South Korea (2025)
48
% of GDP
-0.5pp YoY
YoY Change
-0.5pp
percentage points
Trend
down
Series length
50
years of data

Data

South Korea Household Final Consumption (% of GDP) (2025) — source data. World Bank.
Year % of GDP YoY Change
2025 48 -0.5pp
2024 48.5 -1.4pp
2023 49.9 +0.9pp
2022 49 +1.9pp
2021 47.1 -0.7pp
2020 47.8 -2.3pp
2019 50.1 +0.7pp
2018 49.4 +0.4pp
2017 49 -0.2pp
2016 49.2 -0.6pp
2015 49.8 -1.3pp
2014 51.1 -0.4pp
2013 51.5 -0.8pp
2012 52.3 +0.2pp
2011 52.1 +0.9pp
2010 51.2 -1.3pp
2009 52.5 -0.8pp
2008 53.3 +0.2pp
2007 53.1 -0.5pp
2006 53.6 +0.8pp

About this Dataset

South Korea recorded 48 % of GDP in 2025. The latest change was -0.5pp. Across 1976–2025 the series ranges from 47.1 in 2021 to 64.3 in 1976.

This page tracks household final consumption expenditure as a share of GDP in South Korea from 1990 to present. Consumer spending weight reflects the importance of domestic demand as a growth driver relative to exports or investment.

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 household final consumption expenditure as a share of GDP in South Korea from 1990 to present. Consumer spending weight reflects the importance of domestic demand as a growth driver relative to exports or investment. It is published by World Bank and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2025. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 1976–2025 (50 observations).

The series peaked at 64.3 % of GDP in 1976 and reached its lowest recorded value of 47.1 in 2021. The latest reading of 48 in 2025 represents a change of -0.5pp.