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Inflation rate in South Korea

Latest: 2.1%
Previous: 2.3%
Change: -0.20 (-8.6%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2025
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Percent

Inflation 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 Inflation rate in South Korea
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1966	11.3%
Dec 31, 1967	10.9%
Dec 31, 1968	10.8%
Dec 31, 1969	12.4%
Dec 31, 1970	16.0%
Dec 31, 1971	13.5%
Dec 31, 1972	11.7%
Dec 31, 1973	3.2%
Dec 31, 1974	24.3%
Dec 31, 1975	25.2%
Dec 31, 1976	15.3%
Dec 31, 1977	10.1%
Dec 31, 1978	14.5%
Dec 31, 1979	18.3%
Dec 31, 1980	28.7%
Dec 31, 1981	21.4%
Dec 31, 1982	7.2%
Dec 31, 1983	3.4%
Dec 31, 1984	2.3%
Dec 31, 1985	2.5%
Dec 31, 1986	2.7%
Dec 31, 1987	3.0%
Dec 31, 1988	7.1%
Dec 31, 1989	5.7%
Dec 31, 1990	8.6%
Dec 31, 1991	9.3%
Dec 31, 1992	6.2%
Dec 31, 1993	4.8%
Dec 31, 1994	6.3%
Dec 31, 1995	4.5%
Dec 31, 1996	4.9%
Dec 31, 1997	4.4%
Dec 31, 1998	7.5%
Dec 31, 1999	0.8%
Dec 31, 2000	2.3%
Dec 31, 2001	4.1%
Dec 31, 2002	2.8%
Dec 31, 2003	3.5%
Dec 31, 2004	3.6%
Dec 31, 2005	2.8%
Dec 31, 2006	2.2%
Dec 31, 2007	2.5%
Dec 31, 2008	4.7%
Dec 31, 2009	2.8%
Dec 31, 2010	2.9%
Dec 31, 2011	4.0%
Dec 31, 2012	2.2%
Dec 31, 2013	1.3%
Dec 31, 2014	1.3%
Dec 31, 2015	0.7%
Dec 31, 2016	1.0%
Dec 31, 2017	1.9%
Dec 31, 2018	1.5%
Dec 31, 2019	0.4%
Dec 31, 2020	0.5%
Dec 31, 2021	2.5%
Dec 31, 2022	5.1%
Dec 31, 2023	3.6%
Dec 31, 2024	2.3%
Dec 31, 2025	2.1%

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