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Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita South Korea

What is South Korea's gross domestic product (gdp) per capita in thousand u.s. dol? As of 2031, it's 46 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan, up from 1.7 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan in 1980.

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Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita South Korea — full underlying data
LabelGross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousand U.S. dol
19801.74 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
19811.92 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
19822.03 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
19832.25 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
19842.47 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
19852.54 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
19862.91 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
19873.66 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
19884.89 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
19895.99 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
19906.81 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
19917.87 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
19928.39 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
19939.18 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
199410.73 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
199513 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
199613.86 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
199712.84 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
19988.57 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
199911.06 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
200012.72 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
200111.98 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
200213.64 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
200315.21 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
200417.11 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
200520.16 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
200622.6 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
200725.08 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
200822.29 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
200919.93 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
201024.07 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
201126.18 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
201226.6 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
201328.45 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
201430.67 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
201530.17 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
201630.83 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
201733.3 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
201835.36 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
201933.83 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
202033.65 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
202137.52 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
202234.82 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
202335.67 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
202436.24 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
202536.23 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
202637.41 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
202739.01 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
202840.69 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
202942.45 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
203044.18 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan
203146.02 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan

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Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita South Korea: Key Points

  • Here's the shape of it: 1.74 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan in 1980, 46.02 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan by 2031 for South Korea's gross domestic product (GDP) per capita South Korea — up, 2545% rise end to end.
  • 1981-1987: spikes to 3.66 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan (+110%).
  • 1989-1996: surges to 13.86 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan (+183%).
  • 1999-2000: shoots up to 12.72 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan (+48%).
  • 2002-2007: spikes to 25.08 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan (+109%).
  • 2031: Final reading, 46.02 Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in thousan. That's 2544.8% up on 1980.

What The Volatility Really Means

Don't anchor on the most recent year. With this much back-and-forth, the latest reading is one data point among several similarly-weighted ones, not the start of a new trend.

The single most useful thing to do with this chart is compare South Korea against its neighbors or peers on the same gross domestic product (GDP) per capita South Korea series, not read the line in isolation — a number only means something relative to where everyone else stands.

Source here is a national/international statistics body, not a live measurement — most time series like this are interpolated or modeled between actual survey years. Treat the trend as the real signal, individual years as approximate.

A per-capita series like this blends two moving parts — the total, and the population it is divided by. Movement here does not guarantee the same movement in the underlying total.

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