Lee Jae-myung’s hardscrabble path to the South Korean presidency mirrors his country’s stratospheric rise from grinding ...

SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's gross domestic product (GDP) per person is estimated to have exceeded the US$36,000 mark last year, data showed Sunday. The GDP per capita for 2024 is ...

In the 1960s, GDP per capita was comparable with levels in the poorest countries in the world. In 2004, South Korea's GDP surpassed one trillion dollars. Beginning in the 1960s under President ...

Lee, known for his populist policies and humble background, pledges economic prioritisation through AI investment, shorter ...

TOKYO -- South Korea outstripped Japan in per capita gross domestic product for ... annual economic data released Monday. South Korean GDP figures received a boost from the nation's retroactive ...

South Korea's gross national income (GNI) per capita surpassed Japan and Taiwan in 2024, ranking sixth among countries with populations of more than 50 million, according to data published Wednesday.

GDP·GNI·per capita GNI trend. /Courtesy of Bank of Korea South Korea's per capita GNI first exceeded $30,000 in 2014 ($30,797) and increased to $37,898 in 2021. However, the following year ...

Few countries have transformed themselves as dramatically as South Korea has over the last half-century. A poor, ...

According to the Bank of Korea and others, the IMF estimated South Korea's per capita GDP for this year at $34,642, a decrease of 4.1% from last year, in its 'World Economic Outlook' report ...

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The IMF estimated Korea's 2025 per capita GDP to be $34,642. The metric, used to assess living standards and economic well-being, declined 4.1 percent from the previous year, according to its ...