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The economy of South Korea is a highly developed mixed economy. [19] [20] [21] By nominal GDP, the economy was worth ₩2.61 quadrillion (US$1.87 trillion).It has the 4th largest economy in Asia and the 12th largest in the world as of 2025. [3]
This is a list of South Korean regions by GDP. All data are sourced from the latest regional statistics published by the South Korean Government, [1] the OECD and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). [2] [3] The South Korean won has been converted to the international dollar using the IMF's Purchasing Power Parity conversion rate.
Seoul has three central business districts; the Downtown Seoul(CBD), Gangnam(GBD), and Yeouido(YBD). [12] The Downtown Seoul, which has 600 hundred years of history as unparalleled business district in entire Korea, is now a densely concentrated area around Gwanghwamun and Cheonggyecheon with headquarters of major companies, foreign financial institutions, largest news agencies and law firms.
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's economy expanded at the fastest pace in 11 years in 2021 helped by a jump in exports and construction activity, tempering declines in capital investment and a slow ...
North Korea's nominal gross national income in 2023 was estimated to be 1.59 million won ($1,147.56) per capita, equivalent to just 3.4% of the South's 47.25 million won.
South Korea's economy was one of the world's fastest-growing from the early 1960s to the late 1990s, and was still one of the fastest-growing developed countries in the 2000s, along with Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan, the other three Asian Tigers. [199] It recorded the fastest rise in average GDP per capita in the world between 1980 and 1990 ...
Gross domestic product (GDP) is the market value of all final goods and services from a nation in a given year. [2] Countries are sorted by nominal GDP estimates from financial and statistical institutions, which are calculated at market or government official exchange rates.
13 November – In baseball, the LG Twins defeat the KT Wiz to win the Korean Series in five games, capturing their third championship and their first since 1994. [ 21 ] 23 November – The High Court of Seoul orders Japan to pay compensation of ₩ 200 million (around ¥ 22 million or US$ 154,000) to 16 comfort women during World War II ...