2.55 %2013: 3.29 %2014: 3.21 %2015: 2.92 %2016: 3.17 %2017: 3.43 %2018: 3.18 %2019: 2.31 %2020: -0.70 %2021: 4.61 %2022: 2.73 %2023: 1.58 %2024: 2.00 %2025: 1.01 %2000201220251.01 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#101 of 127
higher is better
Ranked behind
20 %
26 of 127 countries
Latest move
▼ 1.00 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
8.19 pp
peak 9.20 % in 2000
Full series
▼ 8.19 pp
since 2000

In Asia: #31 of 36vs median 2.90 %: −1.89 pp (worse)

Among 127 countries

4 of 127 countries between -2.71 % and -2.14 %2 of 127 countries between -2.14 % and -1.56 %1 of 127 countries between -1.56 % and -0.99 %3 of 127 countries between -0.99 % and -0.41 %12 of 127 countries between 0.16 % and 0.74 %11 of 127 countries between 0.74 % and 1.31 %12 of 127 countries between 1.31 % and 1.89 %9 of 127 countries between 1.89 % and 2.47 %14 of 127 countries between 2.47 % and 3.04 %13 of 127 countries between 3.04 % and 3.62 %11 of 127 countries between 3.62 % and 4.19 %10 of 127 countries between 4.19 % and 4.77 %6 of 127 countries between 4.77 % and 5.34 %3 of 127 countries between 5.34 % and 5.92 %1 of 127 countries between 5.92 % and 6.49 %2 of 127 countries between 6.49 % and 7.07 %3 of 127 countries between 7.07 % and 7.64 %2 of 127 countries between 7.64 % and 8.22 %2 of 127 countries between 8.22 % and 8.79 %2 of 127 countries between 9.37 % and 9.95 %4 of 127 countries between 10.52 % and 11.10 %median 2.90 %South Korea: ahead of 20 % of the 127 countries with a published gdp growthSouth Korea 1.01 %-2.71 %11.10 %
Half of all 127 countries sit between 1.30 % and 4.37 %. South Korea is ahead of 20 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGDP growthvs South Korea
99 Norway1.09 %+0.08 pp
100 Slovenia1.06 %+0.05 pp
101 South Korea1.01 %—
102 Russia1.00 %−0.01 pp
103 Belgium0.98 %−0.02 pp

Annual real GDP growth (World Bank).

How to read this figure

Annual growth of real GDP (World Bank) — the size of the economy adjusted for inflation. Population growth matters: a country can grow 2 % while its GDP per person stands still.

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