Korea

Korea — GDP

Korea: published figures with a selectable comparison of economies.

USD 1.87T

-USD 3.01B (-0.2%)

As of 2025 | current US$

Latest
USD 1.87T 2025
Previous year
USD 1.88T 2024
Min
USD 2.43B 1961
Max
USD 1.94T 2021

current US$

Taiwan uses DGBAS national accounts; other economies use the stated World Bank series. Release dates, revisions, definitions and observation years may differ. Read those details before comparing values; an alphabetical list is not a ranking of economic performance or living standards.

YearGDP
2025USD 1.87T
2024USD 1.88T
2023USD 1.84T
2022USD 1.80T
2021USD 1.94T
2020USD 1.74T
2019USD 1.75T
2018USD 1.82T
2017USD 1.71T
2016USD 1.58T
2015USD 1.54T
2014USD 1.56T
2013USD 1.43T
2012USD 1.34T
2011USD 1.31T
2010USD 1.19T
2009USD 983.07B
2008USD 1.09T
2007USD 1.22T
2006USD 1.10T
2005USD 971.74B
2004USD 823.25B
2003USD 728.52B
2002USD 650.01B
CountryGDPChangeYear
AustraliaUSD 1.80T+USD 41.50B (+2.4%)2025
ChinaUSD 19.50T+USD 768.37B (+4.1%)2025
Euro areaUSD 18.01T+USD 1.41T (+8.5%)2025JapanUSD 4.44T+USD 245.15B (+5.9%)2025Korea, Rep.USD 1.87T-USD 3.01B (-0.2%)2025TaiwanUSD 922.45B+USD 120.93B (+15.1%)2025United KingdomUSD 4.00T+USD 307.05B (+8.3%)2025United StatesUSD 30.77T+USD 1.47T (+5.0%)2025

What GDP is

Gross domestic product in current US dollars is the market value of final goods and services produced in an economy in a year, converted at market exchange rates. Latest: USD 1.87T in 2025.

A larger dollar GDP can reflect a stronger currency as well as more output. PPP series on this site are the better comparison of living-standard volume. From 1960 to 2025 (66 years): latest USD 1.87T (2025), previous year USD 1.88T (2024); low USD 2.43B (1961), high USD 1.94T (2021).

Source: World Bank Open Data. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (terms).

Reading this series

Current-US-dollar GDP measures economic size at market exchange rates. Currency movements can change its value even without a change in output. Total GDP is not a measure of individual living standards; PPP provides a comparison using comparable price levels.

World Bank: NY.GDP.MKTP.CD

About this desk

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Taiwan uses DGBAS dataset 44218 for 1980–2025: GDP in current US dollars, GDP per person in current US dollars, and annual real GDP growth in percent. These are the source's published annual values. The dollar series use market-exchange-rate values; they are not purchasing-power-parity measures. Taiwan and Liechtenstein are unavailable in the PPP GDP and PPP-per-capita series until a suitable source with verified commercial-reuse permission is available. Missing observations are not zero. DGBAS dataset 44218 does not supply a PPP replacement. Taiwan's population, GNI, GDP deflator, current account and exports are unavailable on this site. A missing series means this publication has no usable observation from an approved source; it does not mean that no official statistics exist.