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Korea (South Korea) GDP Per Capita (Current Prices, US Dollars) Statistics

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Country or Region: Korea (South Korea) › Change country
Economic Indicator: GDP Per Capita (Current Prices, US Dollars) › See all Korea indicators, › See GDP Per Capita (Current Prices, US Dollars) data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010 › Change year
Full Dataset: from 1980 to 2016
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
National or Regional Currency: South Korean Won
Currency Symbol: KRW

GDP is expressed in current U.S. dollars per person. Data are derived by first converting GDP in national currency to U.S. dollars and then dividing it by total population. See notes for: Gross domestic product, current prices (National currency) Population (Persons).

GDP Per Capita (Current Prices, US Dollars) Statistics for Korea (South Korea), Year 2010 - In Detail

GDP Per Capita (Current Prices, US Dollars) for Korea in year 2010 is US$ 20,590.96

This makes Korea No. 34 in world rankings according to GDP Per Capita (Current Prices, US Dollars) in year 2010. The world's average GDP Per Capita (Current Prices, US Dollars) value is US$ 11854.11 ; Korea is US$ 8,736.85 more than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, GDP Per Capita (Current Prices, US Dollars) for Korea was US$ 17,074.48 GDP Per Capita (Current Prices, US Dollars) for Korea in 2010 was or will be 20.59% more than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, GDP Per Capita (Current Prices, US Dollars) for Korea was or will be US$22,961.25 , which is 11.51% more than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
GDP Per Capita (Current Prices, US Dollars) for Korea, in other Years
Year US$
  2016 31,826.05
  2015 29,713.47
  2014 27,777.70
  2013 25,978.10
  2012 24,414.92
  2011 22,961.25
2010 20,590.96
  2009 17,074.48
  2008 19,162.04
  2007 21,653.27
  2006 19,706.59
  2005 17,550.88
  2004 15,028.82
  2003 13,451.10
  2002 12,093.73
  2001 10,654.82
  2000 11,346.66
  1999 9,906.50
  1998 7,723.84
  1997 11,582.11
  1996 12,586.60
  1995 11,778.76
  1994 9,757.49
  1993 8,422.05
  1992 7,729.98
  1991 7,288.84
  1990 6,307.66
  1989 5,565.10
  1988 4,570.73
  1987 3,444.79
  1986 2,759.70
  1985 2,413.94
  1984 2,349.78
  1983 2,153.88
  1982 1,971.31
  1981 1,869.65
  1980 1,688.84