South Korea (2025)
34.3
% of GDP
+0.4pp YoY
YoY Change
+0.4pp
percentage points
Trend
up
Series length
50
years of data

Data

South Korea Industry Value Added (% of GDP) (2025) — source data. World Bank.
Year % of GDP YoY Change
2025 34.3 +0.4pp
2024 33.9 +1.4pp
2023 32.5 unchanged
2022 32.5 -0.7pp
2021 33.2 -0.2pp
2020 33.4 -0.2pp
2019 33.6 -1.4pp
2018 35 -0.6pp
2017 35.6 +0.4pp
2016 35.2 +0.1pp
2015 35.1 +0.1pp
2014 35 -0.2pp
2013 35.2 +0.5pp
2012 34.7 -0.2pp
2011 34.9 +0.5pp
2010 34.4 +1.3pp
2009 33.1 +0.5pp
2008 32.6 -0.9pp
2007 33.5 unchanged
2006 33.5 -0.6pp

About this Dataset

South Korea recorded 34.3 % of GDP in 2025. The latest change was +0.4pp. Across 1976–2025 the series ranges from 27.3 in 1976 to 37 in 1991.

This page tracks total industry value added (manufacturing + mining + utilities + construction) 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 total industry value added (manufacturing + mining + utilities + construction) 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 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 37 % of GDP in 1991 and reached its lowest recorded value of 27.3 in 1976. The latest reading of 34.3 in 2025 represents a change of +0.4pp.