Country profile
South Korea
Asia · Capital: Seoul · Currency: South Korean won (KRW)
South Korea is a country in Asia, with its capital at Seoul. It has a GDP of $1.88T (2024), a population of 51.7M (2025), a GDP per capita of $36,239.
- GDP
- $1.88T
- GDP per capita
- $36,239
- Population
- 51.7M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- $63,125
2024 · #12 of 200
2024 · #39 of 200
2025 · #29 of 216
2025 · #29 of 185
Economy
- GDP
- $1.88T2024 · #12
- GDP per capita
- $36,2392024 · #39
- GDP growth
- 2.00%2024 · #141
- Inflation
- 2.32%2024 · #62
- Unemployment
- 2.68%2025 · #29
- Population
- 51.7M2025 · #29
- GDP (PPP)
- $3.26T2025 · #14
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- $63,1252025 · #29
- Gini index
- 32.92021 · #56
- Government debt
- 54.4%2026 · #97
People
- Median age
- 45.5 yrs2024 · #15
- Fertility rate
- 0.7 children/woman2024 · #215
- Urbanization
- 81.2%2025 · #54
- Net migration
- +65,731/yr2025 · #20
- Life expectancy
- 83.6 yrs2024 · #14
- HDI
- 0.9372023 · #20
- Homicide rate
- 0.5 per 100k2023 · #16
Money
- Average wage (PPP)
- $4,246/mo2024 · #24
- Minimum wage
- $1,512/mo2024 · #12
- Minimum wage (PPP)
- $2,209/mo2024 · #11
- Corporate tax
- 24.2%2024 · #107
- Top income tax
- 53.4%2024 · #9
- Big Mac index
- $3.742026-01 · #40
Figures
- Internet users
- 97.9%2024 · #13
- CO₂ per capita
- 11.4 t2024 · #17
- Area
- 100,210 km²#110
- Population density
- 516 /km²2025 · #21
- McDonald's
- 4012024 · #18
- Unicorn startups
- 332026-03 · #7
- Billionaires
- 492026 · #15
- Passport power
- 188 destinations2026 · #2
- Corruption index
- 64/1002024 · #30
- Military spending
- 2.6%2024 · #34
- Renewable energy
- 3.6%2021 · #171
Globenomics Company Index
The largest companies headquartered in South Korea.
- 1Samsung ElectronicsElectronics industryRevenue · 2025 · ~$234.53B
- 2Samsung GroupConglomerateRevenue · 2018 · ~$208.5B
- 3Hyundai MobisAutomotive industryRevenue · 2016 · ~$32.96B
- 4Sungwoo HitechAutomotive industryRevenue · 2016 · ~$3.3B
- 5HJ Shipbuilding & ConstructionShipbuildingRevenue · 2013 · ~$2.44B