Korea
KR desk: Korea first; United States, Japan, China, Taiwan, euro area, United Kingdom and Australia alongside.
+1.40 pp
As of 2025 | % of GDP
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 45.76% |
| 2024 | 44.36% |
| 2023 | 41.32% |
| 2022 | 45.29% |
| 2021 | 39.34% |
| 2020 | 34.62% |
| 2019 | 37.04% |
| 2018 | 39.45% |
| 2017 | 38.85% |
| 2016 | 38.11% |
| 2015 | 40.97% |
| 2014 | 45.79% |
| 2013 | 49.23% |
| 2012 | 52.02% |
| 2011 | 51.28% |
| 2010 | 45.27% |
| 2009 | 43.51% |
| 2008 | 45.85% |
| 2007 | 36.04% |
| 2006 | 34.45% |
| 2005 | 34.13% |
| 2004 | 35.61% |
| 2003 | 30.44% |
| 2002 | 28.87% |
Exports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP (NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS) measure how large foreign sales are relative to domestic output. Latest: 45.76% in 2025.
Small open economies often show high ratios; large continental economies show lower ones. The ratio is not an export growth rate. From 1960 to 2025 (66 years): latest 45.76% (2025), previous year 44.36% (2024); low 2.63% (1960), high 52.02% (2012).
Source: World Bank Open Data. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (terms).