GDP per capita of South Korea

SourceWorld Bank : Nominal (current), Nominal (constant), PPP (current), PPP (constant)
IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2024)
Date01 Dec 2024

According to the IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2024), South Korea's nominal GDP per capita in 2024 is projected to be around $36,132 at current prices. Based on PPP, South Korea's GDP per capita in 2024 is forecast at 62,960 billion international dollars.

South Korea ranks 33rd in the world by GDP (nominal) per capita and 29th by GDP (PPP) per capita on the 194 economies list. South Korea is ranked 8th in nominal and 10th in the PPP list among 49 Asian economies.

  • Nominal
  • PPP

Projections by IMF

Year GDP per capita ($/Int. $)
NominalPPP
202335,56360,046
202436,13262,960
202537,67565,582
202639,32168,334
202741,03171,173
202842,69974,100
202944,34777,117

Estimates by World Bank

Year GDP (Nominal) per capita ($) GDP (PPP) per capita (Int. $) % to World Rank/Total
CurrentConstant (2015) CurrentConstant (2021)NominalPPPNominalPPP
19601581,028--35.1-69/104-
1961941,067--20.1-89/106-
19621061,077--21.5-88/108-
19631461,142--28.0-78/108-
19641241,218--22.1-85/108-
19651091,274--18.2-99/116-
19661331,392--21.0-94/117-
19671611,483--24.4-90/120-
19681981,640--28.3-83/121-
19692431,836--32.1-80/121-
19702791,977--34.3-90/141-
19713012,143--34.2-89/142-
19723242,255--32.5-93/142-
19734072,546--34.2-91/142-
19745632,741--42.0-87/142-
19756172,906--41.9-85/145-
19768343,238--53.1-73/145-
19771,0563,581--60.5-72/148-
19781,4063,914--69.3-68/147-
19791,7844,189--77.0-68/148-
19801,7154,057--66.7-74/155-
19811,8834,283--72.2-72/156-
19821,9934,569--78.7-71/158-
19832,1995,104--86.1-66/159-
19842,4135,574--92.4-64/161-
19852,4825,952--92.4-64/163-
19862,8356,560--91.2-62/163-
19873,5557,323--102-56/169-
19884,7498,121--124-53/172-
19895,8178,609--149-50/173-
19906,6109,3678,35513,88315315052/18860/186
19917,63710,2749,47515,22817316448/18852/187
19928,12710,79910,18516,00517517146/19150/188
19938,88511,42511,03116,93319018145/19549/188
199410,38512,35912,18718,31721019244/19648/189
199512,56513,41113,50319,87723120542/19948/190
199613,40314,33214,69421,24224421442/19944/190
199712,39815,07415,72222,34323021944/19945/192
19988,28214,19814,97521,04415620552/20149/192
199910,67215,71416,80723,29119822251/20247/192
200012,25716,99618,53925,19022323146/20346/194
200111,56117,68419,72426,21021423849/20444/194
200213,16518,94021,39728,07223824950/20844/195
200314,67319,43522,09628,80623924752/20845/195
200416,49620,36523,77430,18324224952/20845/195
200519,40321,19725,18731,41726624849/20844/195
200621,74322,19626,88432,89827924549/20944/196
200724,08623,36529,06534,63027724748/20945/196
200821,35023,88729,94635,40422724455/21045/199
200919,14423,95329,50835,50221724154/21045/200
201023,07925,45631,73737,72924224649/21040/200
201125,09826,19232,54738,82023924049/21341/201
201225,45926,68033,55739,54424023847/21139/199
201327,18027,40034,24440,61025323445/21140/200
201429,25328,10035,32441,64826823543/21239/199
201528,73728,73737,90242,59328224944/21035/199
201629,28029,46739,57543,67528625343/21038/198
201731,60130,31340,95744,92829425141/21038/199
201833,44731,05943,04446,03429625040/21034/199
201931,90231,64643,86546,90428124444/21139/199
202031,72131,37845,14346,50729025440/21033/198
202135,12632,77148,57148,57128424640/20934/198
202232,39533,69051,62249,93425423842/20337/194
202333,12134,12154,03350,57225223534/18733/184