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GDP growth rate in South Korea

Latest: 1.0%
Previous: 2.0%
Change: -1.00 (-49.7%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2025
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Percent

GDP growth rate over time

Annual, Percent, Not seasonally adjusted

Source: World Bank Projection Dashed values are International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook database projections, not observed data.

Observations for GDP growth rate in South Korea
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1966	12.0%
Dec 31, 1967	9.2%
Dec 31, 1968	13.2%
Dec 31, 1969	14.6%
Dec 31, 1970	10.2%
Dec 31, 1971	10.7%
Dec 31, 1972	7.3%
Dec 31, 1973	15.0%
Dec 31, 1974	9.6%
Dec 31, 1975	7.9%
Dec 31, 1976	13.3%
Dec 31, 1977	12.4%
Dec 31, 1978	11.1%
Dec 31, 1979	8.7%
Dec 31, 1980	-1.5%
Dec 31, 1981	7.4%
Dec 31, 1982	8.5%
Dec 31, 1983	13.5%
Dec 31, 1984	10.6%
Dec 31, 1985	7.9%
Dec 31, 1986	11.5%
Dec 31, 1987	12.9%
Dec 31, 1988	12.1%
Dec 31, 1989	7.2%
Dec 31, 1990	10.0%
Dec 31, 1991	10.9%
Dec 31, 1992	6.4%
Dec 31, 1993	7.0%
Dec 31, 1994	9.4%
Dec 31, 1995	9.7%
Dec 31, 1996	8.0%
Dec 31, 1997	6.3%
Dec 31, 1998	-4.9%
Dec 31, 1999	11.6%
Dec 31, 2000	9.2%
Dec 31, 2001	4.7%
Dec 31, 2002	7.7%
Dec 31, 2003	3.1%
Dec 31, 2004	5.2%
Dec 31, 2005	4.4%
Dec 31, 2006	5.2%
Dec 31, 2007	5.8%
Dec 31, 2008	3.0%
Dec 31, 2009	0.8%
Dec 31, 2010	7.0%
Dec 31, 2011	3.7%
Dec 31, 2012	2.5%
Dec 31, 2013	3.3%
Dec 31, 2014	3.2%
Dec 31, 2015	2.9%
Dec 31, 2016	3.2%
Dec 31, 2017	3.4%
Dec 31, 2018	3.2%
Dec 31, 2019	2.3%
Dec 31, 2020	-0.7%
Dec 31, 2021	4.6%
Dec 31, 2022	2.7%
Dec 31, 2023	1.6%
Dec 31, 2024	2.0%
Dec 31, 2025	1.0%

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