South Korea (2024)
25.8
% of GDP
-1.6pp YoY
YoY Change
-1.6pp
percentage points
Trend
down
Series length
50
years of data

Data

South Korea Government Revenue (% of GDP) (2024) — source data. World Bank.
Year % of GDP YoY Change
2024 25.8 -1.6pp
2023 27.4 -2.4pp
2022 29.8 +1.8pp
2021 28 +1.7pp
2020 26.3 unchanged
2019 26.3 +0.3pp
2018 26 +1.1pp
2017 24.9 +0.4pp
2016 24.5 +0.9pp
2015 23.6 -0.2pp
2014 23.8 -1.1pp
2013 24.9 -0.6pp
2012 25.5 +5.7pp
2011 19.8 +0.5pp
2010 19.3 -0.3pp
2009 19.6 -0.9pp
2008 20.5 -0.3pp
2007 20.8 +1.1pp
2006 19.7 +0.8pp
2005 18.9 +0.4pp

About this Dataset

South Korea recorded 25.8 % of GDP in 2024. The latest change was -1.6pp. Across 1975–2024 the series ranges from 14.4 in 1975 to 29.8 in 2022.

This page tracks general government revenue (taxes, grants, and other revenue) as a share of GDP in South Korea from 1990 to present.

Data sourced from World Bank via Open Data API. Values use World Bank standardised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks general government revenue (taxes, grants, and other revenue) as a share of GDP in South Korea from 1990 to present. It is published by World Bank and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2024. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 1975–2024 (50 observations).

The series peaked at 29.8 % of GDP in 2022 and reached its lowest recorded value of 14.4 in 1975. The latest reading of 25.8 in 2024 represents a change of -1.6pp.