World Development Indicators

GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): South Korea

Most recent: 37,880 (2025)
Earliest: 120 (1962)
Highest: 38,590 (2022)
Years reported: 64
Member state: South Korea at the United Nations

GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$), 1962–2025. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

Year	GNI per capita
2025	37,880
2024	36,750
2023	38,020
2022	38,590
2021	37,450
2020	35,000
2019	35,790
2018	34,610
2017	31,940
2016	30,850
2015	30,130
2014	29,480
2013	28,210
2012	26,780
2011	24,590
2010	23,250
2009	22,960
2008	24,840
2007	24,390
2006	21,610
2005	19,230
2004	16,790
2003	14,290
2002	13,320
2001	12,390
2000	11,460
1999	10,820
1998	10,720
1997	14,030
1996	13,790
1995	12,230
1994	10,440
1993	9,310
1992	8,580
1991	7,810
1990	6,660
1989	5,550
1988	4,660
1987	3,630
1986	2,930
1985	2,540
1984	2,400
1983	2,220
1982	2,090
1981	2,070
1980	1,910
1979	1,710
1978	1,300
1977	980
1976	820
1975	670
1974	560
1973	430
1972	350
1971	320
1970	280
1969	240
1968	190
1967	150
1966	140
1965	140
1964	140
1963	120
1962	120

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