Imports / South Korea
South Korea Imports
South Korea imports data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 40.28%.
COUNTRY: South Korea
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-06-12 04:00:40
GM ECONOMY RATING
South Korea · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
A
76 / 100
Strong stability
Fiscal stability
13.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
16.0 / 20
External stability
8.0 / 15
Financial robustness
15.0 / 15
Structural stability
14.0 / 15
Future capacity
10.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
4.0 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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South Korea · imports data as percent of GDP.
Latest
40.28%
Previous
40.94%
Range avg.
36.36%
Rank
37
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CountrySouth Korea
IndicatorImports
40.28%2024 · Rank 37
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
South Korea recorded 40.28% for Imports in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator decreased by 0.65 percentage points, from 40.94% to 40.28%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (36.36%).
Across the five latest available observations (2020–2024), the pattern is higher overall, but uneven.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 30.93% in 2020 and the high was 45.29% in 2022.
Comparison
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